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 10.97.8

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

उच्छुष्मा॒ ओष॑धीनां॒ गावो॑ गो॒ष्ठादि॑वेरते । धनं॑ सनि॒ष्यन्ती॑नामा॒त्मानं॒ तव॑ पूरुष ॥
उच्छुष्मा ओषधीनां गावो गोष्ठादिवेरते । धनं सनिष्यन्तीनामात्मानं तव पूरुष ॥
uc chuṣmā oṣadhīnāṃ gāvo goṣṭhād iverate | dhanaṃ saniṣyantīnām ātmānaṃ tava pūruṣa ||

English translation:

“The virtues of the plural nts which are desirous of bestowing wealth issue from them, man, (towards) yourbody like cattle from the pen.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): bhiṣagātharvaṇaḥ [bhiṣagātharvaṇa];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): auṣadhīstutiḥ ;
Chandas (meter): virāḍanuṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

उत् । शुष्माः॑ । ओष॑धीनाम् । गावः॑ । गो॒ष्ठात्ऽइ॑व । ई॒र॒ते॒ । धन॑म् । स॒नि॒ष्यन्ती॑नाम् । आ॒त्मान॑म् । तव॑ । पु॒रु॒ष॒ ॥
उत् । शुष्माः । ओषधीनाम् । गावः । गोष्ठात्इव । ईरते । धनम् । सनिष्यन्तीनाम् । आत्मानम् । तव । पुरुष ॥
ut | śuṣmāḥ | oṣadhīnām | gāvaḥ | goṣṭhāt-iva | īrate | dhanam | saniṣyantīnām | ātmānam | tava | puruṣa

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 10.97.8 English analysis of grammar]

ucchuṣmā < ud

[adverb]

“up.”

ucchuṣmā < śuṣmāḥ < śuṣma

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“vigor; energy; fire; hiss; courage.”

oṣadhīnāṃ < oṣadhīnām < oṣadhī

[noun], genitive, plural, feminine

“herb; plant; drug; herb.”

gāvo < gāvaḥ < go

[noun], nominative, plural

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

goṣṭhād < goṣṭhāt < goṣṭha

[noun], ablative, singular, masculine

“cowbarn; dwelling; pen; forum.”

iverate < iva

[adverb]

“like; as it were; somehow; just so.”

iverate < īrate < īr

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“go.”

dhanaṃ < dhanam < dhana

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“wealth; property; money; treasure; prize; dhana [word]; valuable; dhan; capital; fight.”

saniṣyantīnām < san

[verb noun], genitive, plural

“win; get; gain.”

ātmānaṃ < ātmānam < ātman

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“self; nature; Ātman; mind; soul; self; body; character; ātman [word]; person; life; peculiarity.”

tava < tvad

[noun], genitive, singular

“you.”

pūruṣa

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“man; man; Puruṣa.”

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