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 5.42.4
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
समि॑न्द्र णो॒ मन॑सा नेषि॒ गोभि॒: सं सू॒रिभि॑र्हरिव॒: सं स्व॒स्ति । सं ब्रह्म॑णा दे॒वहि॑तं॒ यदस्ति॒ सं दे॒वानां॑ सुम॒त्या य॒ज्ञिया॑नाम् ॥
समिन्द्र णो मनसा नेषि गोभिः सं सूरिभिर्हरिवः सं स्वस्ति । सं ब्रह्मणा देवहितं यदस्ति सं देवानां सुमत्या यज्ञियानाम् ॥
sam indra ṇo manasā neṣi gobhiḥ saṃ sūribhir harivaḥ saṃ svasti | sam brahmaṇā devahitaṃ yad asti saṃ devānāṃ sumatyā yajñiyānām ||
English translation:
“With a (willing) mind, Indra, you associate us with cattle, with pious (priests) and, lord of steeds, with prosperity, with (sacrificial) food that is agreeable to the gods, and with the favour of the adorable deities.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Yajus. 2.15
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): atriḥ [atri];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): viśvedevā:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
सम् । इ॒न्द्र॒ । नः॒ । मन॑सा । ने॒षि॒ । गोभिः॑ । सम् । सू॒रिऽभिः॑ । ह॒रि॒ऽवः॒ । सम् । स्व॒स्ति । सम् । ब्रह्म॑णा । दे॒वऽहि॑त॒म् । यत् । अस्ति॑ । सम् । दे॒वाना॑म् । सु॒ऽम॒त्या । य॒ज्ञिया॑नाम् ॥
सम् । इन्द्र । नः । मनसा । नेषि । गोभिः । सम् । सूरिभिः । हरिवः । सम् । स्वस्ति । सम् । ब्रह्मणा । देवहितम् । यत् । अस्ति । सम् । देवानाम् । सुमत्या । यज्ञियानाम् ॥
sam | indra | ṇaḥ | manasā | neṣi | gobhiḥ | sam | sūri-bhiḥ | hari-vaḥ | sam | svasti | sam | brahmaṇā | deva-hitam | yat | asti | sam | devānām | su-matyā | yajñ iyānām
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 5.42.4 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“sam; together; together; saṃ.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[noun], accusative, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter
“mind; Manas; purpose; idea; attention; heart; decision; manas [word]; manas [indecl.]; spirit; temper; intelligence.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“bring; lead; spend; decant; enter (a state); remove; take out; take away; enforce; marry; carry; fill into; bring; learn; go out; add.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine
“cow; cattle; go [word]; Earth; bull; floor; milk; beam; sunbeam; leather; hide; horn; language; bowstring; earth; ox; Svarga.”
[adverb]
“sam; together; together; saṃ.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine
“patron.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
[adverb]
“sam; together; together; saṃ.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“prosperity; well-being; fortune; benediction; svasti [word]; well; luck.”
[adverb]
“sam; together; together; saṃ.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter
“brahman; mantra; prayer; spell; Veda; Brahmin; sacred text; final emancipation; hymn; brahman [word]; Brāhmaṇa; study.”
[noun], masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“put; give; cause; get; hold; make; provide; lend; wear; install; have; enter (a state); supply; hold; take; show.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”
[adverb]
“sam; together; together; saṃ.”
[noun], genitive, plural, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine
“benevolence; favor; Sumati.”
[noun], genitive, plural, masculine
“sacrificial; divine; devoted.”