Rig Veda (translation and commentary)
by H. H. Wilson | 1866 | 1,999,864 words | ISBN-10: 8171101380 | ISBN-13: 9788171101382
The Rig-Veda, English translation, including the commentary of Sayana and grammatical analysis. The hyms of the Rigveda Samhita represents some of the oldest and complex of Hindu Sanskrit literature. In ten books, these mantras form the core essence of rituals and ceremonies once widely performed throughout ancient India. This edition contains the...
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Rig Veda 9.64.3
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अश्वो॒ न च॑क्रदो॒ वृषा॒ सं गा इ॑न्दो॒ समर्व॑तः । वि नो॑ रा॒ये दुरो॑ वृधि ॥
अश्वो न चक्रदो वृषा सं गा इन्दो समर्वतः । वि नो राये दुरो वृधि ॥
aśvo na cakrado vṛṣā saṃ gā indo sam arvataḥ | vi no rāye duro vṛdhi ||
English translation:
“Indu, the sprinkler, you nigh like a horse; you give us cattle, you give us horses; open the doors for our wealth.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): kaśyapaḥ [kaśyapa];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): pavamānaḥ somaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अश्वः॑ । न । च॒क्र॒दः॒ । वृषा॑ । सम् । गाः । इ॒न्दो॒ इति॑ । सम् । अर्व॑तः । वि । नः॒ । रा॒ये । दुरः॑ । वृ॒धि॒ ॥
अश्वः । न । चक्रदः । वृषा । सम् । गाः । इन्दो इति । सम् । अर्वतः । वि । नः । राये । दुरः । वृधि ॥
aśvaḥ | na | cakradaḥ | vṛṣā | sam | gāḥ | indo iti | sam | arvataḥ | vi | naḥ | rāye | duraḥ | vṛdhi
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 9.64.3 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“horse; aśva [word]; Aśva; stallion.”
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[verb], singular, Plusquamperfect
“roar; neigh; cry; howl; shout.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“bull; Indra; stallion; Vṛṣan; man.”
[adverb]
“sam; together; together; saṃ.”
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
“cow; cattle; go [word]; Earth; bull; floor; milk; beam; sunbeam; leather; hide; horn; language; bowstring; earth; ox; Svarga.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“moon; Soma; drop; anusvāra; one; Candra; silver; camphor; point; juice.”
[adverb]
“sam; together; together; saṃ.”
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
“horse.”
[adverb]
“apart; away; away.”
[noun], dative, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“wealth; possession; rai [word]; gold.”
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
“door; means.”
[verb], singular, Aorist imperative
“surround; accompany; cover; cover; obstruct; check; spread; envelop.”