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 5.57.1

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

आ रु॑द्रास॒ इन्द्र॑वन्तः स॒जोष॑सो॒ हिर॑ण्यरथाः सुवि॒ताय॑ गन्तन । इ॒यं वो॑ अ॒स्मत्प्रति॑ हर्यते म॒तिस्तृ॒ष्णजे॒ न दि॒व उत्सा॑ उद॒न्यवे॑ ॥
आ रुद्रास इन्द्रवन्तः सजोषसो हिरण्यरथाः सुविताय गन्तन । इयं वो अस्मत्प्रति हर्यते मतिस्तृष्णजे न दिव उत्सा उदन्यवे ॥
ā rudrāsa indravantaḥ sajoṣaso hiraṇyarathāḥ suvitāya gantana | iyaṃ vo asmat prati haryate matis tṛṣṇaje na diva utsā udanyave ||

English translation:

Rudras, servants of Indra, mutually kind, riding in golden cars, come to the accessible (sacrifice); this our praise is addressed to you; (come to us as you came) from heaven, (bringing) oozing water to the thirsty (Gotama) longing for moisture.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

Lit. = this our praise is addressed to you as to the thirsty, from heaven, rushing waters to the water-wishing; the allusion is to the legend of the well brougth by the Maruts to Gotama when suffering from thirst

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): śyāvāśva ātreyaḥ [śyāvāśva ātreya];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): marūtaḥ;
Chandas (meter): jagatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

आ । रु॒द्रा॒सः॒ । इन्द्र॑ऽवन्तः । स॒ऽजोष॑सः । हिर॑ण्यऽरथाः । सु॒वि॒ताय॑ । ग॒न्त॒न॒ । इ॒यम् । वः॒ । अ॒स्मत् । प्रति॑ । ह॒र्य॒ते॒ । म॒तिः । तृ॒ष्णऽजे॑ । न । दि॒वः । उत्साः॑ । उ॒द॒न्यवे॑ ॥
आ । रुद्रासः । इन्द्रवन्तः । सजोषसः । हिरण्यरथाः । सुविताय । गन्तन । इयम् । वः । अस्मत् । प्रति । हर्यते । मतिः । तृष्णजे । न । दिवः । उत्साः । उदन्यवे ॥
ā | rudrāsaḥ | indra-vantaḥ | sa-joṣasaḥ | hiraṇya-rathāḥ | suvitāya | gantana | iyam | vaḥ | asmat | prati | haryate | matiḥ | tṛṣṇa-je | na | divaḥ | utsāḥ | udanyave

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 5.57.1 English analysis of grammar]

ā < _ < √_

[?]

“_”

rudrāsa < rudrāsaḥ < rudra

[noun], vocative, plural, masculine

“Shiva; Rudra; eleven; rudra [word]; eleventh.”

indravantaḥ < indravat

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

sajoṣaso < sajoṣasaḥ < sajoṣas

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“consentaneous; combined; associated; united.”

hiraṇyarathāḥ < hiraṇya

[noun], neuter

“gold; jewelry; hiraṇya [word]; gold.”

hiraṇyarathāḥ < rathāḥ < ratha

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“chariot; warrior; ratha [word]; Dalbergia oojeinensis; rattan.”

suvitāya < suvita

[noun], dative, singular, neuter

“prosperity; well-being.”

gantana < gam

[verb], plural, Aorist imperative

“go; situate; enter (a state); travel; disappear; [in]; elapse; leave; reach; vanish; love; walk; approach; issue; hop on; gasify; get; come; die; drain; spread; transform; happen; discharge; ride; to be located; run; detect; refer; go; shall; drive.”

iyaṃ < iyam < idam

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”

vo < vaḥ < tvad

[noun], dative, plural

“you.”

asmat < mad

[noun], ablative, plural

“I; mine.”

prati

[adverb]

“towards; per; regarding; respectively; according to; until.”

haryate < hary

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“delight.”

matis < matiḥ < mati

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“intelligence; decision; mind; hymn; purpose; idea; opinion; belief; desire; wish; conviction; plan; devotion.”

tṛṣṇaje < tṛṣṇaj

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

“thirsty.”

na

[adverb]

“not; like; no; na [word].”

diva < divaḥ < div

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”

utsā < utsāḥ < utsa

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“spring; fountain; utsa [word]; well.”

udanyave < udanyu

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

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