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 9.82.4

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

जा॒येव॒ पत्या॒वधि॒ शेव॑ मंहसे॒ पज्रा॑या गर्भ शृणु॒हि ब्रवी॑मि ते । अ॒न्तर्वाणी॑षु॒ प्र च॑रा॒ सु जी॒वसे॑ऽनि॒न्द्यो वृ॒जने॑ सोम जागृहि ॥
जायेव पत्यावधि शेव मंहसे पज्राया गर्भ शृणुहि ब्रवीमि ते । अन्तर्वाणीषु प्र चरा सु जीवसेऽनिन्द्यो वृजने सोम जागृहि ॥
jāyeva patyāv adhi śeva maṃhase pajrāyā garbha śṛṇuhi bravīmi te | antar vāṇīṣu pra carā su jīvase 'nindyo vṛjane soma jāgṛhi ||

English translation:

“As a wife to her husband, so you (afford) delight to your worshipper; (Soma), offspring of Pajra, listen (to the praises) I address to you; in the midst of our adorations advance to grant us life; Soma, who are irreproachable, be vigilant against (our) foe.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

Pajra: i.e., the earth; Soma is its offspring, because it is produced in the ground

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vasurbhāradvājaḥ [vasurbhāradvāja];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): pavamānaḥ somaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): virāḍjagatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

जा॒याऽइ॑व । पत्यौ॑ । अधि॑ । शेव॑ । मं॒ह॒से॒ । पज्रा॑याः । ग॒र्भ॒ । शृ॒णु॒हि । ब्रवी॑मि । ते॒ । अ॒न्तः । वाणी॑षु । प्र । चा॒र॒ । सु । जी॒वसे॑ । अ॒नि॒न्द्यः । वृ॒जने॑ । सो॒म॒ । जा॒गृ॒हि॒ ॥
जायाइव । पत्यौ । अधि । शेव । मंहसे । पज्रायाः । गर्भ । शृणुहि । ब्रवीमि । ते । अन्तः । वाणीषु । प्र । चार । सु । जीवसे । अनिन्द्यः । वृजने । सोम । जागृहि ॥
jāyā-iva | patyau | adhi | śeva | maṃhase | pajrāyāḥ | garbha | śṛṇuhi | bravīmi | te | antaḥ | vāṇīṣu | pra | cāra | su | jīvase | anindyaḥ | vṛjane | soma | jāgṛhi

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 9.82.4 English analysis of grammar]

jāyeva < jāyā

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“wife; jāyā [word].”

jāyeva < iva

[adverb]

“like; as it were; somehow; just so.”

patyāv < patyau < pati

[noun], locative, singular, masculine

“husband; overlord; king; deity; īśvara; ruler; pati [word]; commanding officer; leader; owner; mayor; lord.”

adhi

[adverb]

“on; from; accordingly.”

śeva

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“friendly; favorable; dear.”

maṃhase < mah

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“give; accord.”

pajrāyā < pajrāyāḥ < pajra

[noun], genitive, singular, feminine

“steadfast.”

garbha

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“fetus; garbha; inside; cavity; embryo; uterus; child; pit; garbhadruti; filling; pregnancy; room; abdomen; fertilization; inside; hole; baby; calyx; midst.”

śṛṇuhi < śru

[verb], singular, Present imperative

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

bravīmi < brū

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“say; tell; describe; speak; state; answer; call; explain; address; proclaim; talk; talk; choose.”

te < tvad

[noun], dative, singular

“you.”

antar

[adverb]

“inside; in; antar [word]; midmost; between; among.”

vāṇīṣu < vāṇī

[noun], locative, plural, feminine

“voice; Sarasvati; words; language.”

pra

[adverb]

“towards; ahead.”

carā < cara < car

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“car; wander; perform; travel; bore; produce; make; dwell; dig; act; observe; enter (a state); observe; cause; crop; behave; practice; heed; process; administer.”

su

[adverb]

“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”

jīvase < jīv

[verb noun]

“survive; be; exist; live on; dwell.”

'nindyo < anindyaḥ < anindya

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

vṛjane < vṛjana

[noun], locative, singular, neuter

“community; settlement.”

soma

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”

jāgṛhi < jāgṛ

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“wake; watch; awaken; wake up; oversee.”

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