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 7.49.4

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

यासु॒ राजा॒ वरु॑णो॒ यासु॒ सोमो॒ विश्वे॑ दे॒वा यासूर्ज॒॒ मद॑न्ति । वै॒श्वा॒न॒रो यास्व॒ग्निः प्रवि॑ष्ट॒स्ता आपो॑ दे॒वीरि॒ह माम॑वन्तु ॥
यासु राजा वरुणो यासु सोमो विश्वे देवा यासूर्जं मदन्ति । वैश्वानरो यास्वग्निः प्रविष्टस्ता आपो देवीरिह मामवन्तु ॥
yāsu rājā varuṇo yāsu somo viśve devā yāsūrjam madanti | vaiśvānaro yāsv agniḥ praviṣṭas tā āpo devīr iha mām avantu ||

English translation:

“May they in which their king, Varuṇa, in which Soma, abides, in which the gods delight (to receive) thesacrificial food, into which Agni Vaiśvānara entered, may those diine waters protect me here (on earth).”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

यासु॑ । राजा॑ । वरु॑णः । यासु॑ । सोमः॑ । विश्वे॑ । दे॒वाः । यासु॑ । ऊर्ज॑म् । मद॑न्ति । वै॒श्वा॒न॒रः । यासु॑ । अ॒ग्निः । प्रऽवि॑ष्टः । ताः । आपः॑ । दे॒वीः । इ॒ह । माम् । अ॒व॒न्तु॒ ॥
यासु । राजा । वरुणः । यासु । सोमः । विश्वे । देवाः । यासु । ऊर्जम् । मदन्ति । वैश्वानरः । यासु । अग्निः । प्रविष्टः । ताः । आपः । देवीः । इह । माम् । अवन्तु ॥
yāsu | rājā | varuṇaḥ | yāsu | somaḥ | viśve | devāḥ | yāsu | ūrjam | madanti | vaiśvānaraḥ | yāsu | agniḥ | pra-viṣṭaḥ | tāḥ | āpaḥ | devīḥ | iha | mām | avantu

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 7.49.4 English analysis of grammar]

yāsu < yad

[noun], locative, plural, feminine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

rājā < rājan

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“king; Kshatriya; rājan [word]; best; rājāvarta; Yakṣa.”

varuṇo < varuṇaḥ < varuṇa

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“Varuna; varuṇa [word]; Crataeva religiosa Forst.; Varuṇa; varuṇādi.”

yāsu < yad

[noun], locative, plural, feminine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

somo < somaḥ < soma

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”

viśve < viśva

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”

devā < devāḥ < deva

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”

yāsūrjam < yāsu < yad

[noun], locative, plural, feminine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

yāsūrjam < ūrjam < ūrj

[noun], accusative, singular, feminine

“strength; refreshment; vigor; food; strengthening.”

madanti < mad

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“rut; intoxicate; delight; revel; rejoice; drink; ramp; exult.”

vaiśvānaro < vaiśvānaraḥ < vaiśvānara

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“Agni; fire; Vaiśvānara; Vaiśvānara; sacrificial fire; sun.”

yāsv < yāsu < yad

[noun], locative, plural, feminine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

agniḥ < agni

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”

praviṣṭas < praviṣṭaḥ < praviś < √viś

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“enter; throw; insert; fit; marry; repair to; permeate.”

< tāḥ < tad

[noun], nominative, plural, feminine

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

āpo < āpaḥ < ap

[noun], nominative, plural, feminine

“water; body of water; water; ap [word]; juice; jala.”

devīr < devīḥ < deva

[noun], nominative, plural, feminine

“divine.”

iha

[adverb]

“here; now; in this world; now; below; there; here; just.”

mām < mad

[noun], accusative, singular

“I; mine.”

avantu < av

[verb], plural, Present imperative

“support; help; prefer; prefer; like.”

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