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 4.54.4

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

न प्र॒मिये॑ सवि॒तुर्दैव्य॑स्य॒ तद्यथा॒ विश्वं॒ भुव॑नं धारयि॒ष्यति॑ । यत्पृ॑थि॒व्या वरि॑म॒न्ना स्व॑ङ्गु॒रिर्वर्ष्म॑न्दि॒वः सु॒वति॑ स॒त्यम॑स्य॒ तत् ॥
न प्रमिये सवितुर्दैव्यस्य तद्यथा विश्वं भुवनं धारयिष्यति । यत्पृथिव्या वरिमन्ना स्वङ्गुरिर्वर्ष्मन्दिवः सुवति सत्यमस्य तत् ॥
na pramiye savitur daivyasya tad yathā viśvam bhuvanaṃ dhārayiṣyati | yat pṛthivyā varimann ā svaṅgurir varṣman divaḥ suvati satyam asya tat ||

English translation:

“(It is) not (fit) to obstruct (the acts) of the divine Savitā, since by them he upholds the whole world, wheeby his gracious hand spreads fertility over the extent of the earth, and the magnitude of the heaven; such is his true (power).”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

न । प्र॒ऽमिये॑ । स॒वि॒तुः । दैव्य॑स्य । तत् । यथा॑ । विश्व॑म् । भुव॑नम् । धा॒र॒यि॒ष्यति॑ । यत् । पृ॒थि॒व्याः । वरि॑मन् । आ । सु॒ऽअ॒ङ्गु॒रिः । वर्ष्म॑न् । दि॒वः । सु॒वति॑ । स॒त्यम् । अ॒स्य॒ । तत् ॥
न । प्रमिये । सवितुः । दैव्यस्य । तत् । यथा । विश्वम् । भुवनम् । धारयिष्यति । यत् । पृथिव्याः । वरिमन् । आ । सुअङ्गुरिः । वर्ष्मन् । दिवः । सुवति । सत्यम् । अस्य । तत् ॥
na | pra-miye | savituḥ | daivyasya | tat | yathā | viśvam | bhuvanam | dhārayiṣyati | yat | pṛthivyāḥ | variman | ā | su-aṅguriḥ | varṣman | divaḥ | suvati | satyam | asya | tat

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 4.54.4 English analysis of grammar]

na

[adverb]

“not; like; no; na [word].”

pramiye < pramī < √mī

[verb noun]

“destroy.”

savitur < savituḥ < savitṛ

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“Savitar; sun; Surya; Savitṛ.”

daivyasya < daivya

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“divine; divine; celestial.”

tad < tat < tad

[noun], nominative, singular, neuter

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”

yathā

[adverb]

“equally; as; so that; like; how; yathā [word]; that; wherein.”

viśvam < viśva

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”

bhuvanaṃ < bhuvanam < bhuvana

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“Earth; being; world; bhuvana [word].”

dhārayiṣyati < dhāray < √dhṛ

[verb], singular, Future

“keep; sustain; put; hold; wear; hold; carry; keep alive; suppress; preserve; remember; stow; stop; have; fill into; endure; support; understand; fixate; govern; restrain.”

yat < yad

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

pṛthivyā < pṛthivyāḥ < pṛthivī

[noun], genitive, singular, feminine

“Earth; pṛthivī; floor; Earth; earth; pṛthivī [word]; land.”

varimann < variman

[noun], locative, singular, masculine

“width; size.”

ā

[adverb]

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

svaṅgurir < su

[adverb]

“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”

svaṅgurir < aṅguriḥ < aṅguri

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“finger.”

varṣman

[noun], locative, singular, neuter

“height; peak; enormousness.”

divaḥ < div

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”

suvati <

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“give birth; urge; bestow; cause.”

satyam < satya

[noun], nominative, singular, neuter

“truth; oath; satya [word]; promise.”

asya < idam

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”

tat < tad

[noun], nominative, singular, neuter

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”

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