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 4.23.11

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

नू ष्टु॒त इ॑न्द्र॒ नू गृ॑णा॒न इषं॑ जरि॒त्रे न॒द्यो॒३॒॑ न पी॑पेः । अका॑रि ते हरिवो॒ ब्रह्म॒ नव्यं॑ धि॒या स्या॑म र॒थ्य॑: सदा॒साः ॥
नू ष्टुत इन्द्र नू गृणान इषं जरित्रे नद्यो न पीपेः । अकारि ते हरिवो ब्रह्म नव्यं धिया स्याम रथ्यः सदासाः ॥
nū ṣṭuta indra nū gṛṇāna iṣaṃ jaritre nadyo na pīpeḥ | akāri te harivo brahma navyaṃ dhiyā syāma rathyaḥ sadāsāḥ ||

English translation:

“Glorified (in the past), glorified, Indra, at present, satisfy your worshipper with food, as rivers (are filled with water); lord of horses, a new hymn has been made for you; may we possessed of chariots, be ever diligent in our praise.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vāmadevo gautamaḥ [vāmadeva gautama];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛtpaṅkti ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

नु । स्तु॒तः । इ॒न्द्र॒ । नु । गृ॒णा॒नः । इष॑म् । ज॒रि॒त्रे । न॒द्यः॑ । न । पी॒पे॒रिति॑ पीपेः । अका॑रि । ते॒ । ह॒रि॒ऽवः॒ । ब्रह्म॑ । नव्य॑म् । धि॒या । स्या॒म॒ । र॒थ्यः॑ । सदा॒ऽसाः ॥
नु । स्तुतः । इन्द्र । नु । गृणानः । इषम् । जरित्रे । नद्यः । न । पीपेरिति पीपेः । अकारि । ते । हरिवः । ब्रह्म । नव्यम् । धिया । स्याम । रथ्यः । सदासाः ॥
nu | stutaḥ | indra | nu | gṛṇānaḥ | iṣam | jaritre | nadyaḥ | na | pīperitipīpeḥ | akāri | te | hari-vaḥ | brahma | navyam | dhiyā | syāma | rathyaḥ | sadāsāḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 4.23.11 English analysis of grammar]

< nu

[adverb]

“now; already.”

ṣṭuta < stutaḥ < stu

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“laud; praise; declare; stu.”

indra

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”

< nu

[adverb]

“now; already.”

gṛṇāna < gṛṇānaḥ < gṛ

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“praise.”

iṣaṃ < iṣam < iṣ

[noun], accusative, singular, feminine

“refreshment; enjoyment; stores.”

jaritre < jaritṛ

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

“singer.”

nadyo < nadyaḥ < nadī

[noun], nominative, plural, feminine

“river; nadī; nadī [word]; Premna spinosa Roxb..”

na

[adverb]

“not; like; no; na [word].”

pīpeḥ < pyā

[verb], singular, Perfect injunctive

“swell; abound; swell.”

akāri < kṛ

[verb], singular, Aorist passive

“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.”

te < tvad

[noun], genitive, singular

“you.”

harivo < harivas < harivat

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

brahma < brahman

[noun], nominative, singular, neuter

“brahman; mantra; prayer; spell; Veda; Brahmin; sacred text; final emancipation; hymn; brahman [word]; Brāhmaṇa; study.”

navyaṃ < navyam < navya

[noun], nominative, singular, neuter

“new; fresh.”

dhiyā < dhī

[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine

“intelligence; prayer; mind; insight; idea; hymn; purpose; art; knowledge.”

syāma < as

[verb], plural, Present optative

“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”

rathyaḥ < rathī

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

sadāsāḥ < sadāsā

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“triumphant.”

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