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 9.48.4

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

विश्व॑स्मा॒ इत्स्व॑र्दृ॒शे साधा॑रणं रज॒स्तुर॑म् । गो॒पामृ॒तस्य॒ विर्भ॑रत् ॥
विश्वस्मा इत्स्वर्दृशे साधारणं रजस्तुरम् । गोपामृतस्य विर्भरत् ॥
viśvasmā it svar dṛśe sādhāraṇaṃ rajasturam | gopām ṛtasya vir bharat ||

English translation:

“The bird brought you, the showerer of water, the protector of the sacrifice, the common property of every god.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): kavibhārgavaḥ [kavibhārgava];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): pavamānaḥ somaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

विश्व॑स्मै । इत् । स्वः॑ । दृ॒शे । साधा॑रणम् । र॒जः॒ऽतुर॑म् । गो॒पाम् । ऋ॒तस्य॑ । विः । भ॒र॒त् ॥
विश्वस्मै । इत् । स्वः । दृशे । साधारणम् । रजःतुरम् । गोपाम् । ऋतस्य । विः । भरत् ॥
viśvasmai | it | svaḥ | dṛśe | sādhāraṇam | rajaḥ-turam | gopām | ṛtasya | viḥ | bharat

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 9.48.4 English analysis of grammar]

viśvasmā < viśvasmai < viśva

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”

it < id

[adverb]

“indeed; assuredly; entirely.”

svar

[adverb]

“sun; sky; sunlight.”

dṛśe < dṛś

[verb noun]

“see; observe; view; visit; look; learn; meet; read; teach; examine; watch; see; notice; perceive; diagnose; travel to; show; detect; know; know; understand; understand; follow.”

sādhāraṇaṃ < sādhāraṇam < sādhāraṇa

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“general; sādhāraṇa; common; average; general.”

rajasturam < rajastur

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

gopām < gopā

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“herder; defender.”

ṛtasya < ṛta

[noun], genitive, singular, neuter

“truth; order; fixed order; ṛta [word]; law; custom; custom.”

vir < viḥ < vi

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“vi; bird; vi.”

bharat < bhṛ

[verb], singular, Present injunctive

“bring; hold; fill; support; wear; possess; carry; nourish; keep; hire; have; satiate; follow; bear.”

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