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 1.94.4

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

भरा॑मे॒ध्मं कृ॒णवा॑मा ह॒वींषि॑ ते चि॒तय॑न्त॒: पर्व॑णापर्वणा व॒यम् । जी॒वात॑वे प्रत॒रं सा॑धया॒ धियोऽग्ने॑ स॒ख्ये मा रि॑षामा व॒यं तव॑ ॥
भरामेध्मं कृणवामा हवींषि ते चितयन्तः पर्वणापर्वणा वयम् । जीवातवे प्रतरं साधया धियोऽग्ने सख्ये मा रिषामा वयं तव ॥
bharāmedhmaṃ kṛṇavāmā havīṃṣi te citayantaḥ parvaṇā-parvaṇā vayam | jīvātave prataraṃ sādhayā dhiyo 'gne sakhye mā riṣāmā vayaṃ tava ||

English translation:

“We bring fuel, we offer oblations, reminding you of the successive seasons (of worship); do you thoroughly complete the rite, in order to prolong our lives; let us not suffer injury, Agni, through your friendship.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): kutsaḥ āṅgirasaḥ [kutsa āṅgirasa];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛjjagatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

भरा॑म । इ॒ध्मम् । कृ॒णवा॑म । ह॒वींषि॑ । ते॒ । चि॒तय॑न्तः । पर्व॑णाऽपर्वणा । व॒यम् । जी॒वात॑वे । प्र॒ऽत॒रम् । सा॒ध॒य॒ । धियः॑ । अग्ने॑ । स॒ख्ये । मा । रि॒षा॒म॒ । व॒यम् । तव॑ ॥
भराम । इध्मम् । कृणवाम । हवींषि । ते । चितयन्तः । पर्वणापर्वणा । वयम् । जीवातवे । प्रतरम् । साधय । धियः । अग्ने । सख्ये । मा । रिषाम । वयम् । तव ॥
bharāma | idhmam | kṛṇavāma | havīṃṣi | te | citayantaḥ | parvaṇāparvaṇā | vayam | jīvātave | pra-taram | sādhaya | dhiyaḥ | agne | sakhye | mā | riṣāma | vayam | tava

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 1.94.4 English analysis of grammar]

bharāmedhmaṃ < bharāma < bhṛ

[verb], plural, Present conjunctive (subjunctive)

“bring; hold; fill; support; wear; possess; carry; nourish; keep; hire; have; satiate; follow; bear.”

bharāmedhmaṃ < idhmam < idhma

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“fuel.”

kṛṇavāmā < kṛ

[verb], plural, Present conjunctive (subjunctive)

“make; perform; cause; produce; shape; construct; do; put; fill into; use; fuel; transform; bore; act; write; create; prepare; administer; dig; prepare; treat; take effect; add; trace; put on; process; treat; heed; hire; act; produce; assume; eat; ignite; chop; treat; obey; manufacture; appoint; evacuate; choose; understand; insert; happen; envelop; weigh; observe; practice; lend; bring; duplicate; plant; kṛ; concentrate; mix; knot; join; take; provide; utter; compose.”

havīṃṣi < havis

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“Havya; offering; ghee; havis [word].”

te < tvad

[noun], dative, singular

“you.”

citayantaḥ < citay < √cit

[verb noun], nominative, plural

parvaṇā < parvan

[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter

“joint; knot; festival; day; articulation; knot.”

parvaṇā < parvan

[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter

“joint; knot; festival; day; articulation; knot.”

vayam < mad

[noun], nominative, plural

“I; mine.”

jīvātave < jīvātu

[noun], dative, singular, feminine

“life.”

prataraṃ < prataram

[adverb]

“farther.”

sādhayā < sādhay < √sādh

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“prepare; cure; prepare; perform; produce; compound; treat; treat; overpower; achieve; use; cover; prove; prove; process.”

dhiyo < dhiyaḥ < dhī

[noun], accusative, plural, feminine

“intelligence; prayer; mind; insight; idea; hymn; purpose; art; knowledge.”

'gne < agne < agni

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”

sakhye < sakhya

[noun], locative, singular, neuter

“friendship; aid; company.”

[adverb]

“not.”

riṣāmā < riṣ

[verb], plural, Aorist conj./subj.

“suffer; harm.”

vayaṃ < vayam < mad

[noun], nominative, plural

“I; mine.”

tava < tvad

[noun], genitive, singular

“you.”

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