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 4.55.9

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

उषो॑ मघो॒न्या व॑ह॒ सूनृ॑ते॒ वार्या॑ पु॒रु । अ॒स्मभ्यं॑ वाजिनीवति ॥
उषो मघोन्या वह सूनृते वार्या पुरु । अस्मभ्यं वाजिनीवति ॥
uṣo maghony ā vaha sūnṛte vāryā puru | asmabhyaṃ vājinīvati ||

English translation:

“Opulent, Uṣas, truth-speaking, food-abounding, bestow upon us many good things.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

उषः॑ । म॒घो॒नि॒ । आ । व॒ह॒ । सूनृ॑ते । वार्या॑ । पु॒रु । अ॒स्मभ्य॑म् । वा॒जि॒नी॒ऽव॒ति॒ ॥
उषः । मघोनि । आ । वह । सूनृते । वार्या । पुरु । अस्मभ्यम् । वाजिनीवति ॥
uṣaḥ | maghoni | ā | vaha | sūnṛte | vāryā | puru | asmabhyam | vājinī-vati

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 4.55.9 English analysis of grammar]

uṣo < uṣaḥ < uṣas

[noun], vocative, singular, feminine

“Ushas; dawn; uṣas [word]; morning.”

maghony < maghoni < maghavan

[noun], vocative, singular, feminine

“big.”

ā

[adverb]

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

vaha < vah

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“transport; bring; marry; run; drive; vāhay; drive; run; pull; nirvāpay; blow; transport; discharge; assume; remove.”

sūnṛte < sūnṛta

[noun], vocative, singular, feminine

“big; friendly.”

vāryā < vārya

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“wealth.”

puru

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“many; much(a); very.”

asmabhyaṃ < asmabhyam < mad

[noun], dative, plural

“I; mine.”

vājinīvati < vājinīvat

[noun], vocative, singular, feminine

“rich; rich in horses.”

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