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 4.57.3
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
मधु॑मती॒रोष॑धी॒र्द्याव॒ आपो॒ मधु॑मन्नो भवत्व॒न्तरि॑क्षम् । क्षेत्र॑स्य॒ पति॒र्मधु॑मान्नो अ॒स्त्वरि॑ष्यन्तो॒ अन्वे॑नं चरेम ॥
मधुमतीरोषधीर्द्याव आपो मधुमन्नो भवत्वन्तरिक्षम् । क्षेत्रस्य पतिर्मधुमान्नो अस्त्वरिष्यन्तो अन्वेनं चरेम ॥
madhumatīr oṣadhīr dyāva āpo madhuman no bhavatv antarikṣam | kṣetrasya patir madhumān no astv ariṣyanto anv enaṃ carema ||
English translation:
“May the herbs (of the field) be sweet for us; may the heavens, the waters, the firmament, be kind to us; may the lord of the field be gracious to us; let us, undeterred (by foes), have recourse to him.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Be kind: an epithet of kṣetrapati;
Madhumat = lit. having sweetness
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vāmadevo gautamaḥ [vāmadeva gautama];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): kṣetrapatiḥ ;
Chandas (meter): triṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
मधु॑ऽमतीः । ओष॑धीः । द्यावः॑ । आपः॑ । मधु॑ऽमत् । नः॒ । भ॒व॒तु॒ । अ॒न्तरि॑क्षम् । क्षेत्र॑स्य । पतिः॑ । मधु॑ऽमान् । नः॒ । अ॒स्तु॒ । अरि॑ष्यन्तः॑ । अनु॑ । ए॒न॒म् । च॒रे॒म॒ ॥
मधुमतीः । ओषधीः । द्यावः । आपः । मधुमत् । नः । भवतु । अन्तरिक्षम् । क्षेत्रस्य । पतिः । मधुमान् । नः । अस्तु । अरिष्यन्तः । अनु । एनम् । चरेम ॥
madhu-matīḥ | oṣadhīḥ | dyāvaḥ | āpaḥ | madhu-mat | naḥ | bhavatu | antarikṣam | kṣetrasya | patiḥ | madhu-mān | naḥ | astu | ariṣyantaḥ | anu | enam | carema
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 4.57.3 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“sweet; honeyed; sweet; pleasant.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“herb; plant; drug; herb.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“water; body of water; water; ap [word]; juice; jala.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“sweet; honeyed; sweet; pleasant.”
[noun], dative, plural
“I; mine.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“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, neuter
“sky; atmosphere; air; abhra.”
[noun], genitive, singular, neuter
“field; location; habitat; country; area; earth; region; estate; body; kṣetra [word]; kṣetradoṣa; seat; reincarnation; uterus.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“husband; overlord; king; deity; īśvara; ruler; pati [word]; commanding officer; leader; owner; mayor; lord.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“sweet; honeyed; sweet; pleasant.”
[noun], dative, plural
“I; mine.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”
[adverb]
“not; akāra; a [taddhita]; a [word]; a; a.”
[verb noun], nominative, plural
“suffer; harm.”
[adverb]
“subsequently; behind; along; towards; because.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.).”
[verb], plural, Present optative
“car; wander; perform; travel; bore; produce; make; dwell; dig; act; observe; enter (a state); observe; cause; crop; behave; practice; heed; process; administer.”