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 1.190.4
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अ॒स्य श्लोको॑ दि॒वीय॑ते पृथि॒व्यामत्यो॒ न यं॑सद्यक्ष॒भृद्विचे॑ताः । मृ॒गाणां॒ न हे॒तयो॒ यन्ति॑ चे॒मा बृह॒स्पते॒रहि॑मायाँ अ॒भि द्यून् ॥
अस्य श्लोको दिवीयते पृथिव्यामत्यो न यंसद्यक्षभृद्विचेताः । मृगाणां न हेतयो यन्ति चेमा बृहस्पतेरहिमायाँ अभि द्यून् ॥
asya śloko divīyate pṛthivyām atyo na yaṃsad yakṣabhṛd vicetāḥ | mṛgāṇāṃ na hetayo yanti cemā bṛhaspater ahimāyām̐ abhi dyūn ||
English translation:
“The gloryof this Bṛhaspati spreads through heaven and earth like the sun; receiving worship, and giving intelligence, he bestows (the rewards of sacrifice); like the weapons of the hunters, so these (weapons) of Bṛhaspati fall daily upon the workers of guile.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Like the weapons of the hunters: mṛgāṇām na hetayaḥ = hantum anviṣyatam āyudhanīva, like the weapons of those seeking to kill
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): agastyo maitrāvaruṇiḥ [agastya maitrāvaruṇi];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): bṛhaspatiḥ ;
Chandas (meter): triṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अ॒स्य । श्लोकः॑ । दि॒वि । ई॒य॒ते॒ । पृ॒थि॒व्याम् । अत्यः॑ । न । यं॒स॒त् । य॒क्ष॒ऽभृत् । विऽचे॑ताः । मृ॒गाणा॑म् । न । हे॒तयः॑ । यन्ति॑ । च॒ । इ॒माः । बृह॒स्पतेः॑ । अहि॑ऽमायान् । अ॒भि । द्यून् ॥
अस्य । श्लोकः । दिवि । ईयते । पृथिव्याम् । अत्यः । न । यंसत् । यक्षभृत् । विचेताः । मृगाणाम् । न । हेतयः । यन्ति । च । इमाः । बृहस्पतेः । अहिमायान् । अभि । द्यून् ॥
asya | ślokaḥ | divi | īyate | pṛthivyām | atyaḥ | na | yaṃsat | yakṣa-bhṛt | vi-cetāḥ | mṛgāṇām | na | hetayaḥ | yanti | ca | imāḥ | bṛhaspateḥ | ahi-māyān | abhi | dyūn
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.190.4 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Śloka; fame; hymn; śloka [word]; praise; glory; verse.”
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“go; travel; enter (a state); return; walk; continue; reach; ask.”
[noun], locative, singular, feminine
“Earth; pṛthivī; floor; Earth; earth; pṛthivī [word]; land.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“horse; steed.”
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[verb], singular, Aorist conj./subj.
“concentrate; grant; restrain; cause; control; offer; cover; raise.”
[noun], neuter
“apparition; monster; apparition.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“endowed; bringing; carrying.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“wise; diligent.”
[noun], genitive, plural, masculine
“game; deer; animal; antelope; mṛga [word]; Mṛgaśiras.”
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“projectile; heti [word].”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“go; travel; enter (a state); return; walk; continue; reach; ask.”
[adverb]
“and; besides; then; now; even.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“Brihaspati; Jupiter; Bṛhaspati.”
[noun], masculine
“snake; lead; nāga; Nāga; ahi [word]; Vṛtra.”
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
“magic trick; Māyā; deception; illusion; māyā [word]; disguise; trick.”
[adverb]
“towards; on.”
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”