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 10.34.12
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
यो व॑: सेना॒नीर्म॑ह॒तो ग॒णस्य॒ राजा॒ व्रात॑स्य प्रथ॒मो ब॒भूव॑ । तस्मै॑ कृणोमि॒ न धना॑ रुणध्मि॒ दशा॒हं प्राची॒स्तदृ॒तं व॑दामि ॥
यो वः सेनानीर्महतो गणस्य राजा व्रातस्य प्रथमो बभूव । तस्मै कृणोमि न धना रुणध्मि दशाहं प्राचीस्तदृतं वदामि ॥
yo vaḥ senānīr mahato gaṇasya rājā vrātasya prathamo babhūva | tasmai kṛṇomi na dhanā ruṇadhmi daśāham prācīs tad ṛtaṃ vadāmi ||
English translation:
“Dice, I offer salutation to him who has been the genitive ral of your great army, the chief lord of your host;I do not provide him with wealth; I raise my ten (fingers) to the east; that (which) I speak (is) the truth.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
I do notprovide him wealth: na danā ruṇadhmi = I do not withhold my wealth; na sampādayāmi
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): kavaṣa ailūṣa akṣo vā maujavān [kavaṣa ailūṣa akṣa vā maujavān];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): akṣakṛṣipraśaṃsā ;
Chandas (meter): triṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
यः । वः॒ । से॒ना॒ऽनीः । म॒ह॒तः । ग॒णस्य॑ । राजा॑ । व्रात॑स्य । प्र॒थ॒मः । ब॒भूव॑ । तस्मै॑ । कृ॒णो॒मि॒ । न । धना॑ । रु॒ण॒ध्मि॒ । दश॑ । अ॒हम् । प्राचीः॑ । तत् । ऋ॒तम् । व॒दा॒मि॒ ॥
यः । वः । सेनानीः । महतः । गणस्य । राजा । व्रातस्य । प्रथमः । बभूव । तस्मै । कृणोमि । न । धना । रुणध्मि । दश । अहम् । प्राचीः । तत् । ऋतम् । वदामि ॥
yaḥ | vaḥ | senānīḥ | mahataḥ | gaṇasya | rājā | vrātasya | prathamaḥ | babhūva | tasmai | kṛṇomi | na | dhanā | ruṇadhmi | daśa | aham | prācīḥ | tat | ṛtam | vadāmi
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 10.34.12 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], genitive, plural
“you.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“large; eminent; great; loud; dangerous; strong; long; high; much(a); mahant [word]; ample; very; great; adult; important; dark; high; abundant; violent; remarkable; mighty; big; long.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“group; varga; troop; troop; battalion; flock; herd; gaṇa [word]; corporation; gaṇa; herd; sect; swarm; set; party; gaṇa; series; Ganesa; flight.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“king; Kshatriya; rājan [word]; best; rājāvarta; Yakṣa.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“troop; group; Vrāta; vrāta [word]; flock.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“first; prathama [word]; third; young; chief(a); best; antecedent.”
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
“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.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“make; perform; cause; produce; shape; construct; do; put; fill into; use; fuel; transform; bore; act; write; create; prepare; administer; dig; prepare; treat; take effect; add; trace; put on; process; treat; heed; hire; act; produce; assume; eat; ignite; chop; treat; obey; manufacture; appoint; evacuate; choose; understand; insert; happen; envelop; weigh; observe; practice; lend; bring; duplicate; plant; kṛ; concentrate; mix; knot; join; take; provide; utter; compose.”
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“wealth; property; money; treasure; prize; dhana [word]; valuable; dhan; capital; fight.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“fill into; close; insert; put; enclose; obstruct; seal; besiege; cover; blockade; stop; lock in; plug; withhold; extinguish; connect.”
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
“ten; tenth; daśan [word].”
[noun], nominative, singular
“I; mine.”
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
“eastern; aforesaid(a); former(a); eastbound; easterly; anterior; forward; prāñc [word].”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“truth; order; fixed order; ṛta [word]; law; custom; custom.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“describe; teach; speak; tell; say; call; name; enumerate; declare; diagnose; address; say; pronounce; express; instruct; order.”