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 10.26.8

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

आ ते॒ रथ॑स्य पूषन्न॒जा धुरं॑ ववृत्युः । विश्व॑स्या॒र्थिन॒: सखा॑ सनो॒जा अन॑पच्युतः ॥
आ ते रथस्य पूषन्नजा धुरं ववृत्युः । विश्वस्यार्थिनः सखा सनोजा अनपच्युतः ॥
ā te rathasya pūṣann ajā dhuraṃ vavṛtyuḥ | viśvasyārthinaḥ sakhā sanojā anapacyutaḥ ||

English translation:

“THe goats, Pūṣan, bear the burden of your car, who are the friend of every suppliant, born long ago,never-failing (in your duty).”

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]:

आ । ते॒ । रथ॑स्य । पू॒ष॒न् । अ॒जाः । धुर॑म् । व॒वृ॒त्युः॒ । विश्व॑स्य । अ॒र्थिनः॑ । सखा॑ । स॒नः॒ऽजाः । अन॑पऽच्युतः ॥
आ । ते । रथस्य । पूषन् । अजाः । धुरम् । ववृत्युः । विश्वस्य । अर्थिनः । सखा । सनःजाः । अनपच्युतः ॥
ā | te | rathasya | pūṣan | ajāḥ | dhuram | vavṛtyuḥ | viśvasya | arthinaḥ | sakhā | sanaḥ-jāḥ | anapa-cyutaḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 10.26.8 English analysis of grammar]

ā

[adverb]

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

te < tvad

[noun], genitive, singular

“you.”

rathasya < ratha

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

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

pūṣann < pūṣan

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“Pushan; pūṣan [word]; sun.”

ajā < ajāḥ < aja

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“goat; Vishnu; Brahma; Shiva; Aja; aja [word]; Aja; aj; Ocimum gratissimum; Puruṣa.”

dhuraṃ < dhuram < dhur

[noun], accusative, singular, feminine

“yoke; dhur [word].”

vavṛtyuḥ < vṛt

[verb], plural, Perfect optative

“behave; happen; exist; return; dwell; die; roll; continue; act; exist; feed on; issue; move; travel; proceed; turn; situate; drive; account for; begin; do; inhere; revolve.”

viśvasyārthinaḥ < viśvasya < viśva

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”

viśvasyārthinaḥ < arthinaḥ < arthin

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“desirous; active; suppliant; busy.”

sakhā < sakhi

[noun], nominative, singular

“friend; companion; sakhi [word].”

sanojā < sanojāḥ < sanojā

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

anapacyutaḥ < an

[adverb]

“not.”

anapacyutaḥ < apacyutaḥ < apacyu < √cyu

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“abscond.”

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