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 10.107.7
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
दक्षि॒णाश्वं॒ दक्षि॑णा॒ गां द॑दाति॒ दक्षि॑णा च॒न्द्रमु॒त यद्धिर॑ण्यम् । दक्षि॒णान्नं॑ वनुते॒ यो न॑ आ॒त्मा दक्षि॑णां॒ वर्म॑ कृणुते विजा॒नन् ॥
दक्षिणाश्वं दक्षिणा गां ददाति दक्षिणा चन्द्रमुत यद्धिरण्यम् । दक्षिणान्नं वनुते यो न आत्मा दक्षिणां वर्म कृणुते विजानन् ॥
dakṣiṇāśvaṃ dakṣiṇā gāṃ dadāti dakṣiṇā candram uta yad dhiraṇyam | dakṣiṇānnaṃ vanute yo na ātmā dakṣiṇāṃ varma kṛṇute vijānan ||
English translation:
“(The Paṇis). This treasure, Saramā, secured in the mountain is composed of cows, horses andriches; the Paṇis protect it who are good watchers; you have come to this lonely spot in vain.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Lonely =resounding with the lowing of the oxen
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): divyo dakṣiṇā vā prājāpatyā [divya dakṣiṇā vā prājāpatyā];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): dakṣiṇā taddātāroṃ vā ;
Chandas (meter): triṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
दक्षि॑णा । अश्व॑म् । दक्षि॑णा । गाम् । द॒दा॒ति॒ । दक्षि॑णा । च॒न्द्रम् । उ॒त । यत् । हिर॑ण्यम् । दक्षि॑णा । अन्न॑म् । व॒नु॒ते॒ । यः । नः॒ । आ॒त्मा । दक्षि॑णाम् । वर्म॑ । कृ॒णु॒ते॒ । वि॒ऽजा॒नन् ॥
दक्षिणा । अश्वम् । दक्षिणा । गाम् । ददाति । दक्षिणा । चन्द्रम् । उत । यत् । हिरण्यम् । दक्षिणा । अन्नम् । वनुते । यः । नः । आत्मा । दक्षिणाम् । वर्म । कृणुते । विजानन् ॥
dakṣiṇā | aśvam | dakṣiṇā | gām | dadāti | dakṣiṇā | candram | uta | yat | hiraṇyam | dakṣi ṇā | annam | vanute | yaḥ | naḥ | ātmā | dakṣiṇām | varma | kṛṇute | vi-jānan
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 10.107.7 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“Dakṣiṇā; south; dakṣiṇā [word]; gift; South.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“horse; aśva [word]; Aśva; stallion.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“Dakṣiṇā; south; dakṣiṇā [word]; gift; South.”
[noun], accusative, singular
“cow; cattle; go [word]; Earth; bull; floor; milk; beam; sunbeam; leather; hide; horn; language; bowstring; earth; ox; Svarga.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“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], nominative, singular, feminine
“Dakṣiṇā; south; dakṣiṇā [word]; gift; South.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“moon; silver; Candra; camphor; candrikā; Candra; candra [word]; vajra; left nostril; one.”
[adverb]
“and; besides; uta [indecl.]; similarly; alike; even.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“gold; jewelry; hiraṇya [word]; gold.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“Dakṣiṇā; south; dakṣiṇā [word]; gift; South.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“food; foodstuff; grain; anna [word]; eating; boiled rice; meal.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“obtain; gain; desire; get; like; love; overcome.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], genitive, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“self; nature; Ātman; mind; soul; self; body; character; ātman [word]; person; life; peculiarity.”
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
“Dakṣiṇā; south; dakṣiṇā [word]; gift; South.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“cuirass; armor; varman [word]; protective covering; Varman; varman.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“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.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“know; diagnose; detect; find; identify; call; understand; observe; name; deem; recognize; explain; know.”