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 1.53.1
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
न्यू॒३॒॑ षु वाचं॒ प्र म॒हे भ॑रामहे॒ गिर॒ इन्द्रा॑य॒ सद॑ने वि॒वस्व॑तः । नू चि॒द्धि रत्नं॑ सस॒तामि॒वावि॑द॒न्न दु॑:ष्टु॒तिर्द्र॑विणो॒देषु॑ शस्यते ॥
न्यू षु वाचं प्र महे भरामहे गिर इन्द्राय सदने विवस्वतः । नू चिद्धि रत्नं ससतामिवाविदन्न दुःष्टुतिर्द्रविणोदेषु शस्यते ॥
ny ū ṣu vācam pra mahe bharāmahe gira indrāya sadane vivasvataḥ | nū cid dhi ratnaṃ sasatām ivāvidan na duḥṣṭutir draviṇodeṣu śasyate ||
English translation:
“We ever offer fitting praise to the mighty Indra, in the dwelling of the worshpper, by which he (the deity) has quickly acquired riches, as (a thief) hastily hastily carried (off the property) of the sleeping. Praise ill expressed is not valued among the munificent.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): savya āṅgirasaḥ [savya āṅgirasa];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛjjagatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
नि । ऊँ॒ इति॑ । सु । वाच॑म् । प्र । म॒हे । भ॒रा॒म॒हे॒ । गिरः॑ । इन्द्रा॑य । सद॑ने । वि॒वस्व॑तः । नु । चि॒त् । हि । रत्न॑म् । स॒स॒ताम्ऽइ॑व । अवि॑दत् । न । दुः॒ऽस्तु॒तिः । द्र॒वि॒णः॒ऽदेषु॑ । श॒स्य॒ते॒ ॥
नि । ऊँ इति । सु । वाचम् । प्र । महे । भरामहे । गिरः । इन्द्राय । सदने । विवस्वतः । नु । चित् । हि । रत्नम् । ससताम्इव । अविदत् । न । दुःस्तुतिः । द्रविणःदेषु । शस्यते ॥
ni | oṃ iti | su | vācam | pra | mahe | bharāmahe | giraḥ | indrāya | sadane | vivasvataḥ | nu | cit | hi | ratnam | sasatām-iva | avidat | na | duḥ-stutiḥ | draviṇaḥ-deṣu | śasyate
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.53.1 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“back; down.”
[adverb]
“ukāra; besides; now; indeed; u.”
[adverb]
“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
“speech; statement; voice; voice; speech; language; vāc [word]; word; literary composition; conversation; sound; Sarasvati; cry; assurance; spell.”
[adverb]
“towards; ahead.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“great; great; distinguished; much(a); adult; long; high.”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“bring; hold; fill; support; wear; possess; carry; nourish; keep; hire; have; satiate; follow; bear.”
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
“hymn; praise; voice; words; invocation; command; statement; cry; language.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“seat; weakness; inertness; dwelling; exhaustion; numbness; home; residence; seat; inanition; location.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“Surya; sun; Vivasvant; Vivasvant.”
[adverb]
“now; already.”
[adverb]
“even; indeed.”
[adverb]
“because; indeed; for; therefore; hi [word].”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“jewel; wealth; best; treasure; vajra; property; jewel; ruby; jewelry.”
[verb noun], genitive, plural
“sleep.”
[adverb]
“like; as it were; somehow; just so.”
[verb], singular, Thematic aorist (Ind.)
“find; detect; marry; get; think.”
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
[noun], neuter
“property.”
[noun], locative, plural, masculine
“giving; causing; granting; yielding; producing; effecting.”
[verb], singular, Indikativ Pr￤s. Passiv
“recommend; tell; praise; approve; communicate; recite; commend; bode; name; agree.”