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 10.22.4
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
यु॒जा॒नो अश्वा॒ वात॑स्य॒ धुनी॑ दे॒वो दे॒वस्य॑ वज्रिवः । स्यन्ता॑ प॒था वि॒रुक्म॑ता सृजा॒नः स्तो॒ष्यध्व॑नः ॥
युजानो अश्वा वातस्य धुनी देवो देवस्य वज्रिवः । स्यन्ता पथा विरुक्मता सृजानः स्तोष्यध्वनः ॥
yujāno aśvā vātasya dhunī devo devasya vajrivaḥ | syantā pathā virukmatā sṛjānaḥ stoṣy adhvanaḥ ||
English translation:
“Thunderer, you who are divine, yoking your horses which are swifter than the divine wind, and glidingalong the resplendent road, you, opening out the way (to battle), are glorified.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vimada aindraḥ prājāpatyo vā vasukṛdvā vāsukraḥ [vimada aindra prājāpatya vā vasukṛdvā vāsukra];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): pādnicṛdbṛhatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
यु॒जा॒नः । अश्वा॑ । वात॑स्य । धुनी॒ इति॑ । दे॒वः । दे॒वस्य॑ । व॒ज्रि॒ऽवः॒ । स्यन्ता॑ । प॒था । वि॒रुक्म॑ता । सृ॒जा॒नः । स्तो॒षि॒ । अध्व॑नः ॥
युजानः । अश्वा । वातस्य । धुनी इति । देवः । देवस्य । वज्रिवः । स्यन्ता । पथा । विरुक्मता । सृजानः । स्तोषि । अध्वनः ॥
yujānaḥ | aśvā | vātasya | dhunī iti | devaḥ | devasya | vajri-vaḥ | syantā | pathā | virukmatā | sṛjānaḥ | stoṣi | adhvanaḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 10.22.4 English analysis of grammar]
[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.”
[noun], accusative, dual, masculine
“horse; aśva [word]; Aśva; stallion.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“vāta; wind; fart; Vayu; air; draft; vāta [word]; Vāta; rheumatism; Marut.”
[noun], accusative, dual, masculine
“deafening; boisterous; noisy.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
[verb], singular, periphrast. future
“run.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine
“way; road; path [word]; journey; method.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine
“bright; glistening.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“create; shoot; discharge; free; cause; throw; emit; send; produce; use; be born; make.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“laud; praise; declare; stu.”
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
“way; journey; adhvan [word]; time; path; method; road; time; distance.”