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 4.54.1
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अभू॑द्दे॒वः स॑वि॒ता वन्द्यो॒ नु न॑ इ॒दानी॒मह्न॑ उप॒वाच्यो॒ नृभि॑: । वि यो रत्ना॒ भज॑ति मान॒वेभ्य॒: श्रेष्ठं॑ नो॒ अत्र॒ द्रवि॑णं॒ यथा॒ दध॑त् ॥
अभूद्देवः सविता वन्द्यो नु न इदानीमह्न उपवाच्यो नृभिः । वि यो रत्ना भजति मानवेभ्यः श्रेष्ठं नो अत्र द्रविणं यथा दधत् ॥
abhūd devaḥ savitā vandyo nu na idānīm ahna upavācyo nṛbhiḥ | vi yo ratnā bhajati mānavebhyaḥ śreṣṭhaṃ no atra draviṇaṃ yathā dadhat ||
English translation:
“The divine Savitā has been manifested; he is at once to be glorified by us; he is to be praised by the priests at the present (rite), and at the close (of the day), in order that he who apportions precious things to be descendants of Manu may bestow upon us, on this occasion, most excellent wealth.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vāmadevo gautamaḥ [vāmadeva gautama];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): savitā ;
Chandas (meter): bhuriktriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अभू॑त् । दे॒वः । स॒वि॒ता । वन्द्यः॑ । नु । नः॒ । इ॒दानी॑म् । अह्नः॑ । उ॒प॒ऽवाच्यः॑ । नृऽभिः॑ । वि । यः । रत्ना॑ । भज॑ति । मा॒न॒वेभ्यः॑ । श्रेष्ठ॑म् । नः॒ । अत्र॑ । द्रवि॑णम् । यथा॑ । दध॑त् ॥
अभूत् । देवः । सविता । वन्द्यः । नु । नः । इदानीम् । अह्नः । उपवाच्यः । नृभिः । वि । यः । रत्ना । भजति । मानवेभ्यः । श्रेष्ठम् । नः । अत्र । द्रविणम् । यथा । दधत् ॥
abhūt | devaḥ | savitā | vandyaḥ | nu | naḥ | idānīm | ahnaḥ | upa-vācyaḥ | nṛ-bhiḥ | vi | yaḥ | ratnā | bhajati | mānavebhyaḥ | śreṣṭham | naḥ | atra | draviṇam | yathā | dadhat
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 4.54.1 English analysis of grammar]
[verb], singular, Root aorist (Ind.)
“become; be; originate; transform; happen; result; exist; be born; be; be; come to life; grow; elapse; come to mind; thrive; become; impend; show; conceive; understand; stand; constitute; serve; apply; behave.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Savitar; sun; Surya; Savitṛ.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“worship; laud.”
[adverb]
“now; already.”
[noun], dative, plural
“I; mine.”
[adverb]
“now.”
[noun], genitive, singular, neuter
“day; day; ahar [word]; day; day.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine
“man; man; nṛ [word]; crew; masculine.”
[adverb]
“apart; away; away.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“jewel; wealth; best; treasure; vajra; property; jewel; ruby; jewelry.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“eat; enjoy; enter (a state); worship; love; flee; possess; fall to one's share; partake; share; get; approach; love; use.”
[noun], dative, plural, masculine
“man; man; national; mānava [word].”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“best; better; chief(a); beautiful.”
[noun], dative, plural
“I; mine.”
[adverb]
“now; there; then; then; there; here; here; in the following; alternatively; now.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“wealth; property; money; jewel.”
[adverb]
“equally; as; so that; like; how; yathā [word]; that; wherein.”
[verb], singular, Present conjunctive (subjunctive)
“put; give; cause; get; hold; make; provide; lend; wear; install; have; enter (a state); supply; hold; take; show.”