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 10.59.10

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

समि॑न्द्रेरय॒ गाम॑न॒ड्वाहं॒ य आव॑हदुशी॒नरा॑ण्या॒ अन॑: । भर॑ता॒मप॒ यद्रपो॒ द्यौः पृ॑थिवि क्ष॒मा रपो॒ मो षु ते॒ किं च॒नाम॑मत् ॥
समिन्द्रेरय गामनड्वाहं य आवहदुशीनराण्या अनः । भरतामप यद्रपो द्यौः पृथिवि क्षमा रपो मो षु ते किं चनाममत् ॥
sam indreraya gām anaḍvāhaṃ ya āvahad uśīnarāṇyā anaḥ | bharatām apa yad rapo dyauḥ pṛthivi kṣamā rapo mo ṣu te kiṃ canāmamat ||

English translation:

“Send, Indra, the active ox, who may bring the cart (laden with) the uśīnarāṇi grass; heaven andearth, remove all iniquity; let heaven (take away) iniquity; may no ill ever approach you.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): bandhvādayo gaupāyanāḥ [bandhvādaya gaupāyanāḥ];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): dyāvāpṛthivyau, dyāvāpṛthivyāvindraśca ;
Chandas (meter): virāḍjagatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

सम् । इ॒न्द्र॒ । ई॒र॒य॒ । गाम् । अ॒न॒ड्वाह॑म् । यः । आ । स्व॑हत् । उ॒शी॒नरा॑ण्याः । अनः॑ । भर॑ताम् । अप॑ । यत् । रपः॑ । द्यौः । पृ॒थि॒वि॒ । क्ष॒मा । रपः॑ । मो इति॑ । सु । ते॒ । किम् । च॒न । आ॒म॒म॒त् ॥
सम् । इन्द्र । ईरय । गाम् । अनड्वाहम् । यः । आ । स्वहत् । उशीनराण्याः । अनः । भरताम् । अप । यत् । रपः । द्यौः । पृथिवि । क्षमा । रपः । मो इति । सु । ते । किम् । चन । आममत् ॥
sam | indra | īraya | gām | anaḍavaḍhabadabadrahṇāham | yaḥ | ā | svahat | uśīnarāṇyāḥ | anaḥ | bharatām | apa | yat | rapaḥ | dyauḥ | pṛthivi | kṣamā | rapaḥ | mo iti | su | te | kim | cana | āmamat

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 10.59.10 English analysis of grammar]

sam

[adverb]

“sam; together; together; saṃ.”

indreraya < indra

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

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

indreraya < īraya < īray < √īr

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“name; describe; propel; shoot; state; call; raise; expel; tell; enumerate.”

gām < go

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

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

anaḍvāhaṃ < anaḍvāham < anaḍuh

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“anaḍuh [word]; ox.”

ya < yaḥ < yad

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

āvahad < āvahat < āvah < √vah

[verb], singular, Imperfect

“bring; marry; cause; run; perform; exude.”

uśīnarāṇyā < uśīnarāṇyāḥ < uśīnarāṇī

[noun], genitive, singular, feminine

anaḥ < anas

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“cart; anas [word].”

bharatām < bhṛ

[verb], dual, Present imperative

“bring; hold; fill; support; wear; possess; carry; nourish; keep; hire; have; satiate; follow; bear.”

apa

[adverb]

“away.”

yad < yat < yad

[noun], nominative, singular, neuter

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

rapo < rapaḥ < rapas

[noun], nominative, singular, neuter

“injury; disease; infirmity; damage.”

dyauḥ < div

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”

pṛthivi < pṛthivī

[noun], vocative, singular, feminine

“Earth; pṛthivī; floor; Earth; earth; pṛthivī [word]; land.”

kṣamā < kṣam

[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine

“Earth; heaven and earth.”

rapo < rapaḥ < rapas

[noun], nominative, singular, neuter

“injury; disease; infirmity; damage.”

mo <

[adverb]

“not.”

mo < u

[adverb]

“ukāra; besides; now; indeed; u.”

ṣu < su

[adverb]

“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”

te < tvad

[noun], dative, singular

“you.”

kiṃ < kim < ka

[noun], nominative, singular, neuter

“what; who; ka [pronoun].”

canāmamat < cana

[adverb]

“not even; cana [word].”

canāmamat < amamat < am

[verb], singular, Aorist conj./subj.

“hurt.”

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