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 8.54.4
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
पू॒षा विष्णु॒र्हव॑नं मे॒ सर॑स्व॒त्यव॑न्तु स॒प्त सिन्ध॑वः । आपो॒ वात॒: पर्व॑तासो॒ वन॒स्पति॑: शृ॒णोतु॑ पृथि॒वी हव॑म् ॥
पूषा विष्णुर्हवनं मे सरस्वत्यवन्तु सप्त सिन्धवः । आपो वातः पर्वतासो वनस्पतिः शृणोतु पृथिवी हवम् ॥
pūṣā viṣṇur havanam me sarasvaty avantu sapta sindhavaḥ | āpo vātaḥ parvatāso vanaspatiḥ śṛṇotu pṛthivī havam ||
English translation:
“May Pūṣan, Viṣṇu, Sarsvatī, and the seven rivers, favour my call; may the waters, the wind, themountains, the trees, the earth, hear my call.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): mātariśvā kāṇvaḥ [mātariśvā kāṇva];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): viśvedevā:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛtpaṅkti ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
पू॒षा । विष्णुः॑ । हव॑नम् । मे॒ । सर॑स्वती । अव॑न्तु । स॒प्त । सिन्ध॑वः । आपः॑ । वातः॑ । पर्व॑तासः । वन॒स्पतिः॑ । शृ॒णोतु॑ । पृ॒थि॒वी । हव॑म् ॥
पूषा । विष्णुः । हवनम् । मे । सरस्वती । अवन्तु । सप्त । सिन्धवः । आपः । वातः । पर्वतासः । वनस्पतिः । शृणोतु । पृथिवी । हवम् ॥
pūṣā | viṣṇuḥ | havanam | me | sarasvatī | avantu | sapta | sindhavaḥ | āpaḥ | vātaḥ | parvatāsaḥ | vanaspatiḥ | śṛṇotu | pṛthivī | havam
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.54.4 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Pushan; pūṣan [word]; sun.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Vishnu; Krishna; Viṣṇu; Om; Shiva.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“invocation.”
[noun], genitive, singular
“I; mine.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“Sarasvati; Sarasvatī; language; voice; speech; eloquence; balloon vine; river.”
[verb], plural, Present imperative
“support; help; prefer; prefer; like.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“seven; seventh.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“river; Indus; sindhu [word].”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“water; body of water; water; ap [word]; juice; jala.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“vāta; wind; fart; Vayu; air; draft; vāta [word]; Vāta; rheumatism; Marut.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“mountain; Parvata; parvata [word]; Parvata; Parvata; rock; height.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“tree; banyan; vanaspati [word]; vanaspativarga; vaṭādi.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“listen; come to know; hear; hear; listen; study; heed; learn.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“Earth; pṛthivī; floor; Earth; earth; pṛthivī [word]; land.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“invocation.”