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 7.43.4

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

ते सी॑षपन्त॒ जोष॒मा यज॑त्रा ऋ॒तस्य॒ धारा॑: सु॒दुघा॒ दुहा॑नाः । ज्येष्ठं॑ वो अ॒द्य मह॒ आ वसू॑ना॒मा ग॑न्तन॒ सम॑नसो॒ यति॒ ष्ठ ॥
ते सीषपन्त जोषमा यजत्रा ऋतस्य धाराः सुदुघा दुहानाः । ज्येष्ठं वो अद्य मह आ वसूनामा गन्तन समनसो यति ष्ठ ॥
te sīṣapanta joṣam ā yajatrā ṛtasya dhārāḥ sudughā duhānāḥ | jyeṣṭhaṃ vo adya maha ā vasūnām ā gantana samanaso yati ṣṭha ||

English translation:

“May the adorable deities, who are the bestowers of water, the shedders of showers, be fully propitiated(by our praises); may the most precious and commendable of your treasure (be ours) today; and do you with oneaccord come hither.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

Āgantana samanasaḥ: yatiṣṭha -- ṣṭha may be the second person plural pres. of as, to be;

Yati = yadi, if; if you are of one mind

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

ते । सी॒ष॒प॒न्त॒ । जोष॑म् । आ । यज॑त्राः । ऋ॒तस्य॑ । धाराः॑ । सु॒ऽदुघाः॑ । दुहा॑नाः । ज्येष्ठ॑म् । वः॒ । अ॒द्य । महः॑ । आ । वसू॑नाम् । आ । ग॒न्त॒न॒ । सऽम॑नसः । यति॑ । स्थ ॥
ते । सीषपन्त । जोषम् । आ । यजत्राः । ऋतस्य । धाराः । सुदुघाः । दुहानाः । ज्येष्ठम् । वः । अद्य । महः । आ । वसूनाम् । आ । गन्तन । समनसः । यति । स्थ ॥
te | sīṣapanta | joṣam | ā | yajatrāḥ | ṛtasya | dhārāḥ | su-dughāḥ | duhānāḥ | jyeṣṭham | vaḥ | adya | mahaḥ | ā | vasūnām | ā | gantana | sa-manasaḥ | yati | stha

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 7.43.4 English analysis of grammar]

te < tad

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”

sīṣapanta < sap

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

joṣam < joṣa

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

ā

[adverb]

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

yajatrā < yajatrāḥ < yajatra

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“adorable.”

ṛtasya < ṛta

[noun], genitive, singular, neuter

“truth; order; fixed order; ṛta [word]; law; custom; custom.”

dhārāḥ < dhārā

[noun], accusative, plural, feminine

“flush; flow; current; spring; fountain.”

sudughā < su

[adverb]

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

sudughā < dughāḥ < dugha

[noun], accusative, plural, feminine

“yielding.”

duhānāḥ < duh

[verb noun], nominative, plural

“milk.”

jyeṣṭhaṃ < jyeṣṭham < jyeṣṭha

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“firstborn; best; first; excellent; highest; jyeṣṭha [word].”

vo < vaḥ < tvad

[noun], genitive, plural

“you.”

adya

[adverb]

“now; today; then; nowadays; adya [word].”

maha < mahaḥ < mahas

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“greatness; festival; glory; reward; gladness.”

ā

[adverb]

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

vasūnām < vasu

[noun], genitive, plural, masculine

“Vasu; Vasu; eight; vas; audbhida; Deva; sun; pāṃśuja; Agni.”

ā

[adverb]

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

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.”

samanaso < samanasaḥ < samanas

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“consentaneous.”

yati

[adverb]

ṣṭha < as

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”

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