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 1.46.4

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

ह॒विषा॑ जा॒रो अ॒पां पिप॑र्ति॒ पपु॑रिर्नरा । पि॒ता कुट॑स्य चर्ष॒णिः ॥
हविषा जारो अपां पिपर्ति पपुरिर्नरा । पिता कुटस्य चर्षणिः ॥
haviṣā jāro apām piparti papurir narā | pitā kuṭasya carṣaṇiḥ ||

English translation:

“(Aśvins); guides; the sun, (the evaporator) of the waters, the nourisher, the protector and beholder of the (solemn) rite, nourishes (the gods) with our oblation.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): praskaṇvaḥ kāṇvaḥ [praskaṇva kāṇva];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): aśvinau ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

ह॒विषा॑ । जा॒रः । अ॒पाम् । पिप॑र्ति । पपु॑रिः । न॒रा॒ । पि॒ता । कुट॑स्य । च॒र्ष॒णिः ॥
हविषा । जारः । अपाम् । पिपर्ति । पपुरिः । नरा । पिता । कुटस्य । चर्षणिः ॥
haviṣā | jāraḥ | apām | piparti | papuriḥ | narā | pitā | kuṭasya | carṣaṇiḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 1.46.4 English analysis of grammar]

haviṣā < havis

[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter

“Havya; offering; ghee; havis [word].”

jāro < jāraḥ < jāra

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“fancy man.”

apām < ap

[noun], genitive, plural, feminine

“water; body of water; water; ap [word]; juice; jala.”

piparti < pṛ

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“protect; promote; rescue; help.”

papurir < papuriḥ < papuri

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

narā < nara

[noun], vocative, dual, masculine

“man; man; Nara; person; people; Nara; Puruṣa; nara [word]; servant; hero.”

pitā < pitṛ

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“father; Pitṛ; ancestor; parent; paternal ancestor; pitṛ [word]; forefather.”

kuṭasya < kuṭa

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“kuṭ; tree.”

carṣaṇiḥ < carṣaṇi

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

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