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 4.57.7

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

इन्द्र॒: सीतां॒ नि गृ॑ह्णातु॒ तां पू॒षानु॑ यच्छतु । सा न॒: पय॑स्वती दुहा॒मुत्त॑रामुत्तरां॒ समा॑म् ॥
इन्द्रः सीतां नि गृह्णातु तां पूषानु यच्छतु । सा नः पयस्वती दुहामुत्तरामुत्तरां समाम् ॥
indraḥ sītāṃ ni gṛhṇātu tām pūṣānu yacchatu | sā naḥ payasvatī duhām uttarām-uttarāṃ samām ||

English translation:

“May Indra take hold of Sītā; may Pūṣan guide her; may she, well stored with water, yield it as milk, year after year.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

इन्द्रः॑ । सीता॑म् । नि । गृ॒ह्णा॒तु॒ । ताम् । पू॒षा । अनु॑ । य॒च्छ॒तु॒ । सा । नः॒ । पय॑स्वती । दु॒हा॒म् । उत्त॑राम्ऽउत्तराम् । समा॑म् ॥
इन्द्रः । सीताम् । नि । गृह्णातु । ताम् । पूषा । अनु । यच्छतु । सा । नः । पयस्वती । दुहाम् । उत्तराम्उत्तराम् । समाम् ॥
indraḥ | sītām | ni | gṛhṇātu | tām | pūṣā | anu | yacchatu | sā | naḥ | payasvatī | duhām | uttarām-uttarām | samām

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 4.57.7 English analysis of grammar]

indraḥ < indra

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”

sītāṃ < sītām < sītā

[noun], accusative, singular, feminine

“Sita; Sītā; furrow; sītā [word]; Devi.”

ni

[adverb]

“back; down.”

gṛhṇātu < grah

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“take; grasp; take out; extract; perceive; pick; assume; include; accept; understand; use; learn; possess; keep; choose; accept; afflict; suck; paralyze; mention; mistake; eat; wear; embrace; fill into; capture; eclipse; get; collect; hand down; marry; heed; touch.”

tām < tad

[noun], accusative, singular, feminine

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

pūṣānu < pūṣā < pūṣan

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“Pushan; pūṣan [word]; sun.”

pūṣānu < anu

[adverb]

“subsequently; behind; along; towards; because.”

yacchatu < yam

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“concentrate; grant; restrain; cause; control; offer; cover; raise.”

< tad

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

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

naḥ < mad

[noun], dative, plural

“I; mine.”

payasvatī < payasvat

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“sappy; watery; milk(a).”

duhām < duh

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“milk.”

uttarām < uttara

[noun], accusative, singular, feminine

“northern; following; upper; additional; better; more(a); last; concluding; superior; later(a); uttara [word]; prevailing; future; left; northerly; northerly; higher; second; dominant; excellent; chief(a).”

uttarāṃ < uttarām < uttara

[noun], accusative, singular, feminine

“northern; following; upper; additional; better; more(a); last; concluding; superior; later(a); uttara [word]; prevailing; future; left; northerly; northerly; higher; second; dominant; excellent; chief(a).”

samām < samā

[noun], accusative, singular, feminine

“year; samā [word]; Devi.”

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