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 1.46.14

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

यु॒वोरु॒षा अनु॒ श्रियं॒ परि॑ज्मनोरु॒पाच॑रत् । ऋ॒ता व॑नथो अ॒क्तुभि॑: ॥
युवोरुषा अनु श्रियं परिज्मनोरुपाचरत् । ऋता वनथो अक्तुभिः ॥
yuvor uṣā anu śriyam parijmanor upācarat | ṛtā vanatho aktubhiḥ ||

English translation:

“May Uṣas follow the lustre of your approach, circumambient Aśvins, and may you be plural ased with the oblations offered by night.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

यु॒वोः । उ॒षाः । अनु॑ । श्रिय॑म् । परि॑ऽज्मनोः । उ॒प॒ऽआच॑रत् । ऋ॒ता । व॒न॒थः॒ । अ॒क्तुऽभिः॑ ॥
युवोः । उषाः । अनु । श्रियम् । परिज्मनोः । उपआचरत् । ऋता । वनथः । अक्तुभिः ॥
yuvoḥ | uṣāḥ | anu | śriyam | pari-jmanoḥ | upa-ācarat | ṛtā | vanathaḥ | aktu-bhiḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 1.46.14 English analysis of grammar]

yuvor < yuvoḥ < tvad

[noun], genitive, dual

“you.”

uṣā < uṣāḥ < uṣas

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“Ushas; dawn; uṣas [word]; morning.”

anu

[adverb]

“subsequently; behind; along; towards; because.”

śriyam < śrī

[noun], accusative, singular, feminine

“mister; Ms.; Lakshmi; good fortune; well-being; magnificence; glory; beauty; Aegle marmelos (Linn.) Correa; dignity; power; śrī [word]; śrī; prosperity; auspiciousness.”

parijmanor < parijmanoḥ < parijman

[noun], genitive, dual, masculine

“encompassing(a).”

upācarat < upacar < √car

[verb], singular, Imperfect

“treat; serve; dress; treat; treat; undertake.”

ṛtā < ṛta

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“truth; order; fixed order; ṛta [word]; law; custom; custom.”

vanatho < vanathaḥ < van

[verb], dual, Present indikative

“obtain; gain; desire; get; like; love; overcome.”

aktubhiḥ < aktu

[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine

“night; dark; beam.”

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