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 4.21.5
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
उप॒ यो नमो॒ नम॑सि स्तभा॒यन्निय॑र्ति॒ वाचं॑ ज॒नय॒न्यज॑ध्यै । ऋ॒ञ्ज॒सा॒नः पु॑रु॒वार॑ उ॒क्थैरेन्द्रं॑ कृण्वीत॒ सद॑नेषु॒ होता॑ ॥
उप यो नमो नमसि स्तभायन्नियर्ति वाचं जनयन्यजध्यै । ऋञ्जसानः पुरुवार उक्थैरेन्द्रं कृण्वीत सदनेषु होता ॥
upa yo namo namasi stabhāyann iyarti vācaṃ janayan yajadhyai | ṛñjasānaḥ puruvāra ukthair endraṃ kṛṇvīta sadaneṣu hotā ||
English translation:
“Let the invoking priest bring to our dwellings that (Indra) who, firmly fixing the (world) returns food for (sacrificial food), and (utters) a voice enjoining (men) to worship; he who is to be propitiated by praises, who is adored by many.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Utters a voice enjoining men to worship: vācam janayam yajudhyai = the speech of Indra is the thunder
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vāmadevo gautamaḥ [vāmadeva gautama];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
उप॑ । यः । नमः॑ । नम॑सि । स्त॒भा॒यन् । इय॑र्ति । वाच॑म् । ज॒नय॑न् । यज॑ध्यै । ऋ॒ञ्ज॒सा॒नः । पु॒रु॒ऽवारः॑ । उ॒क्थैः । आ । इन्द्र॑म् । कृ॒ण्वी॒त॒ । सद॑नेषु । होता॑ ॥
उप । यः । नमः । नमसि । स्तभायन् । इयर्ति । वाचम् । जनयन् । यजध्यै । ऋञ्जसानः । पुरुवारः । उक्थैः । आ । इन्द्रम् । कृण्वीत । सदनेषु । होता ॥
upa | yaḥ | namaḥ | namasi | stabhāyan | iyarti | vācam | janayan | yajadhyai | ṛñjasānaḥ | puru-vāraḥ | ukthaiḥ | ā | indram | kṛṇvīta | sadaneṣu | hotā
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 4.21.5 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“towards; on; next.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“adoration; court; namas [word]; bow; salute.”
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“adoration; court; namas [word]; bow; salute.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“enter (a state); travel; shoot; send; hit; originate; get; raise; begin; harm.”
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
“speech; statement; voice; voice; speech; language; vāc [word]; word; literary composition; conversation; sound; Sarasvati; cry; assurance; spell.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“cause; give birth; produce; beget; generate; originate; create; create; make.”
[verb noun]
“sacrifice; worship; worship.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
[noun]
“many; much(a); very.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“treasure; choice.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, neuter
“hymn; praise; uktha [word]; encomium.”
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[verb], singular, Present optative
“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.”
[noun], locative, plural, neuter
“seat; weakness; inertness; dwelling; exhaustion; numbness; home; residence; seat; inanition; location.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Hotṛ.”