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 10.33.4

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

कु॒रु॒श्रव॑णमावृणि॒ राजा॑नं॒ त्रास॑दस्यवम् । मंहि॑ष्ठं वा॒घता॒मृषि॑: ॥
कुरुश्रवणमावृणि राजानं त्रासदस्यवम् । मंहिष्ठं वाघतामृषिः ॥
kuruśravaṇam āvṛṇi rājānaṃ trāsadasyavam | maṃhiṣṭhaṃ vāghatām ṛṣiḥ ||

English translation:

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): kavaṣa ailūṣaḥ [kavaṣa ailūṣa];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): viśvedevā:;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

कु॒रु॒ऽश्रव॑णम् । अ॒वृ॒णि॒ । राजा॑नम् । त्रास॑दस्यवम् । मंहि॑ष्ठम् । वा॒घता॑म् । ऋषिः॑ ॥
कुरुश्रवणम् । अवृणि । राजानम् । त्रासदस्यवम् । मंहिष्ठम् । वाघताम् । ऋषिः ॥
kuru-śravaṇam | avṛṇi | rājānam | trāsadasyavam | maṃhiṣṭham | vāghatām | ṛṣiḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 10.33.4 English analysis of grammar]

kuruśravaṇam < kuruśravaṇa

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“Kuruśravaṇa.”

āvṛṇi < āvṛ < √vṛ

[verb], singular, Imperfect

“prefer; choose.”

rājānaṃ < rājānam < rājan

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“king; Kshatriya; rājan [word]; best; rājāvarta; Yakṣa.”

trāsadasyavam < trāsadasyava

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

maṃhiṣṭhaṃ < maṃhiṣṭham < maṃhiṣṭha

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“big.”

vāghatām < vāghant

[noun], genitive, plural, masculine

ṛṣiḥ < ṛṣi

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“Ṛṣi; spiritual teacher; ascetic; Mantra.”

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