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 10.31.11
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
उ॒त कण्वं॑ नृ॒षद॑: पु॒त्रमा॑हुरु॒त श्या॒वो धन॒माद॑त्त वा॒जी । प्र कृ॒ष्णाय॒ रुश॑दपिन्व॒तोध॑ॠ॒तमत्र॒ नकि॑रस्मा अपीपेत् ॥
उत कण्वं नृषदः पुत्रमाहुरुत श्यावो धनमादत्त वाजी । प्र कृष्णाय रुशदपिन्वतोधॠतमत्र नकिरस्मा अपीपेत् ॥
uta kaṇvaṃ nṛṣadaḥ putram āhur uta śyāvo dhanam ādatta vājī | pra kṛṣṇāya ruśad apinvatodhar ṛtam atra nakir asmā apīpet ||
English translation:
“(The expounders of the Vedas) spoke to Kaṇva, the son of Nṛṣad, and he the dark-tinted, havingfood, acquired wealth; (Agni) sprinkled (the milk of the brilliant udder for the dark (complexioned sage); no otherdivinity so favours the sacrifice for him].”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): kavaṣa ailūṣaḥ [kavaṣa ailūṣa];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): viśvedevā:;
Chandas (meter): triṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
उ॒त । कण्व॑म् । नृ॒ऽसदः॑ । पु॒त्रम् । आ॒हुः॒ । उ॒त । श्या॒वः । धन॑म् । आ । अ॒द॒त्त॒ । वा॒जी । प्र । कृ॒ष्णाय॑ । रुश॑त् । अ॒पि॒न्व॒त॒ । ऊधः॑ । ऋ॒तम् । अत्र॑ । नकिः॑ । अ॒स्मै॒ । अ॒पी॒पे॒त् ॥
उत । कण्वम् । नृसदः । पुत्रम् । आहुः । उत । श्यावः । धनम् । आ । अदत्त । वाजी । प्र । कृष्णाय । रुशत् । अपिन्वत । ऊधः । ऋतम् । अत्र । नकिः । अस्मै । अपीपेत् ॥
uta | kaṇvam | nṛ-sadaḥ | putram | āhuḥ | uta | śyāvaḥ | dhanam | ā | adatta | vājī | pra | kṛṣṇāya | ruśat | apinvata | ūdhaḥ | ṛtam | atra | nakiḥ | asmai | apīpet
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 10.31.11 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“and; besides; uta [indecl.]; similarly; alike; even.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“Kaṇva; Kaṇva; kaṇva [word].”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“Nṛṣad.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“son; putra [word]; male child; Putra; Bodhisattva.”
[verb], plural, Perfect indicative
“describe; state; say; enumerate; call; name; teach; tell; deem; explain; say; define.”
[adverb]
“and; besides; uta [indecl.]; similarly; alike; even.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“brown; dark; śyāva [word].”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“wealth; property; money; treasure; prize; dhana [word]; valuable; dhan; capital; fight.”
[verb], singular, Imperfect
“take; take away; take out; pick; extract; drink; grasp; put; collect; accept; get; choose; remove; steal; bring; press out; impound; keep; eat; use; distill.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“horse; bird; seven; hero; achiever; aphrodisiac.”
[adverb]
“towards; ahead.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“Krishna; Kṛṣṇa; Vishnu; Arjuna; Kṛṣṇa; Vyāsa; Shiva; Kṛṣṇa; Kṛṣṇa; Kṛṣṇa; Kṛṣṇa; Kṛṣṇa.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“white; bright; bright.”
[verb], singular, Imperfect
“swell; swell; overflow; abound.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“udder; ūdhas [word]; night.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“truth; order; fixed order; ṛta [word]; law; custom; custom.”
[adverb]
“now; there; then; then; there; here; here; in the following; alternatively; now.”
[adverb]
“not.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[verb], singular, Plusquamperfect
“swell; abound; swell.”