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 7.86.4
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
किमाग॑ आस वरुण॒ ज्येष्ठं॒ यत्स्तो॒तारं॒ जिघां॑ससि॒ सखा॑यम् । प्र तन्मे॑ वोचो दूळभ स्वधा॒वोऽव॑ त्वाने॒ना नम॑सा तु॒र इ॑याम् ॥
किमाग आस वरुण ज्येष्ठं यत्स्तोतारं जिघांससि सखायम् । प्र तन्मे वोचो दूळभ स्वधावोऽव त्वानेना नमसा तुर इयाम् ॥
kim āga āsa varuṇa jyeṣṭhaṃ yat stotāraṃ jighāṃsasi sakhāyam | pra tan me voco dūḻabha svadhāvo 'va tvānenā namasā tura iyām ||
English translation:
“What has that great wickedness been, Varuṇa, that you should seek to destroy the worshiper, yourfriend? Insuperable, resplendent Varuṇa, declare it to me, so that, freed from sin, I may quick approach you withveneration.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vasiṣṭhaḥ [vasiṣṭha];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): varuṇaḥ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
किम् । आगः॑ । आ॒स॒ । व॒रु॒ण॒ । ज्येष्ठ॑म् । यत् । स्तो॒तार॑म् । जिघां॑ससि । सखा॑यम् । प्र । तत् । मे॒ । वो॒चः॒ । दुः॒ऽद॒भ॒ । स्व॒धा॒ऽवः॒ । अव॑ । त्वा॒ । अ॒ने॒नाः । नम॑सा । तु॒रः । इ॒या॒म् ॥
किम् । आगः । आस । वरुण । ज्येष्ठम् । यत् । स्तोतारम् । जिघांससि । सखायम् । प्र । तत् । मे । वोचः । दुःदभ । स्वधावः । अव । त्वा । अनेनाः । नमसा । तुरः । इयाम् ॥
kim | āgaḥ | āsa | varuṇa | jyeṣṭham | yat | stotāram | jighāṃsasi | sakhāyam | pra | tat | me | vocaḥ | duḥ-dabha | svadhāvaḥ | ava | tvā | anenāḥ | namasā | turaḥ | iyām
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 7.86.4 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“what; who; ka [pronoun].”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“sin; evildoing; mistake.”
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Varuna; varuṇa [word]; Crataeva religiosa Forst.; Varuṇa; varuṇādi.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“firstborn; best; first; excellent; highest; jyeṣṭha [word].”
[adverb]
“once [when]; because; that; if; how.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“laudatory; worshiping.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“kill.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“friend; companion; sakhi [word].”
[adverb]
“towards; ahead.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[noun], dative, singular
“I; mine.”
[verb], singular, Aorist inj. (proh.)
“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], vocative, singular, masculine
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“autonomous; independent.”
[adverb]
“down.”
[noun], accusative, singular
“you.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“blameless; impeccant.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter
“adoration; court; namas [word]; bow; salute.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“powerful; noble; noble.”
[verb], singular, Present optative
“go; travel; enter (a state); return; walk; continue; reach; ask.”