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 2.29.4
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
ह॒ये दे॑वा यू॒यमिदा॒पय॑: स्थ॒ ते मृ॑ळत॒ नाध॑मानाय॒ मह्य॑म् । मा वो॒ रथो॑ मध्यम॒वाळृ॒ते भू॒न्मा यु॒ष्माव॑त्स्वा॒पिषु॑ श्रमिष्म ॥
हये देवा यूयमिदापयः स्थ ते मृळत नाधमानाय मह्यम् । मा वो रथो मध्यमवाळृते भून्मा युष्मावत्स्वापिषु श्रमिष्म ॥
haye devā yūyam id āpayaḥ stha te mṛḻata nādhamānāya mahyam | mā vo ratho madhyamavāḻ ṛte bhūn mā yuṣmāvatsv āpiṣu śramiṣma ||
English translation:
“O Gods, you, verily, are our kinsmen; being so, grant felicity to me your suppliant; let not your chariot be tardy in coming to the sacrifice; let us never be weary of relatives such as you are.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): kūrmo gārtsamado gṛtsamado vā [kūrma gārtsamada gṛtsamada vā];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): viśvedevā:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
ह॒ये । दे॒वाः॒ । यू॒यम् । इत् । आ॒पयः॑ । स्थ॒ । ते । मृ॒ळ॒त॒ । नाध॑मानाय । मह्य॑म् । मा । वः॒ । रथः॑ । म॒ध्य॒म॒ऽवाट् । ऋ॒ते । भू॒त् । मा । यु॒ष्माव॑त्ऽसु । आ॒पिषु॑ । श्र॒मि॒ष्म॒ ॥
हये । देवाः । यूयम् । इत् । आपयः । स्थ । ते । मृळत । नाधमानाय । मह्यम् । मा । वः । रथः । मध्यमवाट् । ऋते । भूत् । मा । युष्मावत्सु । आपिषु । श्रमिष्म ॥
haye | devāḥ | yūyam | it | āpayaḥ | stha | te | mṛḷata | nādhamānāya | mahyam | mā | vaḥ | rathaḥ | madhyama-vāṭ | ṛte | bhūt | mā | yuṣmāvat-su | āpiṣu | śramiṣma
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 2.29.4 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
[noun], vocative, plural, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[noun], nominative, plural
“you.”
[adverb]
“indeed; assuredly; entirely.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“friend.”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[verb], plural, Present imperative
“pardon.”
[verb noun], dative, singular
“suffer.”
[noun], dative, singular
“I; mine.”
[adverb]
“not.”
[noun], genitive, plural
“you.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“chariot; warrior; ratha [word]; Dalbergia oojeinensis; rattan.”
[noun]
“intermediate; middle; average; second; average; adult; central; moderate; mean; center(a).”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“vah.”
[adverb]
“without; ṛte [word].”
[verb], singular, Aorist inj. (proh.)
“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.”
[adverb]
“not.”
[noun], locative, plural, masculine
[noun], locative, plural, masculine
“friend.”
[verb], plural, Aorist inj. (proh.)
“tire; exercise; tire.”