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 1.188.4

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

प्रा॒चीनं॑ ब॒र्हिरोज॑सा स॒हस्र॑वीरमस्तृणन् । यत्रा॑दित्या वि॒राज॑थ ॥
प्राचीनं बर्हिरोजसा सहस्रवीरमस्तृणन् । यत्रादित्या विराजथ ॥
prācīnam barhir ojasā sahasravīram astṛṇan | yatrādityā virājatha ||

English translation:

“By the power (of their prayers) they have strewn the sacred grass, the seat of numerous heroes, pointing to the east; on which, Ādityas, you are manifest.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): agastyo maitrāvaruṇiḥ [agastya maitrāvaruṇi];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): āpriyaḥ;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

प्रा॒चीन॑म् । ब॒र्हिः । ओज॑सा । स॒हस्र॑ऽवीरम् । अ॒स्तृ॒ण॒न् । यत्र॑ । आ॒दि॒त्याः॒ । वि॒ऽराज॑थ ॥
प्राचीनम् । बर्हिः । ओजसा । सहस्रवीरम् । अस्तृणन् । यत्र । आदित्याः । विराजथ ॥
prācīnam | barhiḥ | ojasā | sahasra-vīram | astṛṇan | yatra | ādityāḥ | vi-rājatha

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 1.188.4 English analysis of grammar]

prācīnam < prācīna

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“eastern; frontal.”

barhir < barhiḥ < barhis

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“Barhis; barhis [word].”

ojasā < ojas

[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter

“strength; power; ojas; ojas [word]; potency; might.”

sahasravīram < sahasra

[noun], neuter

“thousand; one-thousandth; sahasra [word].”

sahasravīram < vīram < vīra

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“hero; man; Vīra; vīra; vīra [word]; Vīra.”

astṛṇan < stṛ

[verb], plural, Imperfect

“spread; kill; lay; cover.”

yatrādityā < yatra

[adverb]

“wherein; once [when].”

yatrādityā < ādityāḥ < āditya

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“sun; Aditya; Surya; āditya [word].”

virājatha < virāj < √rāj

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“shine; excel; govern; dominate; glitter; light.”

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