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 10.22.5
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
त्वं त्या चि॒द्वात॒स्याश्वागा॑ ऋ॒ज्रा त्मना॒ वह॑ध्यै । ययो॑र्दे॒वो न मर्त्यो॑ य॒न्ता नकि॑र्वि॒दाय्य॑: ॥
त्वं त्या चिद्वातस्याश्वागा ऋज्रा त्मना वहध्यै । ययोर्देवो न मर्त्यो यन्ता नकिर्विदाय्यः ॥
tvaṃ tyā cid vātasyāśvāgā ṛjrā tmanā vahadhyai | yayor devo na martyo yantā nakir vidāyyaḥ ||
English translation:
“You have come to these two horses (which have the speed) of the wind, straight-going, for them todraw you of themselves, whom no deity, no mortal is able to restrain; whose fleetness no one comprehends.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vimada aindraḥ prājāpatyo vā vasukṛdvā vāsukraḥ [vimada aindra prājāpatya vā vasukṛdvā vāsukra];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): pādanicṛdanuṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
त्वम् । त्या । चि॒त् । वात॑स्य । अश्वा॑ । आ । अ॒गाः॒ । ऋ॒ज्रा । त्मना॑ । वह॑ध्यै । ययोः॑ । दे॒वः । न । मर्त्यः॑ । य॒न्ता । नकिः॑ । वि॒दाय्यः॑ ॥
त्वम् । त्या । चित् । वातस्य । अश्वा । आ । अगाः । ऋज्रा । त्मना । वहध्यै । ययोः । देवः । न । मर्त्यः । यन्ता । नकिः । विदाय्यः ॥
tvam | tyā | cit | vātasya | aśvā | ā | agāḥ | ṛjrā | tmanā | vahadhyai | yayoḥ | devaḥ | na | martyaḥ | yantā | nakiḥ | vidāyyaḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 10.22.5 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular
“you.”
[noun], accusative, dual, masculine
“that.”
[adverb]
“even; indeed.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“vāta; wind; fart; Vayu; air; draft; vāta [word]; Vāta; rheumatism; Marut.”
[noun], accusative, dual, masculine
“horse; aśva [word]; Aśva; stallion.”
[verb], singular, Root aorist (Ind.)
“go; enter (a state); arrive.”
[noun], accusative, dual, masculine
“red.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine
“self.”
[verb noun]
“transport; bring; marry; run; drive; vāhay; drive; run; pull; nirvāpay; blow; transport; discharge; assume; remove.”
[noun], genitive, dual, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“man; people; martya [word]; Earth.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“charioteer; ruler.”
[adverb]
“not.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“find; detect; marry; get; think.”