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 4.44.4
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
हि॒र॒ण्यये॑न पुरुभू॒ रथे॑ने॒मं य॒ज्ञं ना॑स॒त्योप॑ यातम् । पिबा॑थ॒ इन्मधु॑नः सो॒म्यस्य॒ दध॑थो॒ रत्नं॑ विध॒ते जना॑य ॥
हिरण्ययेन पुरुभू रथेनेमं यज्ञं नासत्योप यातम् । पिबाथ इन्मधुनः सोम्यस्य दधथो रत्नं विधते जनाय ॥
hiraṇyayena purubhū rathenemaṃ yajñaṃ nāsatyopa yātam | pibātha in madhunaḥ somyasya dadhatho ratnaṃ vidhate janāya ||
English translation:
“Nāsatyas, who are manifold, come with your golden chariot to this sacrifice; drink of the sweet Soma beverage, and give precious things to the man who celebrates (your worship).”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): purumīḷahājamīḷahau sauhotrau;Devatā (deity/subject-matter): aśvinau ;
Chandas (meter): bhurikpaṅkti ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
हि॒र॒ण्यये॑न । पु॒रु॒भू॒ इति॑ पुरुऽभू । रथे॑न । इ॒मम् । य॒ज्ञम् । ना॒स॒त्या॒ । उप॑ । या॒त॒म् । पिबा॑थः । इत् । मधु॑नः । सो॒म्यस्य॑ । दध॑थः । रत्न॑म् । वि॒ध॒ते । जना॑य ॥
हिरण्ययेन । पुरुभू इति पुरुभू । रथेन । इमम् । यज्ञम् । नासत्या । उप । यातम् । पिबाथः । इत् । मधुनः । सोम्यस्य । दधथः । रत्नम् । विधते । जनाय ॥
hiraṇyayena | purubhūitipuru-bhū | rathena | imam | yajñam | nāsatyā | upa | yātam | pibāthaḥ | it | madhunaḥ | somyasya | dadhathaḥ | ratnam | vidhate | janāya
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 4.44.4 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine
“gold; aureate; hiraṇyaya [word].”
[noun]
“many; much(a); very.”
[noun], vocative, dual, masculine
“Earth; floor; earth; bhū; Earth; one; saurāṣṭrā; three; land; land; place; world; bhū [word]; soil; pṛthivī; being; bhūja; floor; bhūnāga; sphaṭikā; beginning; birth; estate.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine
“chariot; warrior; ratha [word]; Dalbergia oojeinensis; rattan.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“yajña; religious ceremony; Vishnu; yajña [word]; Yajña; Shiva.”
[noun], vocative, dual, masculine
“Asvins; nāsatya [word].”
[adverb]
“towards; on; next.”
[verb], dual, Present imperative
“go; enter (a state); travel; disappear; reach; come; campaign; elapse; arrive; drive; reach; leave; run; depart; ride.”
[verb], dual, Present conjunctive (subjunctive)
“drink; gulp; soak; drink; suck; inhale.”
[adverb]
“indeed; assuredly; entirely.”
[noun], genitive, singular, neuter
“honey; alcohol; sweet; nectar; madhu [word].”
[noun], genitive, singular, neuter
“saumya.”
[verb], dual, Present indikative
“put; give; cause; get; hold; make; provide; lend; wear; install; have; enter (a state); supply; hold; take; show.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“jewel; wealth; best; treasure; vajra; property; jewel; ruby; jewelry.”
[verb noun], dative, singular
“worship; offer.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“people; national; man; relative; jan; Janaloka; person; jana [word]; man; attendant; Jana; foreigner; inhabitant; group.”