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 4.22.4
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
विश्वा॒ रोधां॑सि प्र॒वत॑श्च पू॒र्वीर्द्यौॠ॒ष्वाज्जनि॑मन्रेजत॒ क्षाः । आ मा॒तरा॒ भर॑ति शु॒ष्म्या गोर्नृ॒वत्परि॑ज्मन्नोनुवन्त॒ वाता॑: ॥
विश्वा रोधांसि प्रवतश्च पूर्वीर्द्यौॠष्वाज्जनिमन्रेजत क्षाः । आ मातरा भरति शुष्म्या गोर्नृवत्परिज्मन्नोनुवन्त वाताः ॥
viśvā rodhāṃsi pravataś ca pūrvīr dyaur ṛṣvāj janiman rejata kṣāḥ | ā mātarā bharati śuṣmy ā gor nṛvat parijman nonuvanta vātāḥ ||
English translation:
“All the high plural ces, and the many low paces, the heaven and the earth, trembled (through fear) of the mighty (Indra) at his birth; the strong (Indra) cherishes the parents of the moving (Sun), and the winds, like men, make a noise in their peregrination.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Parents of the moving sun: mātarā bharati goḥ: goḥ = gantuḥ sūryasya
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vāmadevo gautamaḥ [vāmadeva gautama];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): virāṭtrisṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
विश्वा॑ । रोधां॑सि । प्र॒ऽवतः॑ । च॒ । पू॒र्वीः । द्यौः । ऋ॒ष्वात् । जनि॑मन् । रे॒ज॒त॒ । क्षाः । आ । मा॒तरा॑ । भर॑ति । शु॒ष्मी । आ । गोः । नृ॒ऽवत् । परि॑ऽज्मन् । नो॒नु॒व॒न्त॒ । वाताः॑ ॥
विश्वा । रोधांसि । प्रवतः । च । पूर्वीः । द्यौः । ऋष्वात् । जनिमन् । रेजत । क्षाः । आ । मातरा । भरति । शुष्मी । आ । गोः । नृवत् । परिज्मन् । नोनुवन्त । वाताः ॥
viśvā | rodhāṃsi | pra-vataḥ | ca | pūrvīḥ | dyauḥ | ṛṣvāt | janiman | rejata | kṣāḥ | ā | mātarā | bharati | śuṣmī | ā | goḥ | nṛ-vat | pari-jman | nonuvanta | vātāḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 4.22.4 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, plural, neuter
“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”
[noun], nominative, plural, neuter
“shore; bank; slope; wall.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“slope; river.”
[adverb]
“and; besides; then; now; even.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“many; much(a); very.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”
[noun], ablative, singular, masculine
“distinguished; high; noble; enormous.”
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“birth; offspring; origin; kind; being.”
[verb], singular, Present injunctive
“tremor; flicker.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“Earth; Earth.”
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[noun], accusative, dual, feminine
“mother; mātṛkā; mātṛ [word]; parent; Salvinia cucullata Roxb.; Citrullus colocynthis Schrad.; cow.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“bring; hold; fill; support; wear; possess; carry; nourish; keep; hire; have; satiate; follow; bear.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“strong; hotheaded.”
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[noun], ablative, singular, masculine
“cow; cattle; go [word]; Earth; bull; floor; milk; beam; sunbeam; leather; hide; horn; language; bowstring; earth; ox; Svarga.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“rich in men.”
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
[verb], plural, Present conjunctive (subjunctive)
“bellow.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“vāta; wind; fart; Vayu; air; draft; vāta [word]; Vāta; rheumatism; Marut.”