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 1.64.4

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

चि॒त्रैर॒ञ्जिभि॒र्वपु॑षे॒ व्य॑ञ्जते॒ वक्ष॑स्सु रु॒क्माँ अधि॑ येतिरे शु॒भे । अंसे॑ष्वेषां॒ नि मि॑मृक्षुॠ॒ष्टय॑: सा॒कं ज॑ज्ञिरे स्व॒धया॑ दि॒वो नर॑: ॥
चित्रैरञ्जिभिर्वपुषे व्यञ्जते वक्षस्सु रुक्माँ अधि येतिरे शुभे । अंसेष्वेषां नि मिमृक्षुॠष्टयः साकं जज्ञिरे स्वधया दिवो नरः ॥
citrair añjibhir vapuṣe vy añjate vakṣassu rukmām̐ adhi yetire śubhe | aṃseṣv eṣāṃ ni mimṛkṣur ṛṣṭayaḥ sākaṃ jajñire svadhayā divo naraḥ ||

English translation:

“They decorate their person ns with various ornaments; they have plural ced, for elegance, brilliant (garlands) on their breasts; lances are borne upon their shoulders, and with them and their own strength have they been both, leaders, from the sky.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): nodhā gautamaḥ [nodhas gautama];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): virāḍjagatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

चि॒त्रैः । अ॒ञ्जिऽभिः॑ । वपु॑षे । वि । अ॒ञ्ज॒ते॒ । वक्षः॑ऽसु । रु॒क्मान् । अधि॑ । ये॒ति॒रे॒ । शु॒भे । अंसे॑षु । ए॒षा॒म् । नि । मि॒मृ॒क्षुः॒ । ऋ॒ष्टयः॑ । सा॒कम् । ज॒ज्ञि॒रे॒ । स्व॒धया॑ । दि॒वः । नरः॑ ॥
चित्रैः । अञ्जिभिः । वपुषे । वि । अञ्जते । वक्षःसु । रुक्मान् । अधि । येतिरे । शुभे । अंसेषु । एषाम् । नि । मिमृक्षुः । ऋष्टयः । साकम् । जज्ञिरे । स्वधया । दिवः । नरः ॥
citraiḥ | añji-bhiḥ | vapuṣe | vi | añjate | vakṣaḥ-su | rukmān | adhi | yetire | śubhe | aṃseṣu | eṣām | ni | mimṛkṣuḥ | ṛṣṭayaḥ | sākam | jajñire | svadhayā | divaḥ | naraḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 1.64.4 English analysis of grammar]

citrair < citraiḥ < citra

[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine

“manifold; extraordinary; beautiful; divers(a); varicolored; bright; bright; bright; outstanding; agitated; aglitter(p); brilliant; painted; obvious; patched; bizarre.”

añjibhir < añjibhiḥ < añji

[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine

“color; ointment; adornment.”

vapuṣe < vapus

[noun], dative, singular, neuter

“body; form; miracle; human body; beauty; look; spectacle; figure; embodiment.”

vy < vi

[adverb]

“apart; away; away.”

añjate < añj

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“smear; anoint; mix; color.”

vakṣassu < vakṣas

[noun], locative, plural, neuter

“breast; breast; bosom; thorax.”

rukmāṃ < rukma

[noun], accusative, plural, masculine

“adornment.”

adhi

[adverb]

“on; from; accordingly.”

yetire < yat

[verb], plural, Perfect indicative

“strive; endeavor; join; equal; rival.”

śubhe < śubh

[noun], dative, singular, feminine

aṃseṣv < aṃseṣu < aṃsa

[noun], locative, plural, masculine

“shoulder; aṃsa [word].”

eṣāṃ < eṣām < idam

[noun], genitive, plural, masculine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”

ni

[adverb]

“back; down.”

mimṛkṣur < mimṛkṣuḥ < mṛkṣ

[verb], plural, Perfect indicative

ṛṣṭayaḥ < ṛṣṭi

[noun], nominative, plural, feminine

“spear.”

sākaṃ < sākam

[adverb]

“together; jointly; simultaneously.”

jajñire < jan

[verb], plural, Perfect indicative

“become; originate; be born; transform; happen; result; grow; beget; produce; create; conceive; separate; cause; give birth; grow; produce; generate; be; become; arise; come on.”

svadhayā < svadhā

[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine

“free will; offering; libation; nature; svadhā [word]; comfort; power.”

divo < divaḥ < div

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”

naraḥ < nṛ

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“man; man; nṛ [word]; crew; masculine.”

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