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 1.89.4
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
तन्नो॒ वातो॑ मयो॒भु वा॑तु भेष॒जं तन्मा॒ता पृ॑थि॒वी तत्पि॒ता द्यौः । तद्ग्रावा॑णः सोम॒सुतो॑ मयो॒भुव॒स्तद॑श्विना शृणुतं धिष्ण्या यु॒वम् ॥
तन्नो वातो मयोभु वातु भेषजं तन्माता पृथिवी तत्पिता द्यौः । तद्ग्रावाणः सोमसुतो मयोभुवस्तदश्विना शृणुतं धिष्ण्या युवम् ॥
tan no vāto mayobhu vātu bheṣajaṃ tan mātā pṛthivī tat pitā dyauḥ | tad grāvāṇaḥ somasuto mayobhuvas tad aśvinā śṛṇutaṃ dhiṣṇyā yuvam ||
English translation:
“May the wind waft to us the grateful medicament; may mother earth, may father heaven, (convey) it (to us); may the stones that express Soma, and are productive of plural asure (bring) it (to us); Aśvins, who are to be meditated upon, hear (our submission).”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Bheṣajam: aśvins, the physicians of the gods bestow the medicament
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): gotamo rāhūgaṇaḥ [gotama rāhūgaṇa];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): viśvedevā:;
Chandas (meter): bhuriktriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
तत् । नः॒ । वातः॑ । म॒यः॒ऽभु । वा॒तु॒ । भे॒ष॒जम् । तत् । मा॒ता । पृ॒थि॒वी । तत् । पि॒ता । द्यौः । तत् । ग्रावा॑णः । सो॒म॒ऽसुतः॑ । म॒यः॒ऽभुवः॑ । तत् । अ॒श्वि॒ना॒ । शृ॒णु॒त॒म् । धि॒ष्ण्या॒ । यु॒वम् ॥
तत् । नः । वातः । मयःभु । वातु । भेषजम् । तत् । माता । पृथिवी । तत् । पिता । द्यौः । तत् । ग्रावाणः । सोमसुतः । मयःभुवः । तत् । अश्विना । शृणुतम् । धिष्ण्या । युवम् ॥
tat | naḥ | vātaḥ | mayaḥ-bhu | vātu | bheṣajam | tat | mātā | pṛthivī | tat | pitā | dyauḥ | tat | grāvāṇaḥ | soma-sutaḥ | mayaḥ-bhuvaḥ | tat | aśvinā | śṛṇutam | dhiṣṇyā | yuvam
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.89.4 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[noun], dative, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“vāta; wind; fart; Vayu; air; draft; vāta [word]; Vāta; rheumatism; Marut.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“blow; blow; emit.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“drug; medicine; herb; bheṣaja [word]; remedy; reagent.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“mother; mātṛkā; mātṛ [word]; parent; Salvinia cucullata Roxb.; Citrullus colocynthis Schrad.; cow.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“Earth; pṛthivī; floor; Earth; earth; pṛthivī [word]; land.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“father; Pitṛ; ancestor; parent; paternal ancestor; pitṛ [word]; forefather.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“stone; millstone; grindstone; mountain.”
[noun], masculine
“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[noun], vocative, dual, masculine
“Asvins; two.”
[verb], dual, Present imperative
“listen; come to know; hear; hear; listen; study; heed; learn.”
[noun], nominative, dual, masculine
“wise; beneficent.”
[noun], nominative, dual
“you.”