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 1.144.4
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
यमीं॒ द्वा सव॑यसा सप॒र्यत॑: समा॒ने योना॑ मिथु॒ना समो॑कसा । दिवा॒ न नक्तं॑ पलि॒तो युवा॑जनि पु॒रू चर॑न्न॒जरो॒ मानु॑षा यु॒गा ॥
यमीं द्वा सवयसा सपर्यतः समाने योना मिथुना समोकसा । दिवा न नक्तं पलितो युवाजनि पुरू चरन्नजरो मानुषा युगा ॥
yam īṃ dvā savayasā saparyataḥ samāne yonā mithunā samokasā | divā na naktam palito yuvājani purū carann ajaro mānuṣā yugā ||
English translation:
“He, whom the two, a pair of equal power, dwelling in the same plural ce, and engaged in the same ceremony, worship night and day; he, whether old or young, has been engendered for the sake of mortal couples, accepting many (oblations), and exempt from decay.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): dīrghatamā aucathyaḥ [dīrghatamas aucathya];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛjjagatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
यम् । ई॒म् । द्वा । सऽव॑यसा । स॒प॒र्यतः॑ । स॒मा॒ने । योना॑ । मि॒थु॒ना । सम्ऽओ॑कसा । दिवा॑ । न । नक्त॑म् । प॒लि॒तः । युवा॑ । अ॒ज॒नि॒ । पु॒रु । चर॑न् । अ॒जरः॑ । मानु॑षा । यु॒गा ॥
यम् । ईम् । द्वा । सवयसा । सपर्यतः । समाने । योना । मिथुना । सम्ओकसा । दिवा । न । नक्तम् । पलितः । युवा । अजनि । पुरु । चरन् । अजरः । मानुषा । युगा ॥
yam | īm | dvā | sa-vayasā | saparyataḥ | samāne | yonā | mithunā | sam-okasā | divā | na | naktam | palitaḥ | yuvā | ajani | puru | caran | ajaraḥ | mānuṣā | yugā
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.144.4 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[adverb]
[noun], nominative, dual, masculine
“two; dvi [word]; second.”
[noun], nominative, dual, masculine
[verb], dual, Present indikative
“worship.”
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
“like; identical; common; like; alike(p); same; samāna [word]; akin(p); comparable; identical; mutual; equal.”
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
“vagina; vulva; uterus; beginning; origin; reincarnation; birthplace; family; production; cause; race; grain; raw material; birth; kind; caste; kinship; bed.”
[noun], nominative, dual, masculine
“mated.”
[noun], nominative, dual, masculine
[adverb]
“by day; divā [indecl.].”
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“night; night.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“gray; pale; palita [word].”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“young; youthful.”
[verb], singular, Aorist passive
“become; originate; be born; transform; happen; result; grow; beget; produce; create; conceive; separate; cause; give birth; grow; produce; generate; be; become; arise; come on.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“many; much(a); very.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“car; wander; perform; travel; bore; produce; make; dwell; dig; act; observe; enter (a state); observe; cause; crop; behave; practice; heed; process; administer.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“undecaying; ageless.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“human.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“Yuga; yoke; couple; coevals; generation; lustrum; two; pair; yuga [word]; Yuga; race.”