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 4.57.5
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
शुना॑सीरावि॒मां वाचं॑ जुषेथां॒ यद्दि॒वि च॒क्रथु॒: पय॑: । तेने॒मामुप॑ सिञ्चतम् ॥
शुनासीराविमां वाचं जुषेथां यद्दिवि चक्रथुः पयः । तेनेमामुप सिञ्चतम् ॥
śunāsīrāv imāṃ vācaṃ juṣethāṃ yad divi cakrathuḥ payaḥ | tenemām upa siñcatam ||
English translation:
“Śuna and Sīra be plural ased by this our praise, and consequently sprinkle this (earth) with the water which you have reated in heaven.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Śuna and Sīra: śunāsīrau is in the dual, as the name of two divinities; śuna is dyudevaḥ, the deity of the sky, i.e., Indra; sira is vāyu; śuna, vāyu and sīra = āditya (Nirukta 9.40);
Śunāsīra = Indra
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vāmadevo gautamaḥ [vāmadeva gautama];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): śunāsīrau;
Chandas (meter): purauṣṇik ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
शुना॑सीरौ । इ॒माम् । वाच॑म् । जु॒षे॒था॒म् । यत् । दि॒वि । च॒क्रथुः॑ । पयः॑ । तेन॑ । इ॒माम् । उप॑ । सि॒ञ्च॒त॒म् ॥
शुनासीरौ । इमाम् । वाचम् । जुषेथाम् । यत् । दिवि । चक्रथुः । पयः । तेन । इमाम् । उप । सिञ्चतम् ॥
śunāsīrau | imām | vācam | juṣethām | yat | divi | cakrathuḥ | payaḥ | tena | imām | upa | siñcatam
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 4.57.5 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], vocative, dual, masculine
“śunāsīra [word]; Indra.”
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
“speech; statement; voice; voice; speech; language; vāc [word]; word; literary composition; conversation; sound; Sarasvati; cry; assurance; spell.”
[verb], dual, Present imperative
“enjoy; endow; possess; frequent; accompany; induce; consume; approve; affect; attend; befit; blend; contract.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”
[verb], dual, Perfect indicative
“make; perform; cause; produce; shape; construct; do; put; fill into; use; fuel; transform; bore; act; write; create; prepare; administer; dig; prepare; treat; take effect; add; trace; put on; process; treat; heed; hire; act; produce; assume; eat; ignite; chop; treat; obey; manufacture; appoint; evacuate; choose; understand; insert; happen; envelop; weigh; observe; practice; lend; bring; duplicate; plant; kṛ; concentrate; mix; knot; join; take; provide; utter; compose.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“milk; milky juice; water; fluid; juice; payas [word]; drink.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[adverb]
“towards; on; next.”
[verb], dual, Present imperative
“submerge; sprinkle; pour; wet; decant; impregnate.”