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 4.25.4
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
तस्मा॑ अ॒ग्निर्भार॑त॒: शर्म॑ यंस॒ज्ज्योक्प॑श्या॒त्सूर्य॑मु॒च्चर॑न्तम् । य इन्द्रा॑य सु॒नवा॒मेत्याह॒ नरे॒ नर्या॑य॒ नृत॑माय नृ॒णाम् ॥
तस्मा अग्निर्भारतः शर्म यंसज्ज्योक्पश्यात्सूर्यमुच्चरन्तम् । य इन्द्राय सुनवामेत्याह नरे नर्याय नृतमाय नृणाम् ॥
tasmā agnir bhārataḥ śarma yaṃsaj jyok paśyāt sūryam uccarantam | ya indrāya sunavāmety āha nare naryāya nṛtamāya nṛṇām ||
English translation:
“May Agni, the bearer of oblations, grant him felicity, and long behold the rising sun (in the dwelling of him) who says, let us offer libations to Indra, leader (of rites) the friend of man, the chief leader among leaders.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
And long behold the rising sun: i.e., may the sacred fire long be hindled in the house of the sacrificer at the hour of sunrise
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vāmadevo gautamaḥ [vāmadeva gautama];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): bhurikpaṅkti ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
तस्मै॑ । अ॒ग्निः । भार॑तः । शर्म॑ । यं॒स॒त् । ज्योक् । प॒श्या॒त् । सूर्य॑म् । उ॒त्ऽचर॑न्तम् । यः । इन्द्रा॑य । सु॒नवा॑म । इति॑ । आह॑ । नरे॑ । नर्या॑य । नृऽत॑माय । नृ॒णाम् ॥
तस्मै । अग्निः । भारतः । शर्म । यंसत् । ज्योक् । पश्यात् । सूर्यम् । उत्चरन्तम् । यः । इन्द्राय । सुनवाम । इति । आह । नरे । नर्याय । नृतमाय । नृणाम् ॥
tasmai | agniḥ | bhārataḥ | śarma | yaṃsat | jyok | paśyāt | sūryam | ut-carantam | yaḥ | indrāya | sunavāma | iti | āha | nare | naryāya | nṛ-tamāya | nṛṇām
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 4.25.4 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], dative, 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], nominative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“protection; protective covering; refuge; joy.”
[verb], singular, Aorist conj./subj.
“concentrate; grant; restrain; cause; control; offer; cover; raise.”
[adverb]
“long.”
[verb], singular, Present conjunctive (subjunctive)
“see; view; watch; meet; observe; think of; look; examine; behold; visit; understand.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“sun; Surya; sūrya [word]; right nostril; twelve; Calotropis gigantea Beng.; sūryakānta; sunlight; best.”
[verb noun], accusative, singular
“rise.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[verb], plural, Present conjunctive (subjunctive)
“press out; su.”
[adverb]
“thus; so; iti [word].”
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
“describe; state; say; enumerate; call; name; teach; tell; deem; explain; say; define.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“man; man; nṛ [word]; crew; masculine.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“manly; heroic; powerful; male; human.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
[noun], genitive, plural, masculine
“man; man; nṛ [word]; crew; masculine.”