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 4.46.4
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
रथं॒ हिर॑ण्यवन्धुर॒मिन्द्र॑वायू स्वध्व॒रम् । आ हि स्थाथो॑ दिवि॒स्पृश॑म् ॥
रथं हिरण्यवन्धुरमिन्द्रवायू स्वध्वरम् । आ हि स्थाथो दिविस्पृशम् ॥
rathaṃ hiraṇyavandhuram indravāyū svadhvaram | ā hi sthātho divispṛśam ||
English translation:
“Mount, Indra and Vāyu, the golden-seated chariot, propitious to sacrifice, soaring to heaven.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vāmadevo gautamaḥ [vāmadeva gautama];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indravāyū ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
रथ॑म् । हिर॑ण्यऽवन्धुरम् । इन्द्र॑वायू॒ इति॑ । सु॒ऽअ॒ध्व॒रम् । आ । हि । स्थाथः॑ । दि॒वि॒ऽस्पृश॑म् ॥
रथम् । हिरण्यवन्धुरम् । इन्द्रवायू इति । सुअध्वरम् । आ । हि । स्थाथः । दिविस्पृशम् ॥
ratham | hiraṇya-vandhuram | indravāyūiti | su-adhvaram | ā | hi | sthāthaḥ | div i-spṛśam
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 4.46.4 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“chariot; warrior; ratha [word]; Dalbergia oojeinensis; rattan.”
[noun], neuter
“gold; jewelry; hiraṇya [word]; gold.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“seat; seat.”
[noun], masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[noun], vocative, dual, masculine
“wind; Vayu; vāta; prāṇa (coll.); air; air; fart; breath; northwest; draft; vāyu [word]; Vāyu; Marut.”
[adverb]
“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“yajña; ceremony; adhvara [word].”
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[adverb]
“because; indeed; for; therefore; hi [word].”
[verb], dual, Aorist conj./subj.
“stay; stand; situate; exist; [in]; resist; endure; put; soak; be; stop; adhere; get stale; concentrate; grow; trust; wake; consociate; last; dwell; lie; stand; stop.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“heavenward.”