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 4.56.1
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
म॒ही द्यावा॑पृथि॒वी इ॒ह ज्येष्ठे॑ रु॒चा भ॑वतां शु॒चय॑द्भिर॒र्कैः । यत्सीं॒ वरि॑ष्ठे बृह॒ती वि॑मि॒न्वन्रु॒वद्धो॒क्षा प॑प्रथा॒नेभि॒रेवै॑: ॥
मही द्यावापृथिवी इह ज्येष्ठे रुचा भवतां शुचयद्भिरर्कैः । यत्सीं वरिष्ठे बृहती विमिन्वन्रुवद्धोक्षा पप्रथानेभिरेवैः ॥
mahī dyāvāpṛthivī iha jyeṣṭhe rucā bhavatāṃ śucayadbhir arkaiḥ | yat sīṃ variṣṭhe bṛhatī viminvan ruvad dhokṣā paprathānebhir evaiḥ ||
English translation:
“Vast and most excellent Heaven and Earth, be present with splendour at this (sacrifice, attracted) by sanctifying hymns; since that the showerer sounds everywhere with (his) heralds, the rapid (winds), passing through the two spacious and mighty (regions).”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vāmadevo gautamaḥ [vāmadeva gautama];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): dyāvāpṛthivyau ;
Chandas (meter): triṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
म॒ही । द्यावा॑पृथि॒वी इति॑ । इ॒ह । ज्येष्ठे॒ इति॑ । रु॒चा । भ॒व॒ता॒म् । शु॒चय॑त्ऽभिः । अ॒र्कैः । यत् । सी॒म् । वरि॑ष्ठे॒ इति॑ । बृ॒ह॒ती इति॑ । वि॒ऽमि॒न्वन् । रु॒वत् । ह॒ । उ॒क्षा । प॒प्र॒था॒नेभिः॑ । एवैः॑ ॥
मही । द्यावापृथिवी इति । इह । ज्येष्ठे इति । रुचा । भवताम् । शुचयत्भिः । अर्कैः । यत् । सीम् । वरिष्ठे इति । बृहती इति । विमिन्वन् । रुवत् । ह । उक्षा । पप्रथानेभिः । एवैः ॥
mahī | dyāvāpṛthivī iti | iha | jyeṣṭheiti | rucā | bhavatām | śucayat-bhiḥ | arkaiḥ | yat | sīm | variṣṭheiti | bṛhatī iti | vi-minvan | ruvat | ha | ukṣā | paprathānebhiḥ | evaiḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 4.56.1 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, dual, feminine
“great; firm.”
[noun], nominative, dual, feminine
“heaven and earth; dyāvāpṛthivī [word].”
[adverb]
“here; now; in this world; now; below; there; here; just.”
[noun], nominative, dual, feminine
“firstborn; best; first; excellent; highest; jyeṣṭha [word].”
[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine
“beam; radiance; color.”
[verb], dual, Present imperative
“become; be; originate; transform; happen; result; exist; be born; be; be; come to life; grow; elapse; come to mind; thrive; become; impend; show; conceive; understand; stand; constitute; serve; apply; behave.”
[verb noun], instrumental, plural
“distress; afflict; burn.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine
“Calotropis gigantea Beng.; sun; copper; Surya; hymn; twelve; fire; beam.”
[adverb]
“once [when]; because; that; if; how.”
[adverb]
[noun], accusative, dual, neuter
“best; preferable.”
[noun], accusative, dual, neuter
“large; great; loud; high; much(a); exalted; abundant; intensive; strong; huge.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
[verb], singular, Present injunctive
“bellow; howl.”
[adverb]
“indeed; ha [word].”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“bull; ukṣan [word].”
[verb noun], instrumental, plural
“be known; expand; expand; boom.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine
“eva [word]; habit; manner; behavior; custom.”