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 8.65.10

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

दा॒ता मे॒ पृष॑तीनां॒ राजा॑ हिरण्य॒वीना॑म् । मा दे॑वा म॒घवा॑ रिषत् ॥
दाता मे पृषतीनां राजा हिरण्यवीनाम् । मा देवा मघवा रिषत् ॥
dātā me pṛṣatīnāṃ rājā hiraṇyavīnām | mā devā maghavā riṣat ||

English translation:

“May (Indra) the king give me cows adorned with gold; O gods, let not Maghavan be harmed.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): pragāthaḥ kāṇvaḥ [pragātha kāṇva];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): virāḍgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

दा॒ता । मे॒ । पृष॑तीनाम् । राजा॑ । हि॒र॒ण्य॒ऽवीना॑म् । मा । दे॒वाः॒ । म॒घऽवा॑ । रि॒ष॒त् ॥
दाता । मे । पृषतीनाम् । राजा । हिरण्यवीनाम् । मा । देवाः । मघवा । रिषत् ॥
dātā | me | pṛṣatīnām | rājā | hiraṇya-vīnām | mā | devāḥ | magha-vā | riṣat

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.65.10 English analysis of grammar]

dātā <

[verb], singular, periphrast. future

“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.”

me < mad

[noun], dative, singular

“I; mine.”

pṛṣatīnāṃ < pṛṣatīnām < pṛṣatī

[noun], genitive, plural, feminine

rājā < rājan

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“king; Kshatriya; rājan [word]; best; rājāvarta; Yakṣa.”

hiraṇyavīnām < hiraṇyavī

[noun], genitive, plural, masculine

[adverb]

“not.”

devā < devāḥ < deva

[noun], vocative, plural, masculine

“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”

maghavā < maghavan

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“big.”

riṣat < riṣ

[verb], singular, Present injunctive

“suffer; harm.”

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