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 4.33.2
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
य॒दार॒मक्र॑न्नृ॒भव॑: पि॒तृभ्यां॒ परि॑विष्टी वे॒षणा॑ दं॒सना॑भिः । आदिद्दे॒वाना॒मुप॑ स॒ख्यमा॑य॒न्धीरा॑सः पु॒ष्टिम॑वहन्म॒नायै॑ ॥
यदारमक्रन्नृभवः पितृभ्यां परिविष्टी वेषणा दंसनाभिः । आदिद्देवानामुप सख्यमायन्धीरासः पुष्टिमवहन्मनायै ॥
yadāram akrann ṛbhavaḥ pitṛbhyām pariviṣṭī veṣaṇā daṃsanābhiḥ | ād id devānām upa sakhyam āyan dhīrāsaḥ puṣṭim avahan manāyai ||
English translation:
“When the ṛbhus, by honouring their parents with renovated (youth), and by other works, had achieved enough, they thereupon proceeded to the society of the gods, and, considerate, they bring nourishment to the devout (worshipper).”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vāmadevo gautamaḥ [vāmadeva gautama];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): ṛbhavaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): triṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
य॒दा । अर॑म् । अक्र॑न् । ऋ॒भवः॑ । पि॒तृऽभ्या॑म् । परि॑ऽविष्टी । वे॒षणा॑ । दं॒सना॑भिः । आत् । इत् । दे॒वाना॑म् । उप॑ । स॒ख्यम् । आ॒य॒न् । धीरा॑सः । पु॒ष्टिम् । अ॒व॒ह॒न् । म॒नायै॑ ॥
यदा । अरम् । अक्रन् । ऋभवः । पितृभ्याम् । परिविष्टी । वेषणा । दंसनाभिः । आत् । इत् । देवानाम् । उप । सख्यम् । आयन् । धीरासः । पुष्टिम् । अवहन् । मनायै ॥
yadā | aram | akran | ṛbhavaḥ | pitṛ-bhyām | pari-viṣṭī | veṣaṇā | daṃsanābhiḥ | āt | it | devānām | upa | sakhyam | āyan | dhīrāsaḥ | puṣṭim | avahan | manāyai
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 4.33.2 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“once [when]; if.”
[adverb]
[verb], plural, Root aorist (Ind.)
“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], nominative, plural, masculine
“Ribhus.”
[noun], dative, dual, masculine
“father; Pitṛ; ancestor; parent; paternal ancestor; pitṛ [word]; forefather.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine
[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine
[noun], instrumental, plural, feminine
“wonder; power.”
[adverb]
“then.”
[adverb]
“indeed; assuredly; entirely.”
[noun], genitive, plural, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[adverb]
“towards; on; next.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“friendship; aid; company.”
[verb], plural, Imperfect
“go; travel; enter (a state); return; walk; continue; reach; ask.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“expert; wise; intelligent; versed; adept.”
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
“prosperity; growth; increase; puṣṭi; luxury; wealth; comfort; increase; corpulence.”
[verb], plural, Root aorist (Ind.)
“transport; bring; marry; run; drive; vāhay; drive; run; pull; nirvāpay; blow; transport; discharge; assume; remove.”
[noun], dative, singular, feminine
“jewelry.”