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 10.26.5

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

प्रत्य॑र्धिर्य॒ज्ञाना॑मश्वह॒यो रथा॑नाम् । ऋषि॒: स यो मनु॑र्हितो॒ विप्र॑स्य यावयत्स॒खः ॥
प्रत्यर्धिर्यज्ञानामश्वहयो रथानाम् । ऋषिः स यो मनुर्हितो विप्रस्य यावयत्सखः ॥
pratyardhir yajñānām aśvahayo rathānām | ṛṣiḥ sa yo manurhito viprasya yāvayatsakhaḥ ||

English translation:

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vimada aindraḥ prājāpatyo vā vasukṛdvā vāsukraḥ [vimada aindra prājāpatya vā vasukṛdvā vāsukra];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): pūṣā ;
Chandas (meter): pādanicṛdanuṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

प्रति॑ऽअर्धिः । य॒ज्ञाना॑म् । अ॒श्व॒ऽह॒यः । रथा॑नाम् । ऋषिः॑ । सः । यः । मनुः॑ऽहितः । विप्र॑स्य । य॒व॒य॒त्ऽस॒खः ॥
प्रतिअर्धिः । यज्ञानाम् । अश्वहयः । रथानाम् । ऋषिः । सः । यः । मनुःहितः । विप्रस्य । यवयत्सखः ॥
prati-ardhiḥ | yajñānām | aśva-hayaḥ | rathānām | ṛṣiḥ | saḥ | yaḥ | manuḥ-h itaḥ | viprasya | yavayat-sakhaḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 10.26.5 English analysis of grammar]

pratyardhir < pratyardhiḥ < pratyardhi

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“equal.”

yajñānām < yajña

[noun], genitive, plural, masculine

“yajña; religious ceremony; Vishnu; yajña [word]; Yajña; Shiva.”

aśvahayo < aśva

[noun], masculine

“horse; aśva [word]; Aśva; stallion.”

aśvahayo < hayaḥ < haya

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

rathānām < ratha

[noun], genitive, plural, masculine

“chariot; warrior; ratha [word]; Dalbergia oojeinensis; rattan.”

ṛṣiḥ < ṛṣi

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“Ṛṣi; spiritual teacher; ascetic; Mantra.”

sa < tad

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”

yo < yaḥ < yad

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

manurhito < manuḥ < manus

[noun], masculine

“Manu; man.”

manurhito < hitaḥ < hita

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“beneficial; wholesome; good; suitable; good; appropriate; pleasant; Aṣṭādhyāyī 5.1.5; friendly; agreeable.”

viprasya < vipra

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“Brahmin; poet; singer; priest; guru; Vipra.”

yāvayatsakhaḥ < yāvayat < yāvay < √yu

[verb noun]

“keep away.”

yāvayatsakhaḥ < sakhaḥ < sakha

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“friend; Kubera.”

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