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 1.87.4
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
स हि स्व॒सृत्पृष॑दश्वो॒ युवा॑ ग॒णो॒३॒॑ऽया ई॑शा॒नस्तवि॑षीभि॒रावृ॑तः । असि॑ स॒त्य ऋ॑ण॒यावाने॑द्यो॒ऽस्या धि॒यः प्रा॑वि॒ताथा॒ वृषा॑ ग॒णः ॥
स हि स्वसृत्पृषदश्वो युवा गणोऽया ईशानस्तविषीभिरावृतः । असि सत्य ऋणयावानेद्योऽस्या धियः प्राविताथा वृषा गणः ॥
sa hi svasṛt pṛṣadaśvo yuvā gaṇo 'yā īśānas taviṣībhir āvṛtaḥ | asi satya ṛṇayāvānedyo 'syā dhiyaḥ prāvitāthā vṛṣā gaṇaḥ ||
English translation:
“The troop of Maruts is self-moving deer-borne, ever young, lords of this (earth), and invested with vigour; you, who are sincere liberators from debt, irreproachable, and shedders of rain, are the protectors of this our rite.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Liberators form debt: by makign their worshippers wealthy
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): gotamo rāhūgaṇaputraḥ [gotama rāhūgaṇaputra];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): marūtaḥ;
Chandas (meter): triṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
सः । हि । स्व॒ऽसृत् । पृष॑त्ऽअश्वः । युवा॑ । ग॒णः । अ॒या । ई॒शा॒नः । तवि॑षीऽभिः॑ । आऽव् ऋतः । असि॑ । स॒त्यः । ऋ॒ण॒ऽयावा॑ । अने॑द्यः । अ॒स्याः । धि॒यः । प्र॒ऽअ॒वि॒ता । अथ॑ । वृषा॑ । ग॒णः ॥
सः । हि । स्वसृत् । पृषत्अश्वः । युवा । गणः । अया । ईशानः । तविषीभिः । आव् ऋतः । असि । सत्यः । ऋणयावा । अनेद्यः । अस्याः । धियः । प्रअविता । अथ । वृषा । गणः ॥
saḥ | hi | sva-sṛt | pṛṣat-aśvaḥ | yuvā | gaṇaḥ | ayā | īśānaḥ | taviṣī-bhiḥ | āv ṛtaḥ | asi | satyaḥ | ṛṇa-yāvā | anedyaḥ | asyāḥ | dhiyaḥ | pra-avitā | atha | vṛṣā | gaṇaḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.87.4 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]
“because; indeed; for; therefore; hi [word].”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
[noun]
“motley; patched.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“horse; aśva [word]; Aśva; stallion.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“young; youthful.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“group; varga; troop; troop; battalion; flock; herd; gaṇa [word]; corporation; gaṇa; herd; sect; swarm; set; party; gaṇa; series; Ganesa; flight.”
[?]
“_”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“govern; command; master; dominate; can; reign; control; own.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, feminine
“strength; power.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“envelop; accompany; surround; obstruct; cover; close; surround; endow; overwhelm; mix; coat.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“true; real; real; faithful; good.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
[noun], genitive, singular, feminine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[noun], genitive, singular, feminine
“intelligence; prayer; mind; insight; idea; hymn; purpose; art; knowledge.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
[adverb]
“now; then; furthermore; now; then.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“bullocky; potent; powerful; strong; manly; aroused; potent; much(a); male; large.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“group; varga; troop; troop; battalion; flock; herd; gaṇa [word]; corporation; gaṇa; herd; sect; swarm; set; party; gaṇa; series; Ganesa; flight.”