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 7.9.4

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

ई॒ळेन्यो॑ वो॒ मनु॑षो यु॒गेषु॑ समन॒गा अ॑शुचज्जा॒तवे॑दाः । सु॒सं॒दृशा॑ भा॒नुना॒ यो वि॒भाति॒ प्रति॒ गाव॑: समिधा॒नं बु॑धन्त ॥
ईळेन्यो वो मनुषो युगेषु समनगा अशुचज्जातवेदाः । सुसंदृशा भानुना यो विभाति प्रति गावः समिधानं बुधन्त ॥
īḻenyo vo manuṣo yugeṣu samanagā aśucaj jātavedāḥ | susaṃdṛśā bhānunā yo vibhāti prati gāvaḥ samidhānam budhanta ||

English translation:

“You, Agni, are to be glorified in (all) the ages of men; you, Jātavedas, who are illustrious whenengaged in battle; our praises wake up the kindling (Agni), him who shines with conspicuous splendour.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vasiṣṭhaḥ [vasiṣṭha];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

ई॒ळेन्यः॑ । वः॒ । मनु॑षः । यु॒गेषु॑ । स॒म॒न॒ऽगाः । अ॒शु॒च॒त् । जा॒तऽवे॑दाः । सु॒ऽस॒न्दृशा॑ । भा॒नुना॑ । यः । वि॒ऽभाति॑ । प्रति॑ । गावः॑ । स॒म्ऽइ॒धा॒नम् । बु॒ध॒न्त॒ ॥
ईळेन्यः । वः । मनुषः । युगेषु । समनगाः । अशुचत् । जातवेदाः । सुसन्दृशा । भानुना । यः । विभाति । प्रति । गावः । सम्इधानम् । बुधन्त ॥
īḷenyaḥ | vaḥ | manuṣaḥ | yugeṣu | samana-gāḥ | aśucat | jāta-vedāḥ | su-sandṛśā | bhānunā | yaḥ | vi-bhāti | prati | gāvaḥ | sam-idhānam | budhanta

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 7.9.4 English analysis of grammar]

īᄆenyo < īḍenyaḥ < īḍ

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“praise; invite; raise.”

vo < vaḥ < tvad

[noun], dative, plural

“you.”

manuṣo < manuṣaḥ < manus

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“Manu; man.”

yugeṣu < yuga

[noun], locative, plural, neuter

“Yuga; yoke; couple; coevals; generation; lustrum; two; pair; yuga [word]; Yuga; race.”

samanagā < samana

[noun], neuter

“marriage; conflict.”

samanagā < gāḥ <

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

aśucaj < aśucat < śuc

[verb], singular, Thematic aorist (Ind.)

“mourn; grieve; flame; glow; burn; repent.”

jātavedāḥ < jātavedas

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“Agni; fire.”

susaṃdṛśā < su

[adverb]

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

susaṃdṛśā < saṃdṛśā < saṃdṛś

[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine

“appearance; view; view.”

bhānunā < bhānu

[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine

“sun; Surya; Calotropis gigantea Beng.; sunbeam; beam; luminosity; copper; light; twelve; appearance; Bhānu; flare.”

yo < yaḥ < yad

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

vibhāti < vibhā < √bhā

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“shine.”

prati

[adverb]

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

gāvaḥ < go

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“cow; cattle; go [word]; Earth; bull; floor; milk; beam; sunbeam; leather; hide; horn; language; bowstring; earth; ox; Svarga.”

samidhānam < samindh < √indh

[verb noun], accusative, singular

“kindle; blaze.”

budhanta < budh

[verb], plural, Aorist inj. (proh.)

“understand; notice; wake up; observe; detect; attend to; awaken; attend.”

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