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 2.41.4

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अ॒यं वां॑ मित्रावरुणा सु॒तः सोम॑ ऋतावृधा । ममेदि॒ह श्रु॑तं॒ हव॑म् ॥
अयं वां मित्रावरुणा सुतः सोम ऋतावृधा । ममेदिह श्रुतं हवम् ॥
ayaṃ vām mitrāvaruṇā sutaḥ soma ṛtāvṛdhā | mamed iha śrutaṃ havam ||

English translation:

“This libation is offered to you, Mitra and Varuṇa, cherishers of truth; hear, verily, this my present invocatioṇ ”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): gṛtsamadaḥ śaunakaḥ [gṛtsamada śaunaka];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): mitrāvaruṇau ;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अ॒यम् । वा॒म् । मि॒त्रा॒व॒रु॒णा॒ । सु॒तः । सोमः॑ । ऋ॒त॒ऽवृ॒धा॒ । मम॑ । इत् । इ॒ह । श्र॒त॒म् । हव॑म् ॥
अयम् । वाम् । मित्रावरुणा । सुतः । सोमः । ऋतवृधा । मम । इत् । इह । श्रतम् । हवम् ॥
ayam | vām | mitrāvaruṇā | sutaḥ | somaḥ | ṛta-vṛdhā | mama | it | iha | śratam | havam

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 2.41.4 English analysis of grammar]

ayaṃ < ayam < idam

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”

vām < tvad

[noun], dative, dual

“you.”

mitrāvaruṇā < mitrāvaruṇa

[noun], vocative, dual, masculine

“Varuna; Mitra.”

sutaḥ < su

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“press out; su.”

soma < somaḥ < soma

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”

ṛtāvṛdhā < ṛtāvṛdh

[noun], vocative, dual, masculine

“sincere.”

mamed < mama < mad

[noun], genitive, singular

“I; mine.”

mamed < id

[adverb]

“indeed; assuredly; entirely.”

iha

[adverb]

“here; now; in this world; now; below; there; here; just.”

śrutaṃ < śrutam < śru

[verb], dual, Aorist imperative

“listen; come to know; hear; hear; listen; study; heed; learn.”

havam < hava

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“invocation.”

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