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 1.57.4
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
इ॒मे त॑ इन्द्र॒ ते व॒यं पु॑रुष्टुत॒ ये त्वा॒रभ्य॒ चरा॑मसि प्रभूवसो । न॒हि त्वद॒न्यो गि॑र्वणो॒ गिर॒: सघ॑त्क्षो॒णीरि॑व॒ प्रति॑ नो हर्य॒ तद्वच॑: ॥
इमे त इन्द्र ते वयं पुरुष्टुत ये त्वारभ्य चरामसि प्रभूवसो । नहि त्वदन्यो गिर्वणो गिरः सघत्क्षोणीरिव प्रति नो हर्य तद्वचः ॥
ime ta indra te vayam puruṣṭuta ye tvārabhya carāmasi prabhūvaso | nahi tvad anyo girvaṇo giraḥ saghat kṣoṇīr iva prati no harya tad vacaḥ ||
English translation:
“Much-lauded and most opulent Indra, we are thy, who, relying (on your favour), approach you; accepter of praise, no other than you receie our commendations; be plural ased (with our address), as the earth (cherishes) her creatures.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): savya āṅgirasaḥ [savya āṅgirasa];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): jagatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
इ॒मे । ते॒ । इ॒न्द्र॒ । ते । व॒यम् । पु॒रु॒ऽस्तु॒त॒ । ये । त्वा॒ । आ॒ऽरभ्य॑ । चरा॑मसि । प्र॒भु॒व॒सो॒ इति॑ प्रभुऽवसो । न॒हि । त्वत् । अ॒न्यः । गि॒र्व॒णः॒ । गिरः॑ । सघ॑त् । क्षो॒णीःऽइ॑व । प्रति॑ । नः॒ । ह॒र्य॒ । तत् । वचः॑ ॥
इमे । ते । इन्द्र । ते । वयम् । पुरुस्तुत । ये । त्वा । आरभ्य । चरामसि । प्रभुवसो इति प्रभुवसो । नहि । त्वत् । अन्यः । गिर्वणः । गिरः । सघत् । क्षोणीःइव । प्रति । नः । हर्य । तत् । वचः ॥
ime | te | indra | te | vayam | puru-stuta | ye | tvā | ārabhya | carāmasi | prabhuvaso itiprabhu-vaso | nahi | tvat | anyaḥ | girvaṇaḥ | giraḥ | saghat | kṣoṇīḥ-iva | prati | naḥ | harya | tat | vacaḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.57.4 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[noun], genitive, singular
“you.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[noun], nominative, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Indra; Vishnu; Agni.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], accusative, singular
“you.”
[verb noun]
“begin; begin; undertake; do; take.”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“car; wander; perform; travel; bore; produce; make; dwell; dig; act; observe; enter (a state); observe; cause; crop; behave; practice; heed; process; administer.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
[adverb]
[noun], ablative, singular
“you.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“other; another(a); remaining; different; anya [word]; other than; more(a); fresh; any(a).”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
“hymn; praise; voice; words; invocation; command; statement; cry; language.”
[verb], singular, Aorist conj./subj.
“bear up.”
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
“Earth.”
[adverb]
“like; as it were; somehow; just so.”
[adverb]
“towards; per; regarding; respectively; according to; until.”
[noun], genitive, plural
“I; mine.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“delight.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“statement; command; speech; words; advice; word; voice.”