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 5.41.17
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
इति॑ चि॒न्नु प्र॒जायै॑ पशु॒मत्यै॒ देवा॑सो॒ वन॑ते॒ मर्त्यो॑ व॒ आ दे॑वासो वनते॒ मर्त्यो॑ वः । अत्रा॑ शि॒वां त॒न्वो॑ धा॒सिम॒स्या ज॒रां चि॑न्मे॒ निॠ॑तिर्जग्रसीत ॥
इति चिन्नु प्रजायै पशुमत्यै देवासो वनते मर्त्यो व आ देवासो वनते मर्त्यो वः । अत्रा शिवां तन्वो धासिमस्या जरां चिन्मे निॠतिर्जग्रसीत ॥
iti cin nu prajāyai paśumatyai devāso vanate martyo va ā devāso vanate martyo vaḥ | atrā śivāṃ tanvo dhāsim asyā jarāṃ cin me nirṛtir jagrasīta ||
English translation:
“The mortal (sacrificer) worships you, gods, at all times for progeny and cattle; verily, gods, the mortal worships you; may Nirṛti, on this occasion, sustain my body with salutary food, and keep off decay.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): atriḥ [atri];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): viśvedevā:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛjjagatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
इति॑ । चि॒त् । नु । प्र॒ऽजायै॑ । प॒शु॒ऽमत्यै॑ । देवा॑सः । वन॑ते । मर्त्यः॑ । वः॒ । आ । दे॒वा॒सः॒ । व॒न॒ते॒ । मर्त्यः॑ । वः॒ । अत्र॑ । शि॒वाम् । त॒न्वः॑ । धा॒सिम् । अ॒स्याः । ज॒राम् । चि॒त् । मे॒ । निःऽऋ॑तिः । ज॒ग्र॒सी॒त॒ ॥
इति । चित् । नु । प्रजायै । पशुमत्यै । देवासः । वनते । मर्त्यः । वः । आ । देवासः । वनते । मर्त्यः । वः । अत्र । शिवाम् । तन्वः । धासिम् । अस्याः । जराम् । चित् । मे । निःऋतिः । जग्रसीत ॥
iti | cit | nu | pra-jāyai | paśu-matyai | devāsaḥ | vanate | martyaḥ | vaḥ | ā | devāsaḥ | vanate | martyaḥ | vaḥ | atra | śivām | tanvaḥ | dhāsim | asyāḥ | jarām | c it | me | niḥ-ṛtiḥ | jagrasīta
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 5.41.17 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“thus; so; iti [word].”
[adverb]
“even; indeed.”
[adverb]
“now; already.”
[noun], dative, singular, feminine
“people; offspring; being; national; man; prajā [word]; creature; child; descendants; population; race; animal.”
[noun], dative, singular, feminine
“rich in cattle.”
[noun], vocative, plural, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“obtain; gain; desire; get; like; love; overcome.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“man; people; martya [word]; Earth.”
[noun], accusative, plural
“you.”
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[noun], vocative, plural, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“obtain; gain; desire; get; like; love; overcome.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“man; people; martya [word]; Earth.”
[noun], accusative, plural
“you.”
[adverb]
“now; there; then; then; there; here; here; in the following; alternatively; now.”
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
“auspicious; benevolent; benign; good-hearted; dear; śiva [word]; holy; nice.”
[noun], genitive, singular, feminine
“body; self; own(a); person; form.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“food.”
[noun], genitive, singular, feminine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
“old age; decrepitude; digestion; Jarā; jarā [word]; vṛddhabandha; grey hair.”
[adverb]
“even; indeed.”
[noun], genitive, singular
“I; mine.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“destruction; Nirṛti; adversity.”
[verb], singular, Perfect optative
“swallow; eclipse; eclipse; devour; obscure; hide; haunt; sting; eat.”