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 10.73.4

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

स॒म॒ना तूर्णि॒रुप॑ यासि य॒ज्ञमा नास॑त्या स॒ख्याय॑ वक्षि । व॒साव्या॑मिन्द्र धारयः स॒हस्रा॒श्विना॑ शूर ददतुर्म॒घानि॑ ॥
समना तूर्णिरुप यासि यज्ञमा नासत्या सख्याय वक्षि । वसाव्यामिन्द्र धारयः सहस्राश्विना शूर ददतुर्मघानि ॥
samanā tūrṇir upa yāsi yajñam ā nāsatyā sakhyāya vakṣi | vasāvyām indra dhārayaḥ sahasrāśvinā śūra dadatur maghāni ||

English translation:

“Hastening in battle you approach the sacrifice; you bring the two Nāsatyās to friendship (with us);you, Indra, possess a heap of treasures, thousands (in numbers); the Aśvins, hero, gave us riches.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): gaurivītiḥ [gaurivīti];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): pādanicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

स॒म॒ना । तूर्णिः॑ । उप॑ । या॒सि॒ । य॒ज्ञम् । आ । नास॑त्या । स॒ख्याय॑ । व॒क्षि॒ । व॒साव्या॑म् । इ॒न्द्र॒ । धा॒र॒यः॒ । स॒हस्रा॑ । अ॒श्विना॑ । शू॒र॒ । द॒द॒तुः॒ । म॒घानि॑ ॥
समना । तूर्णिः । उप । यासि । यज्ञम् । आ । नासत्या । सख्याय । वक्षि । वसाव्याम् । इन्द्र । धारयः । सहस्रा । अश्विना । शूर । ददतुः । मघानि ॥
samanā | tūrṇiḥ | upa | yāsi | yajñam | ā | nāsatyā | sakhyāya | vakṣi | vasāvyām | indra | dhārayaḥ | sahasrā | aśvinā | śūra | dadatuḥ | maghāni

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 10.73.4 English analysis of grammar]

samanā

[adverb]

tūrṇir < tūrṇiḥ < tūrṇi

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“agile.”

upa

[adverb]

“towards; on; next.”

yāsi <

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“go; enter (a state); travel; disappear; reach; come; campaign; elapse; arrive; drive; reach; leave; run; depart; ride.”

yajñam < yajña

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“yajña; religious ceremony; Vishnu; yajña [word]; Yajña; Shiva.”

ā

[adverb]

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

nāsatyā < nāsatya

[noun], accusative, dual, masculine

“Asvins; nāsatya [word].”

sakhyāya < sakhya

[noun], dative, singular, neuter

“friendship; aid; company.”

vakṣi < vah

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“transport; bring; marry; run; drive; vāhay; drive; run; pull; nirvāpay; blow; transport; discharge; assume; remove.”

vasāvyām < vasāvī

[noun], locative, singular, feminine

indra

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

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

dhārayaḥ < dhāray < √dhṛ

[verb], singular, Present injunctive

“keep; sustain; put; hold; wear; hold; carry; keep alive; suppress; preserve; remember; stow; stop; have; fill into; endure; support; understand; fixate; govern; restrain.”

sahasrāśvinā < sahasrā < sahasra

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“thousand; one-thousandth; sahasra [word].”

sahasrāśvinā < aśvinā < aśvin

[noun], nominative, dual, masculine

“Asvins; two.”

śūra

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

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

dadatur < dadatuḥ <

[verb], dual, Perfect indicative

“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.”

maghāni < magha

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

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

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