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 9.4.6
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
तव॒ क्रत्वा॒ तवो॒तिभि॒र्ज्योक्प॑श्येम॒ सूर्य॑म् । अथा॑ नो॒ वस्य॑सस्कृधि ॥
तव क्रत्वा तवोतिभिर्ज्योक्पश्येम सूर्यम् । अथा नो वस्यसस्कृधि ॥
tava kratvā tavotibhir jyok paśyema sūryam | athā no vasyasas kṛdhi ||
English translation:
“The pure-flowing (Soma) longs for the fair-formed wide-reaching mighty Night and Dawn not yet visible.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): hiraṇyastūpaḥ [hiraṇyastūpa];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): pavamānaḥ somaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): virāḍgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
तव॑ । क्रत्वा॑ । तव॑ । ऊ॒तिऽभिः॑ । ज्योक् । प॒श्ये॒म॒ । सूर्य॑म् । अथ॑ । नः॒ । वस्य॑सः । कृ॒धि॒ ॥
तव । क्रत्वा । तव । ऊतिभिः । ज्योक् । पश्येम । सूर्यम् । अथ । नः । वस्यसः । कृधि ॥
tava | kratvā | tava | ūti-bhiḥ | jyok | paśyema | sūryam | atha | naḥ | vasyasaḥ | kṛdhi
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 9.4.6 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], genitive, singular
“you.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine
“yajña; decision; plan; deliberation; intelligence; Kratu; will; kratu [word]; desire; resoluteness; ritual.”
[noun], genitive, singular
“you.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, feminine
“aid; favor; ūti [word].”
[adverb]
“long.”
[verb], plural, Present optative
“see; view; watch; meet; observe; think of; look; examine; behold; visit; understand.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“sun; Surya; sūrya [word]; right nostril; twelve; Calotropis gigantea Beng.; sūryakānta; sunlight; best.”
[adverb]
“now; then; furthermore; now; then.”
[noun], accusative, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
“better; rich.”
[verb], singular, Aorist imperative
“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.”