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 1.37.4
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
प्र व॒: शर्धा॑य॒ घृष्व॑ये त्वे॒षद्यु॑म्नाय शु॒ष्मिणे॑ । दे॒वत्तं॒ ब्रह्म॑ गायत ॥
प्र वः शर्धाय घृष्वये त्वेषद्युम्नाय शुष्मिणे । देवत्तं ब्रह्म गायत ॥
pra vaḥ śardhāya ghṛṣvaye tveṣadyumnāya śuṣmiṇe | devattam brahma gāyata ||
English translation:
“Address the god-given prayer to those who are your strength, the destroyers of foes, the powerful, possessed of brilliant reputation.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Devattam-brahma, the praise or prayer which recommends the oblation, obtained from the favour of instrumental uction of the gods
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): kaṇvo ghauraḥ [kaṇva ghaura];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): marūtaḥ;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
प्र । वः॒ । शर्धा॑य । घृष्व॑ये । त्वे॒षऽद्यु॑म्नाय । शु॒ष्मिणे॑ । दे॒वत्त॑म् । ब्रह्म॑ । गा॒य॒त॒ ॥
प्र । वः । शर्धाय । घृष्वये । त्वेषद्युम्नाय । शुष्मिणे । देवत्तम् । ब्रह्म । गायत ॥
pra | vaḥ | śardhāya | ghṛṣvaye | tveṣa-dyumnāya | śuṣmiṇe | devattam | brahma | gāyata
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.37.4 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“towards; ahead.”
[noun], genitive, plural
“you.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“troop.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“anticipated; electrifying.”
[noun]
“awful; brilliant; aglitter(p); bright.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“magnificence.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“strong; hotheaded.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“brahman; mantra; prayer; spell; Veda; Brahmin; sacred text; final emancipation; hymn; brahman [word]; Brāhmaṇa; study.”
[verb], plural, Present imperative
“sing; praise; jap; recite; describe.”