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 10.106.2
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
उ॒ष्टारे॑व॒ फर्व॑रेषु श्रयेथे प्रायो॒गेव॒ श्वात्र्या॒ शासु॒रेथ॑: । दू॒तेव॒ हि ष्ठो य॒शसा॒ जने॑षु॒ माप॑ स्थातं महि॒षेवा॑व॒पाना॑त् ॥
उष्टारेव फर्वरेषु श्रयेथे प्रायोगेव श्वात्र्या शासुरेथः । दूतेव हि ष्ठो यशसा जनेषु माप स्थातं महिषेवावपानात् ॥
uṣṭāreva pharvareṣu śrayethe prāyogeva śvātryā śāsur ethaḥ | dūteva hi ṣṭho yaśasā janeṣu māpa sthātam mahiṣevāvapānāt ||
English translation:
“Like two longing oxen (to the pastures), you have recourse to those who fill you (with oblations); youapproach like two horses prepared for the fray; employed to bring treasure; you are like two (royal) messengersrenowned among the people; turn not away (from our oblation) like two buffaloes from the drinking-trough.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): bhutāṃśaḥ kāśyapaḥ [bhutāṃśa kāśyapa];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): aśvinau ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
उ॒ष्टारा॑ऽइव । फर्व॑रेषु । श्र॒ये॒थे॒ इति॑ । प्रा॒यो॒गाऽइ॑व । श्वात्र्या॑ । शासुः॑ । आ । इ॒थः॒ । दू॒ताऽइ॑व । हि । स्थः । य॒शसा॑ । जने॑षु । मा । अप॑ । स्था॒त॒म् । म॒हि॒षाऽइ॑व । अ॒व॒ऽपाना॑त् ॥
उष्टाराइव । फर्वरेषु । श्रयेथे इति । प्रायोगाइव । श्वात्र्या । शासुः । आ । इथः । दूताइव । हि । स्थः । यशसा । जनेषु । मा । अप । स्थातम् । महिषाइव । अवपानात् ॥
uṣṭārāiva | pharvareṣu | śrayetheiti | prāyogāiva | śvātryā | śāsuḥ | ā | ithaḥ | dūtāiva | hi | sthaḥ | yaśasā | janeṣu | mā | apa | sthātam | mahiṣāiva | ava-pānāt
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 10.106.2 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, dual, masculine
[adverb]
“like; as it were; somehow; just so.”
[noun], locative, plural, masculine
[verb], dual, Present indikative
“situate; dwell; go; lurk; reach; rear; repose; cling to.”
[noun], nominative, dual, masculine
[adverb]
“like; as it were; somehow; just so.”
[noun], nominative, dual, masculine
“swelling.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
[verb], dual, Present indikative
“come; travel.”
[noun], nominative, dual, masculine
“messenger; emissary; dūta [word].”
[adverb]
“like; as it were; somehow; just so.”
[adverb]
“because; indeed; for; therefore; hi [word].”
[verb], dual, Present indikative
“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter
“fame; Yaśas.”
[noun], locative, plural, masculine
“people; national; man; relative; jan; Janaloka; person; jana [word]; man; attendant; Jana; foreigner; inhabitant; group.”
[adverb]
“not.”
[adverb]
“away.”
[verb], dual, Aorist imperative
“stay; stand; situate; exist; [in]; resist; endure; put; soak; be; stop; adhere; get stale; concentrate; grow; trust; wake; consociate; last; dwell; lie; stand; stop.”
[noun], nominative, dual, masculine
“Old World buffalo; Mahiṣa; Mahiṣa.”
[adverb]
“like; as it were; somehow; just so.”
[noun], ablative, singular, neuter
“drinking.”