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 4.35.6

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

यो व॑: सु॒नोत्य॑भिपि॒त्वे अह्नां॑ ती॒व्रं वा॑जास॒: सव॑नं॒ मदा॑य । तस्मै॑ र॒यिमृ॑भव॒: सर्व॑वीर॒मा त॑क्षत वृषणो मन्दसा॒नाः ॥
यो वः सुनोत्यभिपित्वे अह्नां तीव्रं वाजासः सवनं मदाय । तस्मै रयिमृभवः सर्ववीरमा तक्षत वृषणो मन्दसानाः ॥
yo vaḥ sunoty abhipitve ahnāṃ tīvraṃ vājāsaḥ savanam madāya | tasmai rayim ṛbhavaḥ sarvavīram ā takṣata vṛṣaṇo mandasānāḥ ||

English translation:

“Distributors of food, Ṛbhus, showerers (of benefits), exhilarated (by the Soma draught), fabricated wealth, comprising all posterity for him who pours out for your exhilaration, the acrid libation at the deline of day.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

यः । वः॒ । सु॒नोति॑ । अ॒भि॒ऽपि॒त्वे । अह्ना॑म् । ती॒व्रम् । वा॒जा॒सः॒ । सव॑नम् । मदा॑य । तस्मै॑ । र॒यिम् । ऋ॒भ॒वः॒ । सर्व॑ऽवीरम् । आ । ता॒क्ष॒त॒ । वृ॒ष॒णः॒ । म॒न्द॒सा॒नाः ॥
यः । वः । सुनोति । अभिपित्वे । अह्नाम् । तीव्रम् । वाजासः । सवनम् । मदाय । तस्मै । रयिम् । ऋभवः । सर्ववीरम् । आ । ताक्षत । वृषणः । मन्दसानाः ॥
yaḥ | vaḥ | sunoti | abhi-pitve | ahnām | tīvram | vājāsaḥ | savanam | madāya | tasmai | rayim | ṛbhavaḥ | sarva-vīram | ā | tākṣata | vṛṣaṇaḥ | mandasānāḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 4.35.6 English analysis of grammar]

yo < yaḥ < yad

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

vaḥ < tvad

[noun], dative, plural

“you.”

sunoty < sunoti < su

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“press out; su.”

abhipitve < abhipitva

[noun], locative, singular, neuter

ahnāṃ < ahnām < ahar

[noun], genitive, plural, neuter

“day; day; ahar [word]; day; day.”

tīvraṃ < tīvram < tīvra

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“intense; severe; pungent; acute; potent; loud.”

vājāsaḥ < vāja

[noun], vocative, plural, masculine

“prize; Vāja; reward; reward; Ribhus; vigor; strength; contest.”

savanam < savana

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“yajña; savana [word]; Snāna; Soma sacrifice; press.”

madāya < mada

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

“drunkenness; mada; estrus; excitement; sexual arousal; alcohol; musth; mad; mada; ecstasy; pride; drink; joy; arrogance; vivification.”

tasmai < tad

[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.”

rayim < rayi

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“wealth; property.”

ṛbhavaḥ < ṛbhu

[noun], vocative, plural, masculine

“Ribhus.”

sarvavīram < sarva

[noun]

“all(a); whole; complete; sarva [word]; every(a); each(a); all; entire; sāṃnipātika; manifold; complete; all the(a); different; overall.”

sarvavīram < vīram < vīra

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“hero; man; Vīra; vīra; vīra [word]; Vīra.”

ā

[adverb]

“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”

takṣata < takṣ

[verb], plural, Present imperative

“produce; shape; fashion; chisel; invent.”

vṛṣaṇo < vṛṣaṇaḥ < vṛṣan

[noun], vocative, plural, masculine

“bull; Indra; stallion; Vṛṣan; man.”

mandasānāḥ < mand

[verb noun], vocative, plural

“rejoice; exhilarate.”

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