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 10.94.2
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
ए॒ते व॑दन्ति श॒तव॑त्स॒हस्र॑वद॒भि क्र॑न्दन्ति॒ हरि॑तेभिरा॒सभि॑: । वि॒ष्ट्वी ग्रावा॑णः सु॒कृत॑: सुकृ॒त्यया॒ होतु॑श्चि॒त्पूर्वे॑ हवि॒रद्य॑माशत ॥
एते वदन्ति शतवत्सहस्रवदभि क्रन्दन्ति हरितेभिरासभिः । विष्ट्वी ग्रावाणः सुकृतः सुकृत्यया होतुश्चित्पूर्वे हविरद्यमाशत ॥
ete vadanti śatavat sahasravad abhi krandanti haritebhir āsabhiḥ | viṣṭvī grāvāṇaḥ sukṛtaḥ sukṛtyayā hotuś cit pūrve haviradyam āśata ||
English translation:
“They roar like a hundred, like a thousand (men); they cry aloud with green-tinted faces; obtaining thesacrifice, the pious stones through their piety partake of the sacrificial food, even before (Agni), the invoker (ofthe gods).”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): arbudaḥ kādraveyaḥ sarpaḥ [arbuda kādraveya sarpa];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): grāvāṇaḥ;
Chandas (meter): jagatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
ए॒ते । व॒द॒न्ति॒ । श॒तऽव॑त् । स॒हस्र॑ऽवत् । अ॒भि । क्र॒न्द॒न्ति॒ । हरि॑तेभिः । आ॒सऽभिः॑ । वि॒ष्ट्वी । ग्रावा॑णः । सु॒ऽकृतः॑ । सु॒ऽकृ॒त्यया॑ । होतुः॑ । चि॒त् । पूर्वे॑ । ह॒विः॒ऽअद्य॑म् । आ॒श॒त॒ ॥
एते । वदन्ति । शतवत् । सहस्रवत् । अभि । क्रन्दन्ति । हरितेभिः । आसभिः । विष्ट्वी । ग्रावाणः । सुकृतः । सुकृत्यया । होतुः । चित् । पूर्वे । हविःअद्यम् । आशत ॥
ete | vadanti | śata-vat | sahasra-vat | abhi | krandanti | haritebhiḥ | āsa-bhi ḥ | viṣṭavī | grāvāṇaḥ | su-kṛtaḥ | su-kṛtyayā | hotuḥ | cit | pūrve | haviḥ-adyam | āśata
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 10.94.2 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); etad [word].”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“describe; teach; speak; tell; say; call; name; enumerate; declare; diagnose; address; say; pronounce; express; instruct; order.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
[adverb]
“towards; on.”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“roar; neigh; cry; howl; shout.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, neuter
“green; yellow; fresh; harita [word]; green.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, neuter
“mouth.”
[verb noun]
“labor; act; perform.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“stone; millstone; grindstone; mountain.”
[adverb]
“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“causing; making; performing; promotive; producing; doing; acting; writing; transforming; effecting.”
[adverb]
“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine
“magic; spirit; kṛtyā; Kṛtyā; witchcraft; act.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“Hotṛ.”
[adverb]
“even; indeed.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“aforesaid(a); antecedent; previous(a); first; eastern; former(a); pūrva [word]; age-old; anterior; bygone; fore(a); predictive; firstborn; easterly; instrumental.”
[noun], neuter
“Havya; offering; ghee; havis [word].”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
[verb], plural, Root aorist (Ind.)
“get; reach; enter (a state).”