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 4.21.3
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
आ या॒त्विन्द्रो॑ दि॒व आ पृ॑थि॒व्या म॒क्षू स॑मु॒द्रादु॒त वा॒ पुरी॑षात् । स्व॑र्णरा॒दव॑से नो म॒रुत्वा॑न्परा॒वतो॑ वा॒ सद॑नादृ॒तस्य॑ ॥
आ यात्विन्द्रो दिव आ पृथिव्या मक्षू समुद्रादुत वा पुरीषात् । स्वर्णरादवसे नो मरुत्वान्परावतो वा सदनादृतस्य ॥
ā yātv indro diva ā pṛthivyā makṣū samudrād uta vā purīṣāt | svarṇarād avase no marutvān parāvato vā sadanād ṛtasya ||
English translation:
“May Indra, accompanied by the Maruts come quickly for our protection, from the heaven, from the earth, from the firmament, or from the waters; from the sphere of the sun, from (any) distant region, from the abode of the rains.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vāmadevo gautamaḥ [vāmadeva gautama];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): svarāṭpaṅkti;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
आ । या॒तु॒ । इन्द्रः॑ । दि॒वः । आ । पृ॒थि॒व्याः । म॒क्षु । स॒मु॒द्रात् । उ॒त । वा॒ । पुरी॑षात् । स्वः॑ऽनरात् । अव॑से । नः॒ । म॒रुत्वा॑न् । प॒रा॒ऽवतः॑ । वा॒ । सद॑नात् । ऋ॒तस्य॑ ॥
आ । यातु । इन्द्रः । दिवः । आ । पृथिव्याः । मक्षु । समुद्रात् । उत । वा । पुरीषात् । स्वःनरात् । अवसे । नः । मरुत्वान् । परावतः । वा । सदनात् । ऋतस्य ॥
ā | yātu | indraḥ | divaḥ | ā | pṛthivyāḥ | makṣu | samudrāt | uta | vā | purīṣāt | svaḥ-narāt | avase | naḥ | marutvān | parāvataḥ | vā | sadanāt | ṛtasya
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 4.21.3 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“go; enter (a state); travel; disappear; reach; come; campaign; elapse; arrive; drive; reach; leave; run; depart; ride.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[noun], ablative, singular, masculine
“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[noun], ablative, singular, feminine
“Earth; pṛthivī; floor; Earth; earth; pṛthivī [word]; land.”
[adverb]
“promptly; soon; quickly.”
[noun], ablative, singular, masculine
“ocean; Samudra; sea; samudra [word]; four.”
[adverb]
“and; besides; uta [indecl.]; similarly; alike; even.”
[adverb]
“or; optionally; either.”
[noun], ablative, singular, neuter
“fecal matter; droppings; spring; earth; purīṣa [word]; Purīṣa; rust; affluence; defecation.”
[noun], ablative, singular, masculine
[verb noun]
“support; help; prefer; prefer; like.”
[noun], accusative, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Marut(a).”
[noun], ablative, singular, feminine
“distance; distance; distance.”
[adverb]
“or; optionally; either.”
[noun], ablative, singular, neuter
“seat; weakness; inertness; dwelling; exhaustion; numbness; home; residence; seat; inanition; location.”
[noun], genitive, singular, neuter
“truth; order; fixed order; ṛta [word]; law; custom; custom.”