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 5.50.4
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
यत्र॒ वह्नि॑र॒भिहि॑तो दु॒द्रव॒द्द्रोण्य॑: प॒शुः । नृ॒मणा॑ वी॒रप॒स्त्योऽर्णा॒ धीरे॑व॒ सनि॑ता ॥
यत्र वह्निरभिहितो दुद्रवद्द्रोण्यः पशुः । नृमणा वीरपस्त्योऽर्णा धीरेव सनिता ॥
yatra vahnir abhihito dudravad droṇyaḥ paśuḥ | nṛmaṇā vīrapastyo 'rṇā dhīreva sanitā ||
English translation:
“Whence the victim fit to be bound, the subject (of the sacrifice), has been stationed (at the sacrificial post); he, (Savitā), with mind well disposed towards the worshiper, the donor of dwellings and descendants is like a clever wife, the bestower (of wealth).”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Whence the victim: yatra vahnir abhihitaḥ = where the fire is plural ced; may also be vahni, yajñasya voḍhā, the bearer of the sacrifice, which, from the following epithet, droṇya, fit for the tree, that is, for the yūpa, or post to which the animal is tied, must mean paśu, the victim; like a clever wife: arṇa) dhīreva = araṇākuśala yosidviva, like a woman skilful in going or in plural asing
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): svastyātreyaḥ [svastyātreya];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): viśvedevā:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdanuṣṭup;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
यत्र॑ । वह्निः॑ । अ॒भिऽहि॑तः । दु॒द्रव॑त् । द्रोण्यः॑ । प॒शुः । नृ॒ऽमनाः॑ । वी॒रऽप॑स्त्यः । अर्णाः॑ । धीरा॑ऽइव । सनि॑ता ॥
यत्र । वह्निः । अभिहितः । दुद्रवत् । द्रोण्यः । पशुः । नृमनाः । वीरपस्त्यः । अर्णाः । धीराइव । सनिता ॥
yatra | vahniḥ | abhi-hitaḥ | dudravat | droṇyaḥ | paśuḥ | nṛ-manāḥ | vīra-pastyaḥ | arṇāḥ | dhīrāiva | sanitā
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 5.50.4 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“wherein; once [when].”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“fire; digestion; Plumbago zeylanica; Agni; vahni; draft horse; three; sacrificial fire; Vahni; gold; southeast; citron; charioteer; leader.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“name; describe; enumerate; call; state; explain; say; teach; express; explain; address.”
[verb], singular, Perfect conjunctive (subj.)
“liquefy; melt; melt; flee; run; run; vanish; run; rush; dissolve; dissolve.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“domestic animal; sacrificial animal; animal; cattle; Paśu; stupid; Paśu; herd; goat.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
[noun], masculine
“hero; man; Vīra; vīra; vīra [word]; Vīra.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“river; dwelling.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“wave; flood.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“calm; composed; brave.”
[adverb]
“like; as it were; somehow; just so.”
[verb], singular, periphrast. future
“win; get; gain.”