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 10.62.7
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
इन्द्रे॑ण यु॒जा निः सृ॑जन्त वा॒घतो॑ व्र॒जं गोम॑न्तम॒श्विन॑म् । स॒हस्रं॑ मे॒ दद॑तो अष्टक॒र्ण्य१॒॑: श्रवो॑ दे॒वेष्व॑क्रत ॥
इन्द्रेण युजा निः सृजन्त वाघतो व्रजं गोमन्तमश्विनम् । सहस्रं मे ददतो अष्टकर्ण्यः श्रवो देवेष्वक्रत ॥
indreṇa yujā niḥ sṛjanta vāghato vrajaṃ gomantam aśvinam | sahasram me dadato aṣṭakarṇyaḥ śravo deveṣv akrata ||
English translation:
“The acceptors of oblations, with Indra for their associate, have emptied pastures crowded with cows,and horses, giving me a thousand full-grown (cattle), they have gained renown among the gods.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Acceptors ofoblations: vāghataḥ = priests; bearers or offerers of sacrifices, i.e. Aṅgirasas or the Viśvedevās; full-growṅaṣṭakarṇyaḥ = eight-eared, or, broad-eared (from aṣṭa, i.e. vistīrṇa); using part of the whole, the phrase isexplained: cows having all their members ample
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): nābhānediṣṭho mānavaḥ [nābhānediṣṭha mānava];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): viśvedevā:;
Chandas (meter): virāṭpaṅkti ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
इन्द्रे॑ण । यु॒जा । निः । सृ॒ज॒न्त॒ । वा॒घतः॑ । व्र॒जम् । गोऽम॑न्तम् । अ॒श्विन॑म् । स॒हस्र॑म् । मे॒ । दद॑तः । अ॒ष्ट॒ऽक॒र्ण्यः॑ । श्रवः॑ । दे॒वेषु॑ । अ॒क्र॒त॒ ॥
इन्द्रेण । युजा । निः । सृजन्त । वाघतः । व्रजम् । गोमन्तम् । अश्विनम् । सहस्रम् । मे । ददतः । अष्टकर्ण्यः । श्रवः । देवेषु । अक्रत ॥
indreṇa | yujā | niḥ | sṛjanta | vāghataḥ | vrajam | go--mantam | aśvinam | sahasram | me | dadataḥ | aṣṭa-karṇyaḥ | śravaḥ | deveṣu | akrata
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 10.62.7 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine
“ally; friend; pair; two; companion.”
[adverb]
“niḥ; away; out; without.”
[verb], plural, Present injunctive
“create; shoot; discharge; free; cause; throw; emit; send; produce; use; be born; make.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“cow pen; Vraja; battalion; Vraja; Vraja; vraja [word]; vraj; herd; flock; group.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“rich in cattle; bovine.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“rich in horses; horsy.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“thousand; one-thousandth; sahasra [word].”
[noun], dative, singular
“I; mine.”
[verb noun], nominative, plural
“give; add; perform; put; administer; fill into; give; ignite; put on; offer; use; fuel; pour; grant; feed; teach; construct; insert; drip; wrap; pay; hand over; lend; inflict; concentrate; sacrifice; splint; poultice; create.”
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“fame; glory; ear.”
[noun], locative, plural, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[verb], plural, Root aorist (Ind.)
“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.”