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 1.74.2

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

यः स्नीहि॑तीषु पू॒र्व्यः सं॑जग्मा॒नासु॑ कृ॒ष्टिषु॑ । अर॑क्षद्दा॒शुषे॒ गय॑म् ॥
यः स्नीहितीषु पूर्व्यः संजग्मानासु कृष्टिषु । अरक्षद्दाशुषे गयम् ॥
yaḥ snīhitīṣu pūrvyaḥ saṃjagmānāsu kṛṣṭiṣu | arakṣad dāśuṣe gayam ||

English translation:

“Who, existing of old, has preserved wealth for the sacrificer, when malevolent men are assembled together.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): gotamo rāhūgaṇaḥ [gotama rāhūgaṇa];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

यः । स्नीहि॑तीषु । पू॒र्व्यः । स॒म्ऽज॒ग्मा॒नासु॑ । कृ॒ष्टिषु॑ । अर॑क्षत् । दा॒शुषे॑ । गय॑म् ॥
यः । स्नीहितीषु । पूर्व्यः । सम्जग्मानासु । कृष्टिषु । अरक्षत् । दाशुषे । गयम् ॥
yaḥ | snīhitīṣu | pūrvyaḥ | sam-jagmānāsu | kṛṣṭiṣu | arakṣat | dāśuṣe | gayam

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 1.74.2 English analysis of grammar]

yaḥ < yad

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

snīhitīṣu < snīhiti

[noun], locative, plural, feminine

pūrvyaḥ < pūrvya

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“first; precedent; age-old; excellent; former(a).”

saṃjagmānāsu < saṃgam < √gam

[verb noun], locative, plural

“meet; unite; love; connect; exist; land; justify.”

kṛṣṭiṣu < kṛṣṭi

[noun], locative, plural, feminine

“people; citizenry.”

arakṣad < arakṣat < rakṣ

[verb], singular, Imperfect

“protect; guard; keep; stow; govern; guard; spare; accumulate.”

dāśuṣe < dāś

[verb noun], dative, singular

“sacrifice; give.”

gayam < gaya

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“house; Gaya; family; Gaya; property; Gaya; wealth; livestock.”

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