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 9.97.28

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अश्वो॒ नो क्र॑दो॒ वृष॑भिर्युजा॒नः सिं॒हो न भी॒मो मन॑सो॒ जवी॑यान् । अ॒र्वा॒चीनै॑: प॒थिभि॒र्ये रजि॑ष्ठा॒ आ प॑वस्व सौमन॒सं न॑ इन्दो ॥
अश्वो नो क्रदो वृषभिर्युजानः सिंहो न भीमो मनसो जवीयान् । अर्वाचीनैः पथिभिर्ये रजिष्ठा आ पवस्व सौमनसं न इन्दो ॥
aśvo no krado vṛṣabhir yujānaḥ siṃho na bhīmo manaso javīyān | arvācīnaiḥ pathibhir ye rajiṣṭhā ā pavasva saumanasaṃ na indo ||

English translation:

“Yoked by the priests, you neigh like a horse, (you are) terrible as a lion, swifter than thought; Indu, pour happiness upon us by those which are the most direct of the paths leading hitherward.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vasukro vāsiṣṭhaḥ [vasukra vāsiṣṭha];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): pavamānaḥ somaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): triṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अश्वः॑ । न । क्र॒दः॒ । वृष॑ऽभिः । यु॒जा॒नः । सिं॒हः । न । भी॒मः । मन॑सः । जवी॑यान् । अ॒र्वा॒चीनैः॑ । प॒थिऽभिः॑ । ये । रजि॑ष्ठाः । आ । प॒व॒स्व॒ । सौ॒म॒न॒सम् । नः॒ । इ॒न्दो॒ इति॑ ॥
अश्वः । न । क्रदः । वृषभिः । युजानः । सिंहः । न । भीमः । मनसः । जवीयान् । अर्वाचीनैः । पथिभिः । ये । रजिष्ठाः । आ । पवस्व । सौमनसम् । नः । इन्दो इति ॥
aśvaḥ | na | kradaḥ | vṛṣa-bhiḥ | yujānaḥ | siṃhaḥ | na | bhīmaḥ | manasaḥ | javīyān | arvācīnaiḥ | pathi-bhiḥ | ye | rajiṣṭhāḥ | ā | pavasva | saumanasam | naḥ | indo iti

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 9.97.28 English analysis of grammar]

aśvo < aśvaḥ < aśva

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“horse; aśva [word]; Aśva; stallion.”

no < na

[adverb]

“not; like; no; na [word].”

no < u

[adverb]

“ukāra; besides; now; indeed; u.”

krado < kradaḥ < krand

[verb], singular, Aorist inj. (proh.)

“roar; neigh; cry; howl; shout.”

vṛṣabhir < vṛṣabhiḥ < vṛṣan

[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine

“bull; Indra; stallion; Vṛṣan; man.”

yujānaḥ < yuj

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“mix; use; endow; yoke; accompany; to practice Yoga; connect; hire; administer; compound; affect; add; concentrate; unite; join; prosecute; combine; supply; compound; attach to; appoint; fill; process; mobilize; mount; complement; eat; join; treat; coincide; affect; challenge.”

siṃho < siṃhaḥ < siṃha

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“lion; hero; best; leader; siṃha [word].”

na

[adverb]

“not; like; no; na [word].”

bhīmo < bhīmaḥ < bhīma

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“awful; amazing; terrific; enormous; bhīma [word]; fearful.”

manaso < manasaḥ < manas

[noun], ablative, singular, neuter

“mind; Manas; purpose; idea; attention; heart; decision; manas [word]; manas [indecl.]; spirit; temper; intelligence.”

javīyān < javīyas

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“fast.”

arvācīnaiḥ < arvācīna

[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine

“favorable; backward; inclined(p).”

pathibhir < pathibhiḥ < pathin

[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine

“way; road; path [word]; journey; method.”

ye < yad

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

rajiṣṭhā < rajiṣṭha

[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine

“honest.”

ā

[adverb]

“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”

pavasva <

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“purify; filter; blow; purify; purge; sift.”

saumanasaṃ < saumanasam < saumanasa

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“favor; satisfaction.”

na < naḥ < mad

[noun], dative, plural

“I; mine.”

indo < indu

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“moon; Soma; drop; anusvāra; one; Candra; silver; camphor; point; juice.”

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