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 4.1.2
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
स भ्रात॑रं॒ वरु॑णमग्न॒ आ व॑वृत्स्व दे॒वाँ अच्छा॑ सुम॒ती य॒ज्ञव॑नसं॒ ज्येष्ठं॑ य॒ज्ञव॑नसम् । ऋ॒तावा॑नमादि॒त्यं च॑र्षणी॒धृतं॒ राजा॑नं चर्षणी॒धृत॑म् ॥
स भ्रातरं वरुणमग्न आ ववृत्स्व देवाँ अच्छा सुमती यज्ञवनसं ज्येष्ठं यज्ञवनसम् । ऋतावानमादित्यं चर्षणीधृतं राजानं चर्षणीधृतम् ॥
sa bhrātaraṃ varuṇam agna ā vavṛtsva devām̐ acchā sumatī yajñavanasaṃ jyeṣṭhaṃ yajñavanasam | ṛtāvānam ādityaṃ carṣaṇīdhṛtaṃ rājānaṃ carṣaṇīdhṛtam ||
English translation:
“Bring to the presence of the worshippers, Agni, your brother Varuṇa, as a participator fo the sacrifice, with a willing mind, the elder participator of the sacrifice; the ruler of the water, the Āditya, the supporter of men the sovereign venerated by mankind.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vāmadevo gautamaḥ [vāmadeva gautama];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agnirvā varuṇaśca ;
Chandas (meter): atijagatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
सः । भ्रात॑रम् । वरु॑णम् । अ॒ग्ने॒ । आ । व॒वृ॒त्स्व॒ । दे॒वान् । अच्छ॑ । सु॒ऽम॒ती । य॒ज्ञऽव॑नसम् । ज्येष्ठ॑म् । य॒ज्ञऽव॑नसम् । ऋ॒तऽवा॑नम् । आ॒दि॒त्यम् । च॒र्ष॒णि॒ऽधृत॑म् । राजा॑नम् । च॒र्ष॒णि॒ऽधृत॑म् ॥
सः । भ्रातरम् । वरुणम् । अग्ने । आ । ववृत्स्व । देवान् । अच्छ । सुमती । यज्ञवनसम् । ज्येष्ठम् । यज्ञवनसम् । ऋतवानम् । आदित्यम् । चर्षणिधृतम् । राजानम् । चर्षणिधृतम् ॥
saḥ | bhrātaram | varuṇam | agne | ā | vavṛtsva | devān | accha | su-matī | yajña-vanasam | jyeṣṭham | yajña-vanasam | ṛta-vānam | ādityam | carṣaṇi-dhṛtam | rājānam | carṣaṇi-dhṛtam
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 4.1.2 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“with; little; together.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“brother; bhrātṛ; relative.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“Varuna; varuṇa [word]; Crataeva religiosa Forst.; Varuṇa; varuṇādi.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[verb], singular, Perfect imperative
“behave; happen; exist; return; dwell; die; roll; continue; act; exist; feed on; issue; move; travel; proceed; turn; situate; drive; account for; begin; do; inhere; revolve.”
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[adverb]
“towards; accha [prefix].”
[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine
“benevolence; favor; Sumati.”
[noun], masculine
“yajña; religious ceremony; Vishnu; yajña [word]; Yajña; Shiva.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“firstborn; best; first; excellent; highest; jyeṣṭha [word].”
[noun], masculine
“yajña; religious ceremony; Vishnu; yajña [word]; Yajña; Shiva.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“law-abiding; faithful; righteous.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“sun; Aditya; Surya; āditya [word].”
[noun], feminine
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“maintaining.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“king; Kshatriya; rājan [word]; best; rājāvarta; Yakṣa.”
[noun], feminine
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“maintaining.”