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 10.38.2
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
स न॑: क्षु॒मन्तं॒ सद॑ने॒ व्यू॑र्णुहि॒ गोअ॑र्णसं र॒यिमि॑न्द्र श्र॒वाय्य॑म् । स्याम॑ ते॒ जय॑तः शक्र मे॒दिनो॒ यथा॑ व॒यमु॒श्मसि॒ तद्व॑सो कृधि ॥
स नः क्षुमन्तं सदने व्यूर्णुहि गोअर्णसं रयिमिन्द्र श्रवाय्यम् । स्याम ते जयतः शक्र मेदिनो यथा वयमुश्मसि तद्वसो कृधि ॥
sa naḥ kṣumantaṃ sadane vy ūrṇuhi goarṇasaṃ rayim indra śravāyyam | syāma te jayataḥ śakra medino yathā vayam uśmasi tad vaso kṛdhi ||
English translation:
“Do you, Indra, heap up in our dwelling famous riches, comprising food and herds of cattle; may we,Śakra, be vigorous (through the favour) of you, the victorious; grant us, Vasu, that which we desire.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Comprisingfood and herds of cattle: where cattle are abundant like water
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): indro muṣkavān [indra muṣkavān];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): pādanicṛjjgatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
सः । नः॒ । क्षु॒ऽमन्त॑म् । सद॑ने । वि । ऊ॒र्णु॒हि॒ । गोऽअ॑र्णसम् । र॒यिम् । इ॒न्द्र॒ । श्र॒वाय्य॑म् । स्याम॑ । ते॒ । जय॑तः । श॒क्र॒ । मे॒दिनः॑ । यथा॑ । व॒यम् । उ॒श्मसि॑ । तत् । व॒सो॒ इति॑ । कृ॒धि॒ ॥
सः । नः । क्षुमन्तम् । सदने । वि । ऊर्णुहि । गोअर्णसम् । रयिम् । इन्द्र । श्रवाय्यम् । स्याम । ते । जयतः । शक्र । मेदिनः । यथा । वयम् । उश्मसि । तत् । वसो इति । कृधि ॥
saḥ | naḥ | kṣu-mantam | sadane | vi | ūrṇuhi | go--arṇasam | rayim | indra | śravāyyam | syāma | te | jayataḥ | śakra | medinaḥ | yathā | vayam | uśmasi | tat | vaso iti | kṛdhi
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 10.38.2 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[noun], dative, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“seat; weakness; inertness; dwelling; exhaustion; numbness; home; residence; seat; inanition; location.”
[adverb]
“apart; away; away.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“surround; accompany; cover; cover; obstruct; check; spread; envelop.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“wealth; property.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“celebrated.”
[verb], plural, Present optative
“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”
[noun], genitive, singular
“you.”
[verb noun], genitive, singular
“overcome; cure; win; conquer; control; win; succeed; remove; beat; govern; surpass; suppress.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Indra; Terminalia arjuna (Roxb.) Wight et Arn.; ivory tree.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“ally.”
[adverb]
“equally; as; so that; like; how; yathā [word]; that; wherein.”
[noun], nominative, plural
“I; mine.”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“desire; agree; call; care; like; love.”
[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], vocative, singular, masculine
“good; good; benign; vasu [word].”
[verb], singular, Aorist imperative
“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.”