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 4.9.2
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
स मानु॑षीषु दू॒ळभो॑ वि॒क्षु प्रा॒वीरम॑र्त्यः । दू॒तो विश्वे॑षां भुवत् ॥
स मानुषीषु दूळभो विक्षु प्रावीरमर्त्यः । दूतो विश्वेषां भुवत् ॥
sa mānuṣīṣu dūḻabho vikṣu prāvīr amartyaḥ | dūto viśveṣām bhuvat ||
English translation:
“May that Agni, who is difficult to overcome, who is immortal, who is pre-eminent among men the descendants of Manu, becomes the messenger of all the gods.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vāmadevo gautamaḥ [vāmadeva gautama];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): virāḍgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
सः । मानु॑षीषु । दुः॒ऽदभः॑ । वि॒क्षु । प्र॒ऽअ॒वीः । अम॑र्त्यः । दू॒तः । विश्वे॑षाम् । भु॒व॒त् ॥
सः । मानुषीषु । दुःदभः । विक्षु । प्रअवीः । अमर्त्यः । दूतः । विश्वेषाम् । भुवत् ॥
saḥ | mānuṣīṣu | duḥ-dabhaḥ | vikṣu | pra-avīḥ | amartyaḥ | dūtaḥ | viśveṣām | bhuvat
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 4.9.2 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.”
[noun], locative, plural, feminine
“human.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
[noun], locative, plural
“people; tribe; Vaisya; national; viś; real property; Vaisya.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“immortal.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“messenger; emissary; dūta [word].”
[noun], genitive, plural, masculine
“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”
[verb], singular, Thematic aorist (Ind.)
“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.”