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 10.42.2

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

दोहे॑न॒ गामुप॑ शिक्षा॒ सखा॑यं॒ प्र बो॑धय जरितर्जा॒रमिन्द्र॑म् । कोशं॒ न पू॒र्णं वसु॑ना॒ न्यृ॑ष्ट॒मा च्या॑वय मघ॒देया॑य॒ शूर॑म् ॥
दोहेन गामुप शिक्षा सखायं प्र बोधय जरितर्जारमिन्द्रम् । कोशं न पूर्णं वसुना न्यृष्टमा च्यावय मघदेयाय शूरम् ॥
dohena gām upa śikṣā sakhāyam pra bodhaya jaritar jāram indram | kośaṃ na pūrṇaṃ vasunā nyṛṣṭam ā cyāvaya maghadeyāya śūram ||

English translation:

“Control, worshipper, your friend (Indra), like a cow for your milking; awake, Indra, the author of decay;bring down for the distribution of wealth the hero who is pressed down with wealth like a vessel full (of water).”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): kṛṣṇaḥ [kṛṣṇa];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

दोहे॑न । गाम् । उप॑ । शि॒क्ष॒ । सखा॑यम् । प्र । बो॒ध॒य॒ । ज॒रि॒तः॒ । जा॒रम् । इन्द्र॑म् । कोश॑म् । न । पू॒र्णम् । वसु॑ना । निऽऋ॑ष्टम् । आ । च्य॒व॒य॒ । म॒घ॒ऽदेया॑य । शूर॑म् ॥
दोहेन । गाम् । उप । शिक्ष । सखायम् । प्र । बोधय । जरितः । जारम् । इन्द्रम् । कोशम् । न । पूर्णम् । वसुना । निऋष्टम् । आ । च्यवय । मघदेयाय । शूरम् ॥
dohena | gām | upa | śikṣa | sakhāyam | pra | bodhaya | jaritaḥ | jāram | indram | kośam | na | pūrṇam | vasunā | ni-ṛṣṭam | ā | cyavaya | magha-deyāya | śūram

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 10.42.2 English analysis of grammar]

dohena < doha

[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine

“bucket.”

gām < go

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“cow; cattle; go [word]; Earth; bull; floor; milk; beam; sunbeam; leather; hide; horn; language; bowstring; earth; ox; Svarga.”

upa

[adverb]

“towards; on; next.”

śikṣā < śikṣa < śikṣ

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“help; give.”

sakhāyam < sakhi

[noun], accusative, singular

“friend; companion; sakhi [word].”

pra

[adverb]

“towards; ahead.”

bodhaya < bodhay < √budh

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“awaken; ignite; advise; admonish; communicate.”

jaritar < jaritṛ

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“singer.”

jāram < jāra

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“fancy man.”

indram < indra

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”

kośaṃ < kośam < kośa

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“treasury; sheath; Kośa; scrotum; bud; vessel; kośa [word]; treasure; calyx; container; bucket; box.”

na

[adverb]

“not; like; no; na [word].”

pūrṇaṃ < pūrṇam < pṛ

[verb noun], accusative, singular

“fill; elapse; pull back; fill; satisfy; bestow; meet; stuff; load; mix; complete.”

vasunā < vasu

[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter

“wealth; property; gold; vasu [word]; ruby; treasure; jewel.”

nyṛṣṭam < nyṛṣ < √ṛṣ

[verb noun], accusative, singular

“fill; stuff.”

ā

[adverb]

“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”

cyāvaya < cyāvay < √cyu

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“chase away; remove; move.”

maghadeyāya < magha

[noun], masculine

“gift; wealth; reward; wages; reward.”

maghadeyāya < deyāya < deya

[noun], dative, singular, neuter

“giving; gift.”

śūram < śūra

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“hero; cock; śūra; Śūra; Vatica robusta; Plumbago zeylanica; warrior; hero; attacker; lentil; wild boar; lion; dog.”

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