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 1.40.1
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
उत्ति॑ष्ठ ब्रह्मणस्पते देव॒यन्त॑स्त्वेमहे । उप॒ प्र य॑न्तु म॒रुत॑: सु॒दान॑व॒ इन्द्र॑ प्रा॒शूर्भ॑वा॒ सचा॑ ॥
उत्तिष्ठ ब्रह्मणस्पते देवयन्तस्त्वेमहे । उप प्र यन्तु मरुतः सुदानव इन्द्र प्राशूर्भवा सचा ॥
ut tiṣṭha brahmaṇas pate devayantas tvemahe | upa pra yantu marutaḥ sudānava indra prāśūr bhavā sacā ||
English translation:
“Rise us, Brhmaṇaspati; devoted to the gods, we solicit you, bounteous Maruts, be nigh at hand; Indra, be a partaker fo the libation.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Earlier Brahmaṇaspati was a form of Agni; now he is associated with the Maruts
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): kaṇvo ghauraḥ [kaṇva ghaura];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): bṛhaspatiḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdupariṣṭād bṛhatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
उत् । ति॒ष्ठ॒ । ब्र॒ह्म॒णः॒ । प॒ते॒ । दे॒व॒ऽयन्तः॑ । त्वा॒ । ई॒म॒हे॒ । उप॑ । प्र । य॒न्तु॒ । म॒रुतः॑ । सु॒ऽदान॑वः । इन्द्र॑ । प्रा॒सूः । भ॒व॒ । सचा॑ ॥
उत् । तिष्ठ । ब्रह्मणः । पते । देवयन्तः । त्वा । ईमहे । उप । प्र । यन्तु । मरुतः । सुदानवः । इन्द्र । प्रासूः । भव । सचा ॥
ut | tiṣṭha | brahmaṇaḥ | pate | deva-yantaḥ | tvā | īmahe | upa | pra | yantu | marutaḥ | su-dānavaḥ | indra | prāsūḥ | bhava | sacā
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.40.1 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“up.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“stay; stand; situate; exist; [in]; resist; endure; put; soak; be; stop; adhere; get stale; concentrate; grow; trust; wake; consociate; last; dwell; lie; stand; stop.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Brahmaṇaspati.”
[verb noun], nominative, plural
“solicit.”
[noun], accusative, singular
“you.”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“go; travel; enter (a state); return; walk; continue; reach; ask.”
[adverb]
“towards; on; next.”
[adverb]
“towards; ahead.”
[verb], plural, Present imperative
“go; travel; enter (a state); return; walk; continue; reach; ask.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“Marut; vāta; wind; Vayu.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“big; lavish.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“become; be; originate; transform; happen; result; exist; be born; be; be; come to life; grow; elapse; come to mind; thrive; become; impend; show; conceive; understand; stand; constitute; serve; apply; behave.”
[adverb]
“jointly.”