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 10.40.1
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
रथं॒ यान्तं॒ कुह॒ को ह॑ वां नरा॒ प्रति॑ द्यु॒मन्तं॑ सुवि॒ताय॑ भूषति । प्रा॒त॒र्यावा॑णं वि॒भ्वं॑ वि॒शेवि॑शे॒ वस्तो॑र्वस्तो॒र्वह॑मानं धि॒या शमि॑ ॥
रथं यान्तं कुह को ह वां नरा प्रति द्युमन्तं सुविताय भूषति । प्रातर्यावाणं विभ्वं विशेविशे वस्तोर्वस्तोर्वहमानं धिया शमि ॥
rathaṃ yāntaṃ kuha ko ha vāṃ narā prati dyumantaṃ suvitāya bhūṣati | prātaryāvāṇaṃ vibhvaṃ viśe-viśe vastor-vastor vahamānaṃ dhiyā śami ||
English translation:
“What (worshipper), O leaderes of rites, and where (abiding) glorifies for his good, by his praise at therite, your radiant moving chariot, going (to the sacrifice) at dawn, all-pervading, and bearing (wealth) day afterday to one man after another?”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): ghoṣā kākṣīvatī;Devatā (deity/subject-matter): aśvinau ;
Chandas (meter): virāḍjagatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
रथ॑म् । यान्त॑म् । कुह॑ । कः । ह॒ । वा॒म् । न॒रा॒ । प्रति॑ । द्यु॒ऽमन्त॑म् । सु॒ऽवि॒ताय॑ । भू॒ष॒ति॒ । प्रा॒तः॒ऽयावा॑णम् । वि॒ऽभ्व॑म् । वि॒शेऽवि॑शे । वस्तोः॑ऽवस्तोः । वह॑मानम् । धि॒या । शमि॑ ॥
रथम् । यान्तम् । कुह । कः । ह । वाम् । नरा । प्रति । द्युमन्तम् । सुविताय । भूषति । प्रातःयावाणम् । विभ्वम् । विशेविशे । वस्तोःवस्तोः । वहमानम् । धिया । शमि ॥
ratham | yāntam | kuha | kaḥ | ha | vām | narā | prati | dyu-mantam | su-vitāya | bhūṣati | prātaḥ-yāvāṇam | vi-bhvam | viśe--viśe | vastoḥ-vastoḥ | vahamānam | dhiyā | śami
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 10.40.1 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“chariot; warrior; ratha [word]; Dalbergia oojeinensis; rattan.”
[verb noun], accusative, singular
“go; enter (a state); travel; disappear; reach; come; campaign; elapse; arrive; drive; reach; leave; run; depart; ride.”
[adverb]
“wherein.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“what; who; ka [pronoun].”
[adverb]
“indeed; ha [word].”
[noun], genitive, dual
“you.”
[noun], vocative, dual, masculine
“man; man; Nara; person; people; Nara; Puruṣa; nara [word]; servant; hero.”
[adverb]
“towards; per; regarding; respectively; according to; until.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“bright; brilliant; brilliant; loud.”
[noun], dative, singular, neuter
“prosperity; well-being.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“endeavor; attend; strive.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“mighty; abundant; big.”
[noun], dative, singular, feminine
“people; tribe; Vaisya; national; viś; real property; Vaisya.”
[noun], dative, singular, feminine
“people; tribe; Vaisya; national; viś; real property; Vaisya.”
[noun], genitive, singular, feminine
“dawn.”
[noun], genitive, singular, feminine
“dawn.”
[verb noun], accusative, singular
“transport; bring; marry; run; drive; vāhay; drive; run; pull; nirvāpay; blow; transport; discharge; assume; remove.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine
“intelligence; prayer; mind; insight; idea; hymn; purpose; art; knowledge.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine
“Prosopis spicigera Linn.; śamī [word]; Acacia sundra; attempt; labor.”