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 1.4.5
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
उ॒त ब्रु॑वन्तु नो॒ निदो॒ निर॒न्यत॑श्चिदारत । दधा॑ना॒ इन्द्र॒ इद्दुव॑: ॥
उत ब्रुवन्तु नो निदो निरन्यतश्चिदारत । दधाना इन्द्र इद्दुवः ॥
uta bruvantu no nido nir anyataś cid ārata | dadhānā indra id duvaḥ ||
English translation:
“Let our ministers, earnestly performing his worship, exclaim, Depart your revilers from hence and every other plural ce (where he is adored).”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Bruvantu = let them say, hence, let them praise Indra
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): madhucchandāḥ vaiśvāmitraḥ [madhucchandas vaiśvāmitra];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
उ॒त । ब्रु॒व॒न्तु॒ । नः॒ । निदः॑ । निः । अ॒न्यतः॑ । चित् । आ॒र॒त॒ । दधा॑नाः । इन्द्रे॑ । इत् । दुवः॑ ॥
उत । ब्रुवन्तु । नः । निदः । निः । अन्यतः । चित् । आरत । दधानाः । इन्द्रे । इत् । दुवः ॥
uta | bruvantu | naḥ | nidaḥ | niḥ | anyataḥ | cit | ārata | dadhānāḥ | indre | it | duvaḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.4.5 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“and; besides; uta [indecl.]; similarly; alike; even.”
[verb], plural, Present imperative
“say; tell; describe; speak; state; answer; call; explain; address; proclaim; talk; talk; choose.”
[noun], genitive, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“derision; scoffer; contempt.”
[adverb]
“niḥ; away; out; without.”
[adverb]
“on the other hand; elsewhere.”
[adverb]
“even; indeed.”
[verb], plural, Thematic aorist (Ind.)
“enter (a state); travel; shoot; send; hit; originate; get; raise; begin; harm.”
[verb noun], nominative, plural
“put; give; cause; get; hold; make; provide; lend; wear; install; have; enter (a state); supply; hold; take; show.”
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[adverb]
“indeed; assuredly; entirely.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“worship.”