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 9.49.4

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

स न॑ ऊ॒र्जे व्य१॒॑व्ययं॑ प॒वित्रं॑ धाव॒ धार॑या । दे॒वास॑: शृ॒णव॒न्हि क॑म् ॥
स न ऊर्जे व्यव्ययं पवित्रं धाव धारया । देवासः शृणवन्हि कम् ॥
sa na ūrje vy avyayam pavitraṃ dhāva dhārayā | devāsaḥ śṛṇavan hi kam ||

English translation:

“Do you for our sustenance hasten to the woollen filter with your stream; let the gods hear your sound.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

सः । नः॒ । ऊ॒र्जे । वि । अ॒व्यय॑म् । प॒वित्र॑म् । धा॒व॒ । धार॑या । दे॒वासः॑ । शृ॒णव॑न् । हि । क॒म् ॥
सः । नः । ऊर्जे । वि । अव्ययम् । पवित्रम् । धाव । धारया । देवासः । शृणवन् । हि । कम् ॥
saḥ | naḥ | ūrje | vi | avyayam | pavitram | dhāva | dhārayā | devāsaḥ | śṛṇavan | hi | kam

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 9.49.4 English analysis of grammar]

sa < tad

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”

na < naḥ < mad

[noun], dative, plural

“I; mine.”

ūrje < ūrj

[noun], dative, singular, feminine

“strength; refreshment; vigor; food; strengthening.”

vy < vi

[adverb]

“apart; away; away.”

avyayam < avyaya

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“sheep.”

pavitraṃ < pavitram < pavitra

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“strainer.”

dhāva < dhāv

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“run; run; wash.”

dhārayā < dhārā

[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine

“flush; flow; current; spring; fountain.”

devāsaḥ < deva

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

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

śṛṇavan < śru

[verb], plural, Present conjunctive (subjunctive)

“listen; come to know; hear; hear; listen; study; heed; learn.”

hi

[adverb]

“because; indeed; for; therefore; hi [word].”

kam < kaṃ

[adverb]

“kaṃ [word].”

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