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 1.36.4
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
दे॒वास॑स्त्वा॒ वरु॑णो मि॒त्रो अ॑र्य॒मा सं दू॒तं प्र॒त्नमि॑न्धते । विश्वं॒ सो अ॑ग्ने जयति॒ त्वया॒ धनं॒ यस्ते॑ द॒दाश॒ मर्त्य॑: ॥
देवासस्त्वा वरुणो मित्रो अर्यमा सं दूतं प्रत्नमिन्धते । विश्वं सो अग्ने जयति त्वया धनं यस्ते ददाश मर्त्यः ॥
devāsas tvā varuṇo mitro aryamā saṃ dūtam pratnam indhate | viśvaṃ so agne jayati tvayā dhanaṃ yas te dadāśa martyaḥ ||
English translation:
“The deities Varuṇa, Mitra and Aryaman kindle you, (their) ancient messenger. The man who has offered you (oblations), obtains through you, Agni, universal wealth.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Aryan mimite: aryaman, he who measures or estimates properly the aryas
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): kaṇvo ghauraḥ [kaṇva ghaura];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛtpaṅkti ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
दे॒वासः॑ । त्वा॒ । वरु॑णः । मि॒त्रः । अ॒र्य॒मा । सम् । दू॒तम् । प्र॒त्नम् । इ॒न्ध॒ते॒ । विश्व॑म् । सः । अ॒ग्ने॒ । ज॒य॒ति॒ । त्वया॑ । धन॑म् । यः । ते॒ । द॒दाश॑ । मर्त्यः॑ ॥
देवासः । त्वा । वरुणः । मित्रः । अर्यमा । सम् । दूतम् । प्रत्नम् । इन्धते । विश्वम् । सः । अग्ने । जयति । त्वया । धनम् । यः । ते । ददाश । मर्त्यः ॥
devāsaḥ | tvā | varuṇaḥ | mitraḥ | aryamā | sam | dūtam | pratnam | indhate | viśvam | saḥ | agne | jayati | tvayā | dhanam | yaḥ | te | dadāśa | martyaḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.36.4 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[noun], accusative, singular
“you.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Varuna; varuṇa [word]; Crataeva religiosa Forst.; Varuṇa; varuṇādi.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“friend; Mitra; mitra [word]; sun; ally.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Aryaman; aryaman [word]; sun.”
[adverb]
“sam; together; together; saṃ.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“messenger; emissary; dūta [word].”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“age-old; pratna [word].”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“kindle; ignite; set ablaze.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”
[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], vocative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“overcome; cure; win; conquer; control; win; succeed; remove; beat; govern; surpass; suppress.”
[noun], instrumental, singular
“you.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“wealth; property; money; treasure; prize; dhana [word]; valuable; dhan; capital; fight.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], dative, singular
“you.”
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
“sacrifice; give.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“man; people; martya [word]; Earth.”