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 7.47.4
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
याः सूर्यो॑ र॒श्मिभि॑रात॒तान॒ याभ्य॒ इन्द्रो॒ अर॑दद्गा॒तुमू॒र्मिम् । ते सि॑न्धवो॒ वरि॑वो धातना नो यू॒यं पा॑त स्व॒स्तिभि॒: सदा॑ नः ॥
याः सूर्यो रश्मिभिराततान याभ्य इन्द्रो अरदद्गातुमूर्मिम् । ते सिन्धवो वरिवो धातना नो यूयं पात स्वस्तिभिः सदा नः ॥
yāḥ sūryo raśmibhir ātatāna yābhya indro aradad gātum ūrmim | te sindhavo varivo dhātanā no yūyam pāta svastibhiḥ sadā naḥ ||
English translation:
“Waters, whom the sun has evaporized by his rays, for whom Indra has opened a path by which toissue, bestow upon us wealth; and do you (also) ever cherish us with blessings.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Indra: the sun having convertedthe waters of the earth into clouds, Indra, by his thunderbolt, cleaves the latter, and the water condensed falls asrain.
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vasiṣṭhaḥ [vasiṣṭha];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): āpaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): svarāṭpaṅkti;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
याः । सूर्यः॑ । र॒श्मिऽभिः॑ । आ॒ऽत॒तान॑ । याभ्यः॑ । इन्द्रः॑ । अर॑दत् । गा॒तुम् । ऊ॒र्मिम् । ते । सि॒न्ध॒वः॒ । वरि॑वः । धा॒त॒न॒ । नः॒ । यू॒यम् । पा॒त॒ । स्व॒स्तिऽभिः॑ । सदा॑ । नः॒ ॥
याः । सूर्यः । रश्मिभिः । आततान । याभ्यः । इन्द्रः । अरदत् । गातुम् । ऊर्मिम् । ते । सिन्धवः । वरिवः । धातन । नः । यूयम् । पात । स्वस्तिभिः । सदा । नः ॥
yāḥ | sūryaḥ | raśmi-bhiḥ | ātatāna | yābhyaḥ | indraḥ | aradat | gātum | ūrmim | te | sindhavaḥ | varivaḥ | dhātana | naḥ | yūyam | pāta | svasti-bhiḥ | sadā | naḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 7.47.4 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“sun; Surya; sūrya [word]; right nostril; twelve; Calotropis gigantea Beng.; sūryakānta; sunlight; best.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine
“beam; rein; sunbeam; shininess; cord.”
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
“expand; prolong; chant; inflate.”
[noun], dative, plural, feminine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[verb], singular, Imperfect
“dig.”
[verb noun]
“go; enter (a state); arrive.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“wave; billow.”
[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.”
[noun], vocative, plural, masculine
“river; Indus; sindhu [word].”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“room; varivas [word]; space; escape.”
[verb], plural, Perfect imperative
“put; give; cause; get; hold; make; provide; lend; wear; install; have; enter (a state); supply; hold; take; show.”
[noun], dative, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], nominative, plural
“you.”
[verb], plural, Present imperative
“protect; govern.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, feminine
“prosperity; well-being; fortune; benediction; svasti [word]; well; luck.”
[adverb]
“always; continually; always; perpetually.”
[noun], accusative, plural
“I; mine.”