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 1.161.2
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
एकं॑ चम॒सं च॒तुर॑: कृणोतन॒ तद्वो॑ दे॒वा अ॑ब्रुव॒न्तद्व॒ आग॑मम् । सौध॑न्वना॒ यद्ये॒वा क॑रि॒ष्यथ॑ सा॒कं दे॒वैर्य॒ज्ञिया॑सो भविष्यथ ॥
एकं चमसं चतुरः कृणोतन तद्वो देवा अब्रुवन्तद्व आगमम् । सौधन्वना यद्येवा करिष्यथ साकं देवैर्यज्ञियासो भविष्यथ ॥
ekaṃ camasaṃ caturaḥ kṛṇotana tad vo devā abruvan tad va āgamam | saudhanvanā yady evā kariṣyatha sākaṃ devair yajñiyāso bhaviṣyatha ||
English translation:
“Make fourfold the single ladle; so the gods command you; and for that purpose have I come, sons of Sudhanvan; if you accomplish this, you will be entitled to sacrifices along with the gods.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): dīrghatamā aucathyaḥ [dīrghatamas aucathya];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): ṛbhavaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛjjagatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
एक॑म् । च॒म॒सम् । च॒तुरः॑ । कृ॒णो॒त॒न॒ । तत् । वः॒ । दे॒वाः । अ॒ब्रु॒व॒न् । तत् । वः॒ । आ । अ॒ग॒म॒म् । सौध॑न्वनाः । यदि॑ । ए॒व । क॒रि॒ष्यथ॑ । सा॒कम् । दे॒वैः । य॒ज्ञिया॑सः । भ॒वि॒ष्य॒थ॒ ॥
एकम् । चमसम् । चतुरः । कृणोतन । तत् । वः । देवाः । अब्रुवन् । तत् । वः । आ । अगमम् । सौधन्वनाः । यदि । एव । करिष्यथ । साकम् । देवैः । यज्ञियासः । भविष्यथ ॥
ekam | camasam | caturaḥ | kṛṇotana | tat | vaḥ | devāḥ | abruvan | tat | vaḥ | ā | agamam | saudhanvanāḥ | yadi | eva | kariṣyatha | sākam | devaiḥ | yajñiyāsaḥ | bhavi ṣyatha
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.161.2 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“one; single(a); alone(p); some(a); single(a); eka [word]; alone(p); excellent; each(a); some(a); one; same; alone(p); some(a); consistent; any(a); undifferentiated; disjunct.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“camasa; beaker; cake.”
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
“four; catur [word].”
[verb], plural, Present imperative
“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.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[noun], accusative, plural
“you.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[verb], plural, Imperfect
“say; tell; describe; speak; state; answer; call; explain; address; proclaim; talk; talk; choose.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[noun], accusative, plural
“you.”
[verb], singular, Thematic aorist (Ind.)
“come; arrive; return; enter (a state); approach; travel; enter; inherit; hand down; achieve; reach; appear; happen.”
[noun], vocative, plural, masculine
“Ribhus.”
[adverb]
“if; in case.”
[adverb]
“indeed; merely; thus; even; surely; same; eva [word]; successively; immediately; in truth.”
[verb], plural, Future
“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.”
[adverb]
“together; jointly; simultaneously.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“sacrificial; divine; devoted.”
[verb], plural, Future
“become; be; originate; transform; happen; result; exist; be born; be; be; come to life; grow; elapse; come to mind; thrive; become; impend; show; conceive; understand; stand; constitute; serve; apply; behave.”