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 1.41.2

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

यं बा॒हुते॑व॒ पिप्र॑ति॒ पान्ति॒ मर्त्यं॑ रि॒षः । अरि॑ष्ट॒: सर्व॑ एधते ॥
यं बाहुतेव पिप्रति पान्ति मर्त्यं रिषः । अरिष्टः सर्व एधते ॥
yam bāhuteva piprati pānti martyaṃ riṣaḥ | ariṣṭaḥ sarva edhate ||

English translation:

“Hw whom they heap (with riches), as if (collected) by his own arms; the man whom they defend from the malignant; every such man, safe from injury, prospers.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): kaṇvo ghauraḥ [kaṇva ghaura];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): varuṇamitrāryamaṇaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): virāḍgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

यम् । बा॒हुता॑ऽइव । पिप्र॑ति । पान्ति॑ । मर्त्य॑म् । रि॒षः । अरि॑ष्टः । सर्वः॑ । ए॒ध॒ते॒ ॥
यम् । बाहुताइव । पिप्रति । पान्ति । मर्त्यम् । रिषः । अरिष्टः । सर्वः । एधते ॥
yam | bāhutāiva | piprati | pānti | martyam | riṣaḥ | ariṣṭaḥ | sarvaḥ | edhate

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 1.41.2 English analysis of grammar]

yam < yad

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

bāhuteva < bāhutā

[adverb]

bāhuteva < iva

[adverb]

“like; as it were; somehow; just so.”

piprati < pṛ

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“protect; promote; rescue; help.”

pānti <

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“protect; govern.”

martyaṃ < martyam < martya

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“man; people; martya [word]; Earth.”

riṣaḥ < riṣ

[noun], ablative, singular, feminine

“injury; riṣ; damage.”

ariṣṭaḥ < ariṣṭa

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“safe; unharmed.”

sarva < sarvaḥ < sarva

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“all(a); whole; complete; sarva [word]; every(a); each(a); all; entire; sāṃnipātika; manifold; complete; all the(a); different; overall.”

edhate < edh

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“boom; get; thrive; increase; increase.”

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