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 4.57.1
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
क्षेत्र॑स्य॒ पति॑ना व॒यं हि॒तेने॑व जयामसि । गामश्वं॑ पोषयि॒त्न्वा स नो॑ मृळाती॒दृशे॑ ॥
क्षेत्रस्य पतिना वयं हितेनेव जयामसि । गामश्वं पोषयित्न्वा स नो मृळातीदृशे ॥
kṣetrasya patinā vayaṃ hiteneva jayāmasi | gām aśvam poṣayitnv ā sa no mṛḻātīdṛśe ||
English translation:
“With the master of the field, our friend, we triumph; may he bestow upon us cattle, horses, nourishment, for by such (gifts) he makes us happy.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
With the master of the field: kṣetrasya patinā may be a reference to Rudra or Agni
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vāmadevo gautamaḥ [vāmadeva gautama];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): kṣetrapatiḥ ;
Chandas (meter): anuṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
क्षेत्र॑स्य । पति॑ना । व॒यम् । हि॒तेन॑ऽइव । ज॒या॒म॒सि॒ । गाम् । अस्व॑म् । पो॒ष॒यि॒त्नु । आ । सः । नः॒ । मृ॒ळा॒ति॒ । ई॒दृशे॑ ॥
क्षेत्रस्य । पतिना । वयम् । हितेनइव । जयामसि । गाम् । अस्वम् । पोषयित्नु । आ । सः । नः । मृळाति । ईदृशे ॥
kṣetrasya | patinā | vayam | hitena-iva | jayāmasi | gām | asvam | poṣayitnu | ā | saḥ | naḥ | mṛḷāti | īdṛśe
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 4.57.1 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], genitive, singular, neuter
“field; location; habitat; country; area; earth; region; estate; body; kṣetra [word]; kṣetradoṣa; seat; reincarnation; uterus.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine
“husband; overlord; king; deity; īśvara; ruler; pati [word]; commanding officer; leader; owner; mayor; lord.”
[noun], nominative, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine
“beneficial; wholesome; good; suitable; good; appropriate; pleasant; Aṣṭādhyāyī 5.1.5; friendly; agreeable.”
[adverb]
“like; as it were; somehow; just so.”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“overcome; cure; win; conquer; control; win; succeed; remove; beat; govern; surpass; suppress.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“cow; cattle; go [word]; Earth; bull; floor; milk; beam; sunbeam; leather; hide; horn; language; bowstring; earth; ox; Svarga.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“horse; aśva [word]; Aśva; stallion.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“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.”
[verb], singular, Present conjunctive (subjunctive)
“pardon.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“such(a).”