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 9.1.4

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अ॒भ्य॑र्ष म॒हानां॑ दे॒वानां॑ वी॒तिमन्ध॑सा । अ॒भि वाज॑मु॒त श्रव॑: ॥
अभ्यर्ष महानां देवानां वीतिमन्धसा । अभि वाजमुत श्रवः ॥
abhy arṣa mahānāṃ devānāṃ vītim andhasā | abhi vājam uta śravaḥ ||

English translation:

“Come with food to the sacrifice of the mighty gods, and bring to us strength and sustenance.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): madhucchandāḥ;
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): pavamānaḥ somaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): virāḍgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अ॒भि । अ॒र्ष॒ । म॒हाना॑म् । दे॒वाना॑म् । वी॒तिम् । अन्ध॑सा । अ॒भि । वाज॑म् । उ॒त । श्रवः॑ ॥
अभि । अर्ष । महानाम् । देवानाम् । वीतिम् । अन्धसा । अभि । वाजम् । उत । श्रवः ॥
abhi | arṣa | mahānām | devānām | vītim | andhasā | abhi | vājam | uta | śravaḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 9.1.4 English analysis of grammar]

abhy < abhī < abhi

[adverb]

“towards; on.”

arṣa < ṛṣ

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“run.”

mahānāṃ < mahānām < maha

[noun], genitive, plural, masculine

“great; abundant.”

devānāṃ < devānām < deva

[noun], genitive, plural, masculine

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

vītim < vīti

[noun], accusative, singular, feminine

andhasā < andhas

[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter

“Soma; drink; amṛta.”

abhi

[adverb]

“towards; on.”

vājam < vāja

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“prize; Vāja; reward; reward; Ribhus; vigor; strength; contest.”

uta

[adverb]

“and; besides; uta [indecl.]; similarly; alike; even.”

śravaḥ < śravas

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“fame; glory; ear.”

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