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 4.24.1
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
का सु॑ष्टु॒तिः शव॑सः सू॒नुमिन्द्र॑मर्वाची॒नं राध॑स॒ आ व॑वर्तत् । द॒दिर्हि वी॒रो गृ॑ण॒ते वसू॑नि॒ स गोप॑तिर्नि॒ष्षिधां॑ नो जनासः ॥
का सुष्टुतिः शवसः सूनुमिन्द्रमर्वाचीनं राधस आ ववर्तत् । ददिर्हि वीरो गृणते वसूनि स गोपतिर्निष्षिधां नो जनासः ॥
kā suṣṭutiḥ śavasaḥ sūnum indram arvācīnaṃ rādhasa ā vavartat | dadir hi vīro gṛṇate vasūni sa gopatir niṣṣidhāṃ no janāsaḥ ||
English translation:
“What suitable praise may bring the son of strength, Indra, before us, to give us wealth; the hero, the lord of cattle, is the donor, oḥ man, of the wealth of his adversaries to him who glorifies him.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vāmadevo gautamaḥ [vāmadeva gautama];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): triṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
का । सु॒ऽस्तु॒तिः । शव॑सः । सू॒नुम् । इन्द्र॑म् । अ॒र्वा॒ची॒नम् । राध॑से । आ । व॒व॒र्त॒त् । द॒दिः । हि । वी॒रः । गृ॒ण॒ते । वसू॑नि । सः । गोऽप॑तिः । निः॒ऽसिधा॑म् । नः॒ । ज॒ना॒सः॒ ॥
का । सुस्तुतिः । शवसः । सूनुम् । इन्द्रम् । अर्वाचीनम् । राधसे । आ । ववर्तत् । ददिः । हि । वीरः । गृणते । वसूनि । सः । गोपतिः । निःसिधाम् । नः । जनासः ॥
kā | su-stutiḥ | śavasaḥ | sūnum | indram | arvācīnam | rādhase | ā | vavartat | dadiḥ | hi | vīraḥ | gṛṇate | vasūni | saḥ | go--patiḥ | niḥ-sidhām | naḥ | janāsaḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 4.24.1 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“what; who; ka [pronoun].”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“hymn; praise.”
[noun], genitive, singular, neuter
“strength; power; superiority.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“son; offspring.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“favorable; backward; inclined(p).”
[noun], dative, singular, neuter
“gift; munificence; liberality; bounty.”
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[verb], singular, Perfect conjunctive (subj.)
“behave; happen; exist; return; dwell; die; roll; continue; act; exist; feed on; issue; move; travel; proceed; turn; situate; drive; account for; begin; do; inhere; revolve.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“giving; big.”
[adverb]
“because; indeed; for; therefore; hi [word].”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“hero; man; Vīra; vīra; vīra [word]; Vīra.”
[verb noun], dative, singular
“praise.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“wealth; property; gold; vasu [word]; ruby; treasure; jewel.”
[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], masculine
“cow; cattle; go [word]; Earth; bull; floor; milk; beam; sunbeam; leather; hide; horn; language; bowstring; earth; ox; Svarga.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“husband; overlord; king; deity; īśvara; ruler; pati [word]; commanding officer; leader; owner; mayor; lord.”
[noun], genitive, plural, feminine
[noun], genitive, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], vocative, plural, masculine
“people; national; man; relative; jan; Janaloka; person; jana [word]; man; attendant; Jana; foreigner; inhabitant; group.”