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 7.68.4
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अ॒यं ह॒ यद्वां॑ देव॒या उ॒ अद्रि॑रू॒र्ध्वो विव॑क्ति सोम॒सुद्यु॒वभ्या॑म् । आ व॒ल्गू विप्रो॑ ववृतीत ह॒व्यैः ॥
अयं ह यद्वां देवया उ अद्रिरूर्ध्वो विवक्ति सोमसुद्युवभ्याम् । आ वल्गू विप्रो ववृतीत हव्यैः ॥
ayaṃ ha yad vāṃ devayā u adrir ūrdhvo vivakti somasud yuvabhyām | ā valgū vipro vavṛtīta havyaiḥ ||
English translation:
“When the stone, seeking to propitiate you two divinities, is raised aloft, and loudly sounds, expressingfor you the Soma, then the pious worshipper brings you back, beautiful divinities, by his oblations.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vasiṣṭhaḥ [vasiṣṭha];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): aśvinau ;
Chandas (meter): ārcītriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अ॒यम् । ह॒ । यत् । वा॒म् । दे॒व॒ऽयाः । ऊँ॒ इति॑ । अद्रिः॑ । ऊ॒र्ध्वः । विव॑क्ति । सो॒म॒ऽसुत् । यु॒वभ्या॑म् । आ । व॒ल्गू इति॑ । विप्रः॑ । व॒वृ॒ती॒त॒ । ह॒व्यैः ॥
अयम् । ह । यत् । वाम् । देवयाः । ऊँ इति । अद्रिः । ऊर्ध्वः । विवक्ति । सोमसुत् । युवभ्याम् । आ । वल्गू इति । विप्रः । ववृतीत । हव्यैः ॥
ayam | ha | yat | vām | deva-yāḥ | oṃ iti | adriḥ | ūrdhvaḥ | vivakti | soma-sut | yuvabhyām | ā | valgū iti | vipraḥ | vavṛtīta | havyaiḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 7.68.4 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[adverb]
“indeed; ha [word].”
[adverb]
“once [when]; because; that; if; how.”
[noun], dative, dual
“you.”
[noun], masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“going.”
[adverb]
“ukāra; besides; now; indeed; u.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“mountain; rock; seven; stone; adri; grindstone; adri; rock.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“upper; up(a); upper; upward; erect; more(a); raised; ūrdhva [word]; acclivitous; overturned; loud; eminent; high.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“say; describe; name; tell; address; enumerate; call; state; teach; explain; say; declare; speak; define; declare; order; address; recommend; answer; deem; recite; approve; proclaim; indicate; determine; mention; designate.”
[noun], masculine
“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“pressing.”
[noun], instrumental, dual, masculine
“young person; yuvan [word]; taruṇabandha; yuvan; yuvan; young buck; young.”
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[noun], accusative, dual, masculine
“lovely; beautiful; agreeable; fine-looking.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Brahmin; poet; singer; priest; guru; Vipra.”
[?]
“_”
[noun], instrumental, plural, neuter
“Havya; offering; havya [word].”