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 7.37.4
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
त्वमि॑न्द्र॒ स्वय॑शा ऋभु॒क्षा वाजो॒ न सा॒धुरस्त॑मे॒ष्यृक्वा॑ । व॒यं नु ते॑ दा॒श्वांस॑: स्याम॒ ब्रह्म॑ कृ॒ण्वन्तो॑ हरिवो॒ वसि॑ष्ठाः ॥
त्वमिन्द्र स्वयशा ऋभुक्षा वाजो न साधुरस्तमेष्यृक्वा । वयं नु ते दाश्वांसः स्याम ब्रह्म कृण्वन्तो हरिवो वसिष्ठाः ॥
tvam indra svayaśā ṛbhukṣā vājo na sādhur astam eṣy ṛkvā | vayaṃ nu te dāśvāṃsaḥ syāma brahma kṛṇvanto harivo vasiṣṭhāḥ ||
English translation:
“Do you, Indra, who are Ṛbhukṣin, and of especial renown, who, like food, are the fulfiller (of wants),come to the dwelling of the worshipper; lord of bay horses, may we, Vasiṣṭhas, be today the donors (of theofferings) to yo, the celebrators of your praise.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vasiṣṭhaḥ [vasiṣṭha];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): viśvedevā:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛtpaṅkti ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
त्वम् । इ॒न्द्र॒ । स्वऽय॑शाः । ऋ॒भु॒क्षाः । वाजः॑ । न । सा॒धुः । अस्त॑म् । ए॒षि॒ । ऋक्वा॑ । व॒यम् । नु । ते॒ । दा॒श्वांसः॑ । स्या॒म॒ । ब्रह्म॑ । कृ॒ण्वन्तः॑ । ह॒रि॒ऽवः॒ । वसि॑ष्ठाः ॥
त्वम् । इन्द्र । स्वयशाः । ऋभुक्षाः । वाजः । न । साधुः । अस्तम् । एषि । ऋक्वा । वयम् । नु । ते । दाश्वांसः । स्याम । ब्रह्म । कृण्वन्तः । हरिवः । वसिष्ठाः ॥
tvam | indra | sva-yaśāḥ | ṛbhukṣāḥ | vājaḥ | na | sādhuḥ | astam | eṣi | ṛkvā | vayam | nu | te | dāśvāṃsaḥ | syāma | brahma | kṛṇvantaḥ | hari-vaḥ | vasiṣṭhāḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 7.37.4 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular
“you.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[noun]
“own(a); respective(a); akin(p); sva [word]; individual; present(a); independent.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“fame; Yaśas.”
[noun], nominative, singular
“Indra.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“prize; Vāja; reward; reward; Ribhus; vigor; strength; contest.”
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“good; good; correct; correct; sādhu [word]; excellent; efficient.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“home.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“go; travel; enter (a state); return; walk; continue; reach; ask.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“singing.”
[noun], nominative, plural
“I; mine.”
[adverb]
“now; already.”
[noun], genitive, singular
“you.”
[verb noun], nominative, plural
“sacrifice; give.”
[verb], plural, Present optative
“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“brahman; mantra; prayer; spell; Veda; Brahmin; sacred text; final emancipation; hymn; brahman [word]; Brāhmaṇa; study.”
[verb noun], nominative, plural
“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.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“Vasiṣṭha; vasiṣṭha [word].”