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 4.48.1
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
वि॒हि होत्रा॒ अवी॑ता॒ विपो॒ न रायो॑ अ॒र्यः । वाय॒वा च॒न्द्रेण॒ रथे॑न या॒हि सु॒तस्य॑ पी॒तये॑ ॥
विहि होत्रा अवीता विपो न रायो अर्यः । वायवा चन्द्रेण रथेन याहि सुतस्य पीतये ॥
vihi hotrā avītā vipo na rāyo aryaḥ | vāyav ā candreṇa rathena yāhi sutasya pītaye ||
English translation:
“Drink, Vāyu, the oblations yet untested, like (a prince) the terrifier of foes; (bestow) upon the worshipper wealth; come with your brilliant car to drink the Soma juice.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Like a prince the terrifier of foes: vipo rāyo = śatrūṇām vepayitā rājeva
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vāmadevo gautamaḥ [vāmadeva gautama];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): vāyu:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdanuṣṭup;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
वि॒हि । होत्रा॑ । अवी॑ताः । विपः॑ । न । रायः॑ । अ॒र्यः । वायो॒ इति॑ । आ । च॒न्द्रेणे॑ । रथे॑न । या॒हि । सु॒तस्य॑ । पी॒तये॑ ॥
विहि । होत्रा । अवीताः । विपः । न । रायः । अर्यः । वायो इति । आ । चन्द्रेणे । रथेन । याहि । सुतस्य । पीतये ॥
vihi | hotrā | avītāḥ | vipaḥ | na | rāyaḥ | aryaḥ | vāyo iti | ā | candreṇe | rathena | yāhi | sutasya | pītaye
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 4.48.1 English analysis of grammar]
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“approach; ask; desire; go; drive.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“yajña; sacrifice.”
[adverb]
“not; akāra; a [taddhita]; a [word]; a; a.”
[verb noun], nominative, plural
“disappear; differ; elapse.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“wealth; possession; rai [word]; gold.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“wind; Vayu; vāta; prāṇa (coll.); air; air; fart; breath; northwest; draft; vāyu [word]; Vāyu; Marut.”
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine
“aglitter(p); shining.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine
“chariot; warrior; ratha [word]; Dalbergia oojeinensis; rattan.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“go; enter (a state); travel; disappear; reach; come; campaign; elapse; arrive; drive; reach; leave; run; depart; ride.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“Soma.”
[noun], dative, singular, feminine
“drinking; haritāla.”