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 5.74.5

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

प्र च्यवा॑नाज्जुजु॒रुषो॑ व॒व्रिमत्कं॒ न मु॑ञ्चथः । युवा॒ यदी॑ कृ॒थः पुन॒रा काम॑मृण्वे व॒ध्व॑: ॥
प्र च्यवानाज्जुजुरुषो वव्रिमत्कं न मुञ्चथः । युवा यदी कृथः पुनरा काममृण्वे वध्वः ॥
pra cyavānāj jujuruṣo vavrim atkaṃ na muñcathaḥ | yuvā yadī kṛthaḥ punar ā kāmam ṛṇve vadhvaḥ ||

English translation:

“You stripped off (his aged form) like a cuirass ffrom the decrepit Cyavāna, so that, when you had rendered him again a youth, he attracted the desires of women.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): paura ātreyaḥ [paura ātreya];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): aśvinau ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdanuṣṭup;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

प्र । च्यवा॑नात् । जु॒जु॒रुषः॑ । व॒व्रिम् । अत्क॑म् । न । मु॒ञ्च॒थः॒ । युवा॑ । यदि॑ । कृ॒थः । पुनः॑ । आ । काम॑म् । ऋ॒ण्वे॒ । व॒ध्वः॑ ॥
प्र । च्यवानात् । जुजुरुषः । वव्रिम् । अत्कम् । न । मुञ्चथः । युवा । यदि । कृथः । पुनः । आ । कामम् । ऋण्वे । वध्वः ॥
pra | cyavānāt | jujuruṣaḥ | vavrim | atkam | na | muñcathaḥ | yuvā | yadi | kṛthaḥ | punaḥ | ā | kāmam | ṛṇve | vadhvaḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 5.74.5 English analysis of grammar]

pra

[adverb]

“towards; ahead.”

cyavānāj < cyavānāt < cyavāna

[noun], ablative, singular, masculine

“Cyavana.”

jujuruṣo < jujuruṣaḥ < jṛ

[verb noun], ablative, singular

“jṛ; digest; age; cook; boil down; decay; decay; ripen.”

vavrim < vavri

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“covering; lurking place.”

atkaṃ < atkam < atka

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“garment.”

na

[adverb]

“not; like; no; na [word].”

muñcathaḥ < muc

[verb], dual, Present indikative

“liberate; emit; get rid of; shoot; release; put; tousle; secrete; fill into; shoot; spill; lose; ejaculate; exclude; free; remove; loosen; let go of; add; shed; want; save; defecate; heal; fart; open; abandon; discard; precipitate; reject; lay; unleash; exhale; discharge.”

yuvā < yuvan

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“young; youthful.”

yadī < yadi

[adverb]

“if; in case.”

kṛthaḥ < kṛ

[verb], dual, Present indikative

“make; perform; cause; produce; shape; construct; do; put; fill into; use; fuel; transform; bore; act; write; create; prepare; administer; dig; prepare; treat; take effect; add; trace; put on; process; treat; heed; hire; act; produce; assume; eat; ignite; chop; treat; obey; manufacture; appoint; evacuate; choose; understand; insert; happen; envelop; weigh; observe; practice; lend; bring; duplicate; plant; kṛ; concentrate; mix; knot; join; take; provide; utter; compose.”

punar

[adverb]

“again; further; now; over and over; subsequently; repeatedly; however; besides.”

ā

[adverb]

“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”

kāmam < kāma

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“wish; desire; sexual love; sexual desire; desire; Kama; sensuality; love; purpose; sexual arousal; pleasure; enjoyment; licentiousness; kāma [word]; sexual intercourse; thorn apple; wish.”

ṛṇve < ṛch

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“enter (a state); travel; shoot; send; hit; originate; get; raise; begin; harm.”

vadhvaḥ < vadhū

[noun], genitive, singular, feminine

“wife; woman; bride; female; Trigonella corniculata; female; cow.”

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