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 3.47.4
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
ये त्वा॑हि॒हत्ये॑ मघव॒न्नव॑र्ध॒न्ये शा॑म्ब॒रे ह॑रिवो॒ ये गवि॑ष्टौ । ये त्वा॑ नू॒नम॑नु॒मद॑न्ति॒ विप्रा॒: पिबे॑न्द्र॒ सोमं॒ सग॑णो म॒रुद्भि॑: ॥
ये त्वाहिहत्ये मघवन्नवर्धन्ये शाम्बरे हरिवो ये गविष्टौ । ये त्वा नूनमनुमदन्ति विप्राः पिबेन्द्र सोमं सगणो मरुद्भिः ॥
ye tvāhihatye maghavann avardhan ye śāmbare harivo ye gaviṣṭau | ye tvā nūnam anumadanti viprāḥ pibendra somaṃ sagaṇo marudbhiḥ ||
English translation:
“They who encouraged you, Maghavan, to slay Ahi, who (aided you) in the conflict with Śambara, and in the recovery of the cattle, and who, possessed of wisdom, contribute verily to your exhilaration, with them, the troop of the maruts, do you Indra, drink the Soma.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): gopavana ātreyaḥ saptavadhrirvā [gopavana ātreya saptavadhrirvā];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): triṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
ये । त्वा॒ । अ॒हि॒ऽहत्ये॑ । म॒घ॒ऽव॒न् । अव॑र्धन् । ये । शा॒म्ब॒रे । ह॒रि॒वः॒ । ये । गोऽइ॑ष्टौ । ये । त्वा॒ । न्न॒म् । अ॒नु॒ऽमद॑न्ति । विप्राः॑ । पिब॑ । इ॒न्द्र॒ । सोम॑म् । सऽग॑णः । म॒रुत्ऽभिः॑ ॥
ये । त्वा । अहिहत्ये । मघवन् । अवर्धन् । ये । शाम्बरे । हरिवः । ये । गोइष्टौ । ये । त्वा । न्नम् । अनुमदन्ति । विप्राः । पिब । इन्द्र । सोमम् । सगणः । मरुत्भिः ॥
ye | tvā | ahi-hatye | magha-van | avardhan | ye | śāmbare | harivaḥ | ye | go--iṣṭau | ye | tvā | nnam | anu-madantiḥviprāḥḥpibaḥindraḥsomamḥsa-gaṇaḥḥmarut-bhiḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 3.47.4 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], accusative, singular
“you.”
[noun], masculine
“snake; lead; nāga; Nāga; ahi [word]; Vṛtra.”
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“killing.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Indra; maghavan [word].”
[verb], plural, Imperfect
“increase; grow; vṛdh; increase; succeed; strengthen; grow up; spread.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], locative, singular, feminine
“foray.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], accusative, singular
“you.”
[adverb]
“now; surely; immediately; just.”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“praise; cheer; applaud.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“Brahmin; poet; singer; priest; guru; Vipra.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“drink; gulp; soak; drink; suck; inhale.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”
[adverb]
“with; little; together.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“group; varga; troop; troop; battalion; flock; herd; gaṇa [word]; corporation; gaṇa; herd; sect; swarm; set; party; gaṇa; series; Ganesa; flight.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine
“Marut; vāta; wind; Vayu.”