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 10.144.4

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

यं सु॑प॒र्णः प॑रा॒वत॑: श्ये॒नस्य॑ पु॒त्र आभ॑रत् । श॒तच॑क्रं॒ यो॒३॒॑ऽह्यो॑ वर्त॒निः ॥
यं सुपर्णः परावतः श्येनस्य पुत्र आभरत् । शतचक्रं योऽह्यो वर्तनिः ॥
yaṃ suparṇaḥ parāvataḥ śyenasya putra ābharat | śatacakraṃ yo 'hyo vartaniḥ ||

English translation:

“The som whom Suparṇa, the son of the falcon, brought from afar, the bestower of many boons, whois the stimulator of Ahi.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): suparṇastārkṣyaputra ūrdhvakṛśano vā yāmāyanaḥ [suparṇastārkṣyaputra ūrdhvakṛśana vā yāmāyana];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): bhuriggāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

यम् । सु॒ऽप॒र्णः । प॒रा॒ऽवतः॑ । श्ये॒नस्य॑ । पु॒त्रः । आ । अभ॑रत् । श॒तऽच॑क्रम् । यः । अ॒ह्यः॑ । व॒र्त॒निः ॥
यम् । सुपर्णः । परावतः । श्येनस्य । पुत्रः । आ । अभरत् । शतचक्रम् । यः । अह्यः । वर्तनिः ॥
yam | su-parṇaḥ | parāvataḥ | śyenasya | putraḥ | ā | abharat | śata-cakram | yaḥ | ahyaḥ | vartaniḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 10.144.4 English analysis of grammar]

yaṃ < yam < yad

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

suparṇaḥ < suparṇa

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“Garuda; Suparṇa; bird of prey; Suparṇa; suparṇa; Suparṇa; eagle.”

parāvataḥ < parāvat

[noun], ablative, singular, feminine

“distance; distance; distance.”

śyenasya < śyena

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“hawk; bird of prey; falcon; Śyena; eagle; śyena [word]; Śyena.”

putra < putraḥ < putra

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“son; putra [word]; male child; Putra; Bodhisattva.”

ābharat < ābhṛ < √bhṛ

[verb], singular, Thematic aorist (Ind.)

“bring.”

śatacakraṃ < śata

[noun], neuter

“hundred; one-hundredth; śata [word].”

śatacakraṃ < cakram < cakra

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“wheel; Cakra; discus; army; cakra; oil mill; cakrikā; cakra; group.”

yo < yaḥ < yad

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

'hyo < _ < √_

[?]

“_”

vartaniḥ < vartani

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“path; East; way.”

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