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 9.56.4
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
त्वमिन्द्रा॑य॒ विष्ण॑वे स्वा॒दुरि॑न्दो॒ परि॑ स्रव । नॄन्त्स्तो॒तॄन्पा॒ह्यंह॑सः ॥
त्वमिन्द्राय विष्णवे स्वादुरिन्दो परि स्रव । नॄन्त्स्तोतॄन्पाह्यंहसः ॥
tvam indrāya viṣṇave svādur indo pari srava | nṝn stotṝn pāhy aṃhasaḥ ||
English translation:
“Do you, Indu, who are sweet-flavoured flow for Indra and Viṣṇu preserve the worshippers, your praisers, from sin.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): avatsāraḥ [avatsāra];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): pavamānaḥ somaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): yavamadhyāgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
त्वम् । इन्द्रा॑य । विष्ण॑वे । स्वा॒दुः । इ॒न्दो॒ इति॑ । परि॑ । स्र॒व॒ । नॄन् । स्तो॒तॄन् । पा॒हि॒ । अंह॑सः ॥
त्वम् । इन्द्राय । विष्णवे । स्वादुः । इन्दो इति । परि । स्रव । नॄन् । स्तोतॄन् । पाहि । अंहसः ॥
tvam | indrāya | viṣṇave | svāduḥ | indo iti | pari | srava | nṝn | stotṝn | pāhi | aṃhasaḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 9.56.4 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular
“you.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“Vishnu; Krishna; Viṣṇu; Om; Shiva.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Madhura; sweet; sweet; dainty; agreeable.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“moon; Soma; drop; anusvāra; one; Candra; silver; camphor; point; juice.”
[adverb]
“from; about; around.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“discharge; issue; run; filter; discharge; liquefy; ejaculate; fail; disappear; leak; fester.”
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
“man; man; nṛ [word]; crew; masculine.”
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
“laudatory; worshiping.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“protect; govern.”
[noun], ablative, singular, neuter
“trouble; sin.”