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 1.70.9
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
गोषु॒ प्रश॑स्तिं॒ वने॑षु धिषे॒ भर॑न्त॒ विश्वे॑ ब॒लिं स्व॑र्णः ॥
गोषु प्रशस्तिं वनेषु धिषे भरन्त विश्वे बलिं स्वर्णः ॥
goṣu praśastiṃ vaneṣu dhiṣe bharanta viśve baliṃ svar ṇaḥ ||
English translation:
“[9-10] Agni, confer excellence upon our valued cattle, and may all men bring us acceptable tribute; offering in many laces sacrifices to you, men receive riches from you, as (sons) from an aged father.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): parāśaraḥ śāktaḥ [parāśara śākta];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): Dvipadaa viraat;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
गोषु॑ । प्रऽश॑स्तिम् । वने॑षु । धिषे॑ । भर॑न्त । विश्वे॑ । ब॒लिम् । स्वः॑ । नः॒ ॥
गोषु । प्रशस्तिम् । वनेषु । धिषे । भरन्त । विश्वे । बलिम् । स्वः । नः ॥
goṣu | pra-śastim | vaneṣu | dhiṣe | bharanta | viśve | balim | svaḥ | naḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.70.9 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], locative, plural, masculine
“cow; cattle; go [word]; Earth; bull; floor; milk; beam; sunbeam; leather; hide; horn; language; bowstring; earth; ox; Svarga.”
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
“announcement; praise; respect.”
[noun], locative, plural, neuter
“forest; wood; tree; grove; vana [word]; forest; brush.”
[verb], singular, Root aorist (Ind.)
“put; give; cause; get; hold; make; provide; lend; wear; install; have; enter (a state); supply; hold; take; show.”
[verb], plural, Present injunctive
“bring; hold; fill; support; wear; possess; carry; nourish; keep; hire; have; satiate; follow; bear.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“sulfur; bali; Bali; tribute; tax; bali [word]; Bali.”
[adverb]
“sun; sky; sunlight.”
[noun], dative, plural
“I; mine.”