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 4.1.9
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
स चे॑तय॒न्मनु॑षो य॒ज्ञब॑न्धु॒: प्र तं म॒ह्या र॑श॒नया॑ नयन्ति । स क्षे॑त्यस्य॒ दुर्या॑सु॒ साध॑न्दे॒वो मर्त॑स्य सधनि॒त्वमा॑प ॥
स चेतयन्मनुषो यज्ञबन्धुः प्र तं मह्या रशनया नयन्ति । स क्षेत्यस्य दुर्यासु साधन्देवो मर्तस्य सधनित्वमाप ॥
sa cetayan manuṣo yajñabandhuḥ pra tam mahyā raśanayā nayanti | sa kṣety asya duryāsu sādhan devo martasya sadhanitvam āpa ||
English translation:
“Associated with sacrifice, and knowing those men (who are engaged in good works), they lead him with the strong cord (of praise); he, the divine Agni, fulfilling (all desires), abides in the dwelling of this mortal, and obtains fellowhip in his wealth.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vāmadevo gautamaḥ [vāmadeva gautama];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): virāṭtrisṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
सः । चे॒त॒य॒त् । मनु॑षः । य॒ज्ञऽब॑न्धुः । प्र । तम् । म॒ह्या । र॒श॒नया॑ । न॒य॒न्ति॒ । सः । क्षे॒ति॒ । अ॒स्य॒ । दुर्या॑सु । साध॑न् । दे॒वः । मर्त॑स्य । स॒ध॒नि॒ऽत्वम् । आ॒प॒ ॥
सः । चेतयत् । मनुषः । यज्ञबन्धुः । प्र । तम् । मह्या । रशनया । नयन्ति । सः । क्षेति । अस्य । दुर्यासु । साधन् । देवः । मर्तस्य । सधनित्वम् । आप ॥
saḥ | cetayat | manuṣaḥ | yajña-bandhuḥ | pra | tam | mahyā | raśanayā | nayanti | saḥ | kṣeti | asya | duryāsu | sādhan | devaḥ | martasya | sadhani-tvam | āpa
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 4.1.9 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[verb], singular, Imperfect
“blaze; notice.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“Manu; man.”
[noun], masculine
“yajña; religious ceremony; Vishnu; yajña [word]; Yajña; Shiva.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“relative; bandhu [word]; association; friend; kin.”
[adverb]
“towards; ahead.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine
“great; firm.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine
“rein; bridle; girdle; cord.”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“bring; lead; spend; decant; enter (a state); remove; take out; take away; enforce; marry; carry; fill into; bring; learn; go out; add.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“govern; inhabit; dwell; stay; predominate; bide; own.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[noun], locative, plural, feminine
“house.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“promote; succeed.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“man.”
[adverb]
“with; little; together.”
[noun]
“rich.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“state; quality; cause; reason.”
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
“enter (a state); get; reach; obtain; equal.”