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 4.33.4
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
यत्सं॒वत्स॑मृ॒भवो॒ गामर॑क्ष॒न्यत्सं॒वत्स॑मृ॒भवो॒ मा अपिं॑शन् । यत्सं॒वत्स॒मभ॑र॒न्भासो॑ अस्या॒स्ताभि॒: शमी॑भिरमृत॒त्वमा॑शुः ॥
यत्संवत्समृभवो गामरक्षन्यत्संवत्समृभवो मा अपिंशन् । यत्संवत्समभरन्भासो अस्यास्ताभिः शमीभिरमृतत्वमाशुः ॥
yat saṃvatsam ṛbhavo gām arakṣan yat saṃvatsam ṛbhavo mā apiṃśan | yat saṃvatsam abharan bhāso asyās tābhiḥ śamībhir amṛtatvam āśuḥ ||
English translation:
“Inasmuch as for a year the Ṛbhus preserved the (dead) cow, inasmuch as for a year they invested it with flesh, inasmuch as for a year they continued its beauty they obtained by their acts of immortality.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vāmadevo gautamaḥ [vāmadeva gautama];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): ṛbhavaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): triṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
यत् । स॒म्ऽवत्स॑म् । ऋ॒भवः॑ । गाम् । अर॑क्षन् । यत् । स॒म्ऽवत्स॑म् । ऋ॒भवः॑ । माः । अपिं॑शन् । यत् । स॒म्ऽवत्स॑म् । अ॒भ॑रन् । भासः॑ । अ॒स्याः॒ । ताभिः॑ । शमी॑भिः । अ॒मृ॒त॒ऽत्वम् । आ॒शुः॒ ॥
यत् । सम्वत्सम् । ऋभवः । गाम् । अरक्षन् । यत् । सम्वत्सम् । ऋभवः । माः । अपिंशन् । यत् । सम्वत्सम् । अभरन् । भासः । अस्याः । ताभिः । शमीभिः । अमृतत्वम् । आशुः ॥
yat | sam-vatsam | ṛbhavaḥ | gām | arakṣan | yat | sam-vatsam | ṛbhavaḥ | māḥ | apiṃśan | yat | sam-vatsam | abharan | bhāsaḥ | asyāḥ | tābhiḥ | śamībhiḥ | amṛta-tvam | āśuḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 4.33.4 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“once [when]; because; that; if; how.”
[adverb]
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“Ribhus.”
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
“cow; cattle; go [word]; Earth; bull; floor; milk; beam; sunbeam; leather; hide; horn; language; bowstring; earth; ox; Svarga.”
[verb], plural, Imperfect
“protect; guard; keep; stow; govern; guard; spare; accumulate.”
[adverb]
“once [when]; because; that; if; how.”
[adverb]
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“Ribhus.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
[verb], plural, Imperfect
“decorate.”
[adverb]
“once [when]; because; that; if; how.”
[adverb]
[verb], plural, Thematic aorist (Ind.)
“bring; hold; fill; support; wear; possess; carry; nourish; keep; hire; have; satiate; follow; bear.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
[noun], genitive, singular, feminine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, feminine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, feminine
“Prosopis spicigera Linn.; śamī [word]; Acacia sundra; attempt; labor.”
[noun]
“immortal; amṛta; imperishable.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“state; quality; cause; reason.”
[verb], plural, Perfect indicative
“get; reach; enter (a state).”