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 1.55.4
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
स इद्वने॑ नम॒स्युभि॑र्वचस्यते॒ चारु॒ जने॑षु प्रब्रुवा॒ण इ॑न्द्रि॒यम् । वृषा॒ छन्दु॑र्भवति हर्य॒तो वृषा॒ क्षेमे॑ण॒ धेनां॑ म॒घवा॒ यदिन्व॑ति ॥
स इद्वने नमस्युभिर्वचस्यते चारु जनेषु प्रब्रुवाण इन्द्रियम् । वृषा छन्दुर्भवति हर्यतो वृषा क्षेमेण धेनां मघवा यदिन्वति ॥
sa id vane namasyubhir vacasyate cāru janeṣu prabruvāṇa indriyam | vṛṣā chandur bhavati haryato vṛṣā kṣemeṇa dhenām maghavā yad invati ||
English translation:
“He verily is glorified by adoring (sages) in the forest; he proclaims his beautiful vigour amongst men ; he is the granter of their wishes (to those who solicit him); he is the encourager of those who desire to worship (him), when the wealthy offerer of oblations, enjoying his protection, recites his praise.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): savya āṅgirasaḥ [savya āṅgirasa];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): jagatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
सः । इत् । वने॑ । न॒म॒स्युऽभिः॑ । व॒च॒स्य॒ते॒ । चारु॑ । जने॑षु । प्र॒ऽब्रु॒वा॒णः । इ॒न्द्रि॒यम् । वृषा॑ । छन्दुः॑ । भ॒व॒ति॒ । ह॒र्य॒तः । वृषा॑ । क्षेमे॑ण । धेना॑म् । म॒घवा॑ । यत् । इन्व॑ति ॥
सः । इत् । वने । नमस्युभिः । वचस्यते । चारु । जनेषु । प्रब्रुवाणः । इन्द्रियम् । वृषा । छन्दुः । भवति । हर्यतः । वृषा । क्षेमेण । धेनाम् । मघवा । यत् । इन्वति ॥
saḥ | it | vane | namasyu-bhiḥ | vacasyate | cāru | janeṣu | pra-bruvāṇaḥ | indri yam | vṛṣā | chanduḥ | bhavati | haryataḥ | vṛṣā | kṣemeṇa | dhenām | maghavā | yat | invati
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.55.4 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[adverb]
“indeed; assuredly; entirely.”
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“forest; wood; tree; grove; vana [word]; forest; brush.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine
“bowed.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“pleasant; beautiful; beloved; agreeable; cāru [word].”
[noun], locative, plural, masculine
“people; national; man; relative; jan; Janaloka; person; jana [word]; man; attendant; Jana; foreigner; inhabitant; group.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“state; name; disclose.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“aindra.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“bull; Indra; stallion; Vṛṣan; man.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“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.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“desirable; delightful.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“bull; Indra; stallion; Vṛṣan; man.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter
“ease; happiness; peace; tranquillity; kṣema [word]; respite; rest.”
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
“river; lip; voice.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“big.”
[adverb]
“once [when]; because; that; if; how.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“bring; drive.”