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 1.101.4
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
यो अश्वा॑नां॒ यो गवां॒ गोप॑तिर्व॒शी य आ॑रि॒तः कर्म॑णिकर्मणि स्थि॒रः । वी॒ळोश्चि॒दिन्द्रो॒ यो असु॑न्वतो व॒धो म॒रुत्व॑न्तं स॒ख्याय॑ हवामहे ॥
यो अश्वानां यो गवां गोपतिर्वशी य आरितः कर्मणिकर्मणि स्थिरः । वीळोश्चिदिन्द्रो यो असुन्वतो वधो मरुत्वन्तं सख्याय हवामहे ॥
yo aśvānāṃ yo gavāṃ gopatir vaśī ya āritaḥ karmaṇi-karmaṇi sthiraḥ | vīḻoś cid indro yo asunvato vadho marutvantaṃ sakhyāya havāmahe ||
English translation:
“Who is th elord over all horses and cattle, who is independent, who, propitiated by praise, is constant in every act, and who is the slayer of the obstinate abstainer from libations; we invoke to become our friend, Indra, attended by the Maruts.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): kutsaḥ āṅgirasaḥ [kutsa āṅgirasa];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛjjagatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
यः । अश्वा॑नाम् । यः । गवा॑म् । गोऽप॑तिः । व॒शी । यः । आ॒रि॒तः । कर्म॑णिऽकर्मणि । स्थि॒रः । वी॒ळोः । चि॒त् । इन्द्रः॑ । यः । असु॑न्वतः । व॒धः । म॒रुत्व॑न्तम् । स॒ख्याय॑ । ह॒वा॒म॒हे॒ ॥
यः । अश्वानाम् । यः । गवाम् । गोपतिः । वशी । यः । आरितः । कर्मणिकर्मणि । स्थिरः । वीळोः । चित् । इन्द्रः । यः । असुन्वतः । वधः । मरुत्वन्तम् । सख्याय । हवामहे ॥
yaḥ | aśvānām | yaḥ | gavām | go--patiḥ | vaśī | yaḥ | āritaḥ | karmaṇi-karmaṇi | sthiraḥ | vīḷoḥ | cit | indraḥ | yaḥ | asunvataḥ | vadhaḥ | marutvantam | sakhyāya | havāmahe
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.101.4 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], genitive, plural, masculine
“horse; aśva [word]; Aśva; stallion.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], genitive, plural, masculine
“cow; cattle; go [word]; Earth; bull; floor; milk; beam; sunbeam; leather; hide; horn; language; bowstring; earth; ox; Svarga.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Shiva; bull; cowboy; Indra; Gopati; king.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“powerful; controlling; regnant; authoritative.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“praise.”
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“action; saṃskāra; ritual; procedure; karman; treatment; object; function; production; job; operation; karman [word]; act; job; passive voice; activity; consequence; function; yajña; pañcakarman; cooking; occupation; profession; construction; duty; method; natural process; duty; therapy.”
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“action; saṃskāra; ritual; procedure; karman; treatment; object; function; production; job; operation; karman [word]; act; job; passive voice; activity; consequence; function; yajña; pañcakarman; cooking; occupation; profession; construction; duty; method; natural process; duty; therapy.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“firm; hard; lasting; calm; stable; immovable; firm; strong; sthira [word]; vegetable; potent; steadfast; durable; firm; trustworthy; trustworthy; diligent.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“hard; firm.”
[adverb]
“even; indeed.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[adverb]
“not; akāra; a [taddhita]; a [word]; a; a.”
[verb noun], genitive, singular
“press out; su.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“killing; weapon; māraṇa; execution; destruction; vadh-; Vadha; dysfunction; punishment; kick.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“Indra; marutvant [word].”
[noun], dative, singular, neuter
“friendship; aid; company.”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“raise; call on; call; summon.”