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 10.27.20
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
ए॒तौ मे॒ गावौ॑ प्रम॒रस्य॑ यु॒क्तौ मो षु प्र से॑धी॒र्मुहु॒रिन्म॑मन्धि । आप॑श्चिदस्य॒ वि न॑श॒न्त्यर्थं॒ सूर॑श्च म॒र्क उप॑रो बभू॒वान् ॥
एतौ मे गावौ प्रमरस्य युक्तौ मो षु प्र सेधीर्मुहुरिन्ममन्धि । आपश्चिदस्य वि नशन्त्यर्थं सूरश्च मर्क उपरो बभूवान् ॥
etau me gāvau pramarasya yuktau mo ṣu pra sedhīr muhur in mamandhi | āpaś cid asya vi naśanty arthaṃ sūraś ca marka uparo babhūvān ||
English translation:
“Turn not back, but repeatedly praise these two yoked (steeds) of me the destroyer, which advance (tothe foe and to the sacrifice); the waters fulfil Indra's purpose and (so does) the all-cleansing sun, being (swift as)a cloud.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Which advance to... sacrifice: gāvau;
Yuktau = well worshipped; the waterṣ..cloud: I have beheld Indraas Prajāpati, driving the crowd from afar and approaching with his army, self-moving, without chariots
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vasukra aindraḥ [vasukra aindra];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
ए॒तौ । मे॒ । गावौ॑ । प्र॒ऽम॒रस्य॑ । यु॒क्तौ । मो इति॑ । सु । प्र । से॒धीः॒ । मुहुः॑ । इत् । म॒म॒न्धि॒ । आपः॑ । चि॒त् । अ॒स्य॒ । वि । न॒श॒न्ति॒ । अर्थ॑म् । सूरः॑ । च॒ । म॒र्कः । उप॑रः । ब॒भू॒वान् ॥
एतौ । मे । गावौ । प्रमरस्य । युक्तौ । मो इति । सु । प्र । सेधीः । मुहुः । इत् । ममन्धि । आपः । चित् । अस्य । वि । नशन्ति । अर्थम् । सूरः । च । मर्कः । उपरः । बभूवान् ॥
etau | me | gāvau | pra-marasya | yuktau | mo iti | su | pra | sedhīḥ | muhuḥ | it | mamandhi | āpaḥ | cit | asya | vi | naśanti | atharm | sūraḥ | ca | markaḥ | uparaḥ | babhūvān
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 10.27.20 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, dual, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); etad [word].”
[noun], dative, singular
“I; mine.”
[noun], nominative, dual, masculine
“cow; cattle; go [word]; Earth; bull; floor; milk; beam; sunbeam; leather; hide; horn; language; bowstring; earth; ox; Svarga.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“death.”
[verb noun], nominative, dual
“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.”
[adverb]
“not.”
[adverb]
“ukāra; besides; now; indeed; u.”
[adverb]
“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”
[adverb]
“towards; ahead.”
[verb], singular, Aorist inj. (proh.)
“chase away; repel.”
[adverb]
“again; repeatedly; continually.”
[adverb]
“indeed; assuredly; entirely.”
[verb], singular, Perfect imperative
“think of; name; believe; teach; honor; deem; recommend; approve; think; define; call; respect; believe; enumerate; understand; see; describe.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“water; body of water; water; ap [word]; juice; jala.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“supreme spirit; cit [word]; soul.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[adverb]
“apart; away; away.”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“reach; achieve; enter (a state); reach.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“for; meaning; purpose; sense; wealth; object of sense; matter; aim; money; message; object; artha [word]; wealth; function; content; topic; property; situation; reason; affair; concern; reason; enterprise; reason; cause; five; application; application.”
[adverb]
“sun; sky; sunlight.”
[adverb]
“and; besides; then; now; even.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“later(a); future(a); nether.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“become; be; originate; transform; happen; result; exist; be born; be; be; come to life; grow; elapse; come to mind; thrive; become; impend; show; conceive; understand; stand; constitute; serve; apply; behave.”