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 7.57.4
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
ऋध॒क्सा वो॑ मरुतो दि॒द्युद॑स्तु॒ यद्व॒ आग॑: पुरु॒षता॒ करा॑म । मा व॒स्तस्या॒मपि॑ भूमा यजत्रा अ॒स्मे वो॑ अस्तु सुम॒तिश्चनि॑ष्ठा ॥
ऋधक्सा वो मरुतो दिद्युदस्तु यद्व आगः पुरुषता कराम । मा वस्तस्यामपि भूमा यजत्रा अस्मे वो अस्तु सुमतिश्चनिष्ठा ॥
ṛdhak sā vo maruto didyud astu yad va āgaḥ puruṣatā karāma | mā vas tasyām api bhūmā yajatrā asme vo astu sumatiś caniṣṭhā ||
English translation:
“May that blazing (weapon) of your, Maruts, be far from us, although, through human infirmities, we offeryou offence; let us not, adorable Maruts, be exposed to your (shaft); may your favour the source of abundance,ever be shown to us.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vasiṣṭhaḥ [vasiṣṭha];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): marūtaḥ;
Chandas (meter): triṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
ऋध॑क् । सा । वः॒ । म॒रु॒तः॒ । दि॒द्युत् । अ॒स्तु॒ । यत् । वः॒ । आगः॑ । पु॒रु॒षता॑ । करा॑म । मा । वः॒ । तस्या॑म् । अपि॑ । भू॒म॒ । य॒ज॒त्राः॒ । अ॒स्मे इति॑ । वः॒ । अ॒स्तु॒ । सु॒ऽम॒तिः । चनि॑ष्ठा ॥
ऋधक् । सा । वः । मरुतः । दिद्युत् । अस्तु । यत् । वः । आगः । पुरुषता । कराम । मा । वः । तस्याम् । अपि । भूम । यजत्राः । अस्मे इति । वः । अस्तु । सुमतिः । चनिष्ठा ॥
ṛdhak | sā | vaḥ | marutaḥ | didyut | astu | yat | vaḥ | āgaḥ | puruṣatā | karāma | mā | vaḥ | tasyām | api | bhūma | yajatrāḥ | asme iti | vaḥ | astu | su-matiḥ | caniṣṭhā
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 7.57.4 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“away; apart.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[noun], genitive, plural
“you.”
[noun], vocative, plural, masculine
“Marut; vāta; wind; Vayu.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“arrow; Didyut.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”
[adverb]
“once [when]; because; that; if; how.”
[noun], genitive, plural
“you.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“sin; evildoing; mistake.”
[noun], masculine
“man; man; Puruṣa; puṃvajra; puruṣa; servant; puruṣa [word]; assistant; soldier; soul; commoner; generation; people; doll.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine
“state; Lakshmi.”
[verb], plural, Aorist conj./subj.
“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.”
[adverb]
“not.”
[noun], genitive, plural
“you.”
[noun], locative, singular, feminine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[adverb]
“besides; even; surely; though; furthermore; among; contrastingly; assuredly.”
[verb], plural, Aorist inj. (proh.)
“become; be; originate; transform; happen; result; exist; be born; be; be; come to life; grow; elapse; come to mind; thrive; become; impend; show; conceive; understand; stand; constitute; serve; apply; behave.”
[noun], vocative, plural, masculine
“adorable.”
[noun], dative, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], genitive, plural
“you.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“benevolence; favor; Sumati.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“gracious.”