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 10.114.9
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
कश्छन्द॑सां॒ योग॒मा वे॑द॒ धीर॒: को धिष्ण्यां॒ प्रति॒ वाचं॑ पपाद । कमृ॒त्विजा॑मष्ट॒मं शूर॑माहु॒र्हरी॒ इन्द्र॑स्य॒ नि चि॑काय॒ कः स्वि॑त् ॥
कश्छन्दसां योगमा वेद धीरः को धिष्ण्यां प्रति वाचं पपाद । कमृत्विजामष्टमं शूरमाहुर्हरी इन्द्रस्य नि चिकाय कः स्वित् ॥
kaś chandasāṃ yogam ā veda dhīraḥ ko dhiṣṇyām prati vācam papāda | kam ṛtvijām aṣṭamaṃ śūram āhur harī indrasya ni cikāya kaḥ svit ||
English translation:
“What grave person n knows the application of the metres? Who utters the words appropriate to thefunctions (of the) different priests? Whom do they call the eighth of the priests, the independent? Who has donehonour to the two bay horses of Indra?”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Two bay horses: The Ṛk and the Sāman are intended
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): sadhrirvairupo dharmo vā tāpasaḥ [sadhrirvairupa dharma vā tāpasa];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): viśvedevā:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
कः । छन्द॑साम् । योग॑म् । आ । वे॒द॒ । धीरः॑ । कः । धिष्ण्या॑म् । प्रति॑ । वाच॑म् । प॒पा॒द॒ । कम् । ऋ॒त्विजा॑म् । अ॒ष्ट॒मम् । शूर॑म् । आ॒हुः॒ । हरी॒ इति॑ । इन्द्र॑स्य । नि । चि॒का॒य॒ । कः । स्वि॒त् ॥
कः । छन्दसाम् । योगम् । आ । वेद । धीरः । कः । धिष्ण्याम् । प्रति । वाचम् । पपाद । कम् । ऋत्विजाम् । अष्टमम् । शूरम् । आहुः । हरी इति । इन्द्रस्य । नि । चिकाय । कः । स्वित् ॥
kaḥ | chandasām | yogam | ā | veda | dhīraḥ | kaḥ | dhiṣṇyām | prati | vācam | papāda | kam | ṛtvijām | aṣṭamam | śūram | āhuḥ | harī iti | indrasya | ni | cikāya | kaḥ | svit
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 10.114.9 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“what; who; ka [pronoun].”
[noun], genitive, plural, neuter
“Veda; meter; chandas [word]; hymn; meter; meter.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“method; application; yoga; remedy; mix; treatment; mixture; procedure; contact; use; yogin; connection; application; union; magic trick; formulation; fraud; relation; sense; connection; war; therapy; enterprise; addition; undertaking; performance; marriage; yoke; yoga [word]; art; combination; assortment; confluence; constellation; relationship; connection; agent; means.”
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
“know; diagnose; perceive; know; accord; notice; deem; mind; learn; specify; watch; recognize; detect; call.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“expert; wise; intelligent; versed; adept.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“what; who; ka [pronoun].”
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
“wise; beneficent.”
[adverb]
“towards; per; regarding; respectively; according to; until.”
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
“speech; statement; voice; voice; speech; language; vāc [word]; word; literary composition; conversation; sound; Sarasvati; cry; assurance; spell.”
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
“fall.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“what; who; ka [pronoun].”
[noun], genitive, plural, masculine
“ṛtvij; ṛtvij [word].”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“eighth; aṣṭama [word].”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“hero; cock; śūra; Śūra; Vatica robusta; Plumbago zeylanica; warrior; hero; attacker; lentil; wild boar; lion; dog.”
[verb], plural, Perfect indicative
“describe; state; say; enumerate; call; name; teach; tell; deem; explain; say; define.”
[noun], accusative, dual, masculine
“Vishnu; monkey; Krishna; horse; lion; Indra; Hari; Surya; Hari; haritāla; Hari; snake; frog.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[adverb]
“back; down.”
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
“observe; detect; notice; heed; mind.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“what; who; ka [pronoun].”
[adverb]
“svid [word].”