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 5.58.4

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

यू॒यं राजा॑न॒मिर्यं॒ जना॑य विभ्वत॒ष्टं ज॑नयथा यजत्राः । यु॒ष्मदे॑ति मुष्टि॒हा बा॒हुजू॑तो यु॒ष्मत्सद॑श्वो मरुतः सु॒वीर॑: ॥
यूयं राजानमिर्यं जनाय विभ्वतष्टं जनयथा यजत्राः । युष्मदेति मुष्टिहा बाहुजूतो युष्मत्सदश्वो मरुतः सुवीरः ॥
yūyaṃ rājānam iryaṃ janāya vibhvataṣṭaṃ janayathā yajatrāḥ | yuṣmad eti muṣṭihā bāhujūto yuṣmat sadaśvo marutaḥ suvīraḥ ||

English translation:

“Adorable Maruts, you cause (a son) to be born to the man (who worships you), a ruler, an over-comer of foes, and modelled by Vibhvan; from you, Maruts, comes a valiant descendant, strong-fisted, mighty armed; from you (he acquires) an excellent steed.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

Modelled by Vibhvan: vibhvataṣṭam: vibhvān is the second of the Ṛbhus, a skilful artist; fabricated by him, implies very perfect or handsome, tena nirmitam atyantarūpavantam

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

यू॒यम् । राजा॑नम् । इर्य॑म् । जना॑य । वि॒भ्व॒ऽत॒ष्टम् । ज॒न॒य॒थ॒ । य॒ज॒त्राः॒ । यु॒ष्मत् । ए॒ति॒ । मु॒ष्टि॒ऽहा । बा॒हुऽजू॑तः । यु॒ष्मत् । सत्ऽअ॑श्वः । म॒रु॒तः॒ । सु॒ऽवीरः॑ ॥
यूयम् । राजानम् । इर्यम् । जनाय । विभ्वतष्टम् । जनयथ । यजत्राः । युष्मत् । एति । मुष्टिहा । बाहुजूतः । युष्मत् । सत्अश्वः । मरुतः । सुवीरः ॥
yūyam | rājānam | iryam | janāya | vibhva-taṣṭam | janayatha | yajatrāḥ | yuṣmat | eti | muṣṭi-hā | bāhu-jūtaḥ | yuṣmat | sat-aśvaḥ | marutaḥ | su-vīraḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 5.58.4 English analysis of grammar]

yūyaṃ < yūyam < tvad

[noun], nominative, plural

“you.”

rājānam < rājan

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“king; Kshatriya; rājan [word]; best; rājāvarta; Yakṣa.”

iryaṃ < iryam < irya

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“argus-eyed; active; heedful.”

janāya < jana

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

“people; national; man; relative; jan; Janaloka; person; jana [word]; man; attendant; Jana; foreigner; inhabitant; group.”

vibhvataṣṭaṃ < vibhva < vibhvan

[noun]

vibhvataṣṭaṃ < taṣṭam < takṣ

[verb noun], accusative, singular

“produce; shape; fashion; chisel; invent.”

janayathā < janay < √jan

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“cause; give birth; produce; beget; generate; originate; create; create; make.”

yajatrāḥ < yajatra

[noun], vocative, plural, masculine

“adorable.”

yuṣmad < yuṣmat < tvad

[noun], ablative, plural

“you.”

eti < i

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“go; travel; enter (a state); return; walk; continue; reach; ask.”

muṣṭihā < muṣṭi

[noun], masculine

“fist; handful; pestle; muṣṭi [word]; pala.”

muṣṭihā < < han

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“killing; curative; destroying; removing; māraka; stabbing.”

bāhujūto < bāhu

[noun], masculine

“arm; bāhu [word]; elbow; forefoot.”

bāhujūto < jūtaḥ <

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“animate; encourage; impel; inspire.”

yuṣmat < tvad

[noun], ablative, plural

“you.”

sadaśvo < sat

[noun]

“good; good; real; existent; virtuous; sat [prefix]; real.”

sadaśvo < aśvaḥ < aśva

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“horse; aśva [word]; Aśva; stallion.”

marutaḥ < marut

[noun], vocative, plural, masculine

“Marut; vāta; wind; Vayu.”

suvīraḥ < su

[adverb]

“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”

suvīraḥ < vīraḥ < vīra

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“hero; man; Vīra; vīra; vīra [word]; Vīra.”

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