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 3.60.4

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

इन्द्रे॑ण याथ स॒रथं॑ सु॒ते सचाँ॒ अथो॒ वशा॑नां भवथा स॒ह श्रि॒या । न व॑: प्रति॒मै सु॑कृ॒तानि॑ वाघत॒: सौध॑न्वना ऋभवो वी॒र्या॑णि च ॥
इन्द्रेण याथ सरथं सुते सचाँ अथो वशानां भवथा सह श्रिया । न वः प्रतिमै सुकृतानि वाघतः सौधन्वना ऋभवो वीर्याणि च ॥
indreṇa yātha sarathaṃ sute sacām̐ atho vaśānām bhavathā saha śriyā | na vaḥ pratimai sukṛtāni vāghataḥ saudhanvanā ṛbhavo vīryāṇi ca ||

English translation:

“Go with Indra in his chariot when the libation is poured out, and be (welcomed) with honour by the (worshipper) desiring (your favour); ṛbhus, sons of Sudhanvan, bestowers (of the rewards of pious acts), your virtuous deeds, your great faculties, arenot to be mesured.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): gopavana ātreyaḥ saptavadhrirvā [gopavana ātreya saptavadhrirvā];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): ṛbhavaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛjjagatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

इन्द्रे॑ण । या॒थ॒ । स॒ऽरथ॑म् । सु॒ते । सचा॑ । अथो॒ इति॑ । वशा॑नाम् । भ॒व॒थ॒ । स॒ह । श्रि॒या । न । वः॒ । प्र॒ति॒ऽमै । सु॒ऽकृ॒तानि॑ । वा॒घ॒तः॒ । सौध॑न्वनाः । ऋ॒भ॒वः॒ । वी॒र्या॑णि च ॥
इन्द्रेण । याथ । सरथम् । सुते । सचा । अथो इति । वशानाम् । भवथ । सह । श्रिया । न । वः । प्रतिमै । सुकृतानि । वाघतः । सौधन्वनाः । ऋभवः । वीर्याणि च ॥
indreṇa | yātha | sa-ratham | sute | sacā | atho iti | vaśānām | bhavatha | saha | śriyā | na | vaḥ | prati-mai | su-kṛtāni | vāghataḥ | saudhanvanāḥ | ṛbhavaḥ | vīryāṇi ca

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 3.60.4 English analysis of grammar]

indreṇa < indra

[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine

“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”

yātha <

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“go; enter (a state); travel; disappear; reach; come; campaign; elapse; arrive; drive; reach; leave; run; depart; ride.”

sarathaṃ < sa

[adverb]

“with; little; together.”

sarathaṃ < ratham < ratha

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“chariot; warrior; ratha [word]; Dalbergia oojeinensis; rattan.”

sute < suta

[noun], locative, singular, masculine

“Soma.”

sacāṃ < sacā

[adverb]

“jointly.”

sacāṃ < am < aṃ

[adverb]

atho

[adverb]

“now; but; furthermore.”

vaśānām < vaśa

[noun], genitive, plural, masculine

“control; dominion; influence; power; Vaśa; vaśa [word]; will; authority; control; wish; supervision.”

bhavathā < bhū

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“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.”

saha

[adverb]

“together; together; with; jointly; together; saha [word]; along.”

śriyā < śrī

[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine

“mister; Ms.; Lakshmi; good fortune; well-being; magnificence; glory; beauty; Aegle marmelos (Linn.) Correa; dignity; power; śrī [word]; śrī; prosperity; auspiciousness.”

na

[adverb]

“not; like; no; na [word].”

vaḥ < tvad

[noun], genitive, plural

“you.”

pratimai < pratimā < √mā

[verb noun]

sukṛtāni < su

[adverb]

“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”

sukṛtāni < kṛtāni < kṛ

[verb noun], nominative, plural

“make; perform; cause; produce; shape; construct; do; put; fill into; use; fuel; transform; bore; act; write; create; prepare; administer; dig; prepare; treat; take effect; add; trace; put on; process; treat; heed; hire; act; produce; assume; eat; ignite; chop; treat; obey; manufacture; appoint; evacuate; choose; understand; insert; happen; envelop; weigh; observe; practice; lend; bring; duplicate; plant; kṛ; concentrate; mix; knot; join; take; provide; utter; compose.”

vāghataḥ < vāghant

[noun], vocative, plural, masculine

saudhanvanā < saudhanvanāḥ < saudhanvana

[noun], vocative, plural, masculine

“Ribhus.”

ṛbhavo < ṛbhavaḥ < ṛbhu

[noun], vocative, plural, masculine

“Ribhus.”

vīryāṇi < vīrya

[noun], nominative, plural, neuter

“potency; vīrya; heroism; potency; strength; semen; power; deed; active agent; efficacy; vīryapāramitā; gold; vigor; vīrya [word]; virility; manfulness; jewel; force.”

ca

[adverb]

“and; besides; then; now; even.”

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