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 9.94.4
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
श्रि॒ये जा॒तः श्रि॒य आ निरि॑याय॒ श्रियं॒ वयो॑ जरि॒तृभ्यो॑ दधाति । श्रियं॒ वसा॑ना अमृत॒त्वमा॑य॒न्भव॑न्ति स॒त्या स॑मि॒था मि॒तद्रौ॑ ॥
श्रिये जातः श्रिय आ निरियाय श्रियं वयो जरितृभ्यो दधाति । श्रियं वसाना अमृतत्वमायन्भवन्ति सत्या समिथा मितद्रौ ॥
śriye jātaḥ śriya ā nir iyāya śriyaṃ vayo jaritṛbhyo dadhāti | śriyaṃ vasānā amṛtatvam āyan bhavanti satyā samithā mitadrau ||
English translation:
“He (is) genitive rated for prosperity, for prosperity he issues forth, he gives prosperity (and) sustenance to those who praise him; clothing themselves in (his) prosperity, they obtain immortality; their conflicts are successful through the aid of (the Soma) who moves with measured tread.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): kaṇvaḥ [kaṇva];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): pavamānaḥ somaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): triṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
श्रि॒ये । जा॒तः । श्रि॒ये । आ । निः । इ॒या॒य॒ । श्रिय॑म् । वयः॑ । ज॒रि॒तृऽभ्यः॑ । द॒धा॒ति॒ । श्रिय॑म् । वसा॑नाः । अ॒मृ॒त॒ऽत्वम् । आ॒य॒न् । भव॑न्ति । स॒त्या । स॒म्ऽइ॒था । मि॒तऽद्रौ॑ ॥
श्रिये । जातः । श्रिये । आ । निः । इयाय । श्रियम् । वयः । जरितृभ्यः । दधाति । श्रियम् । वसानाः । अमृतत्वम् । आयन् । भवन्ति । सत्या । सम्इथा । मितद्रौ ॥
śriye | jātaḥ | śriye | ā | niḥ | iyāya | śriyam | vayaḥ | jaritṛ-bhyaḥ | dadhāti | śriyam | vasānāḥ | amṛta-tvam | āyan | bhavanti | satyā | sam-ithā | mita-drau
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 9.94.4 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], dative, singular, feminine
“mister; Ms.; Lakshmi; good fortune; well-being; magnificence; glory; beauty; Aegle marmelos (Linn.) Correa; dignity; power; śrī [word]; śrī; prosperity; auspiciousness.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“become; originate; be born; transform; happen; result; grow; beget; produce; create; conceive; separate; cause; give birth; grow; produce; generate; be; become; arise; come on.”
[noun], dative, singular, feminine
“mister; Ms.; Lakshmi; good fortune; well-being; magnificence; glory; beauty; Aegle marmelos (Linn.) Correa; dignity; power; śrī [word]; śrī; prosperity; auspiciousness.”
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[adverb]
“niḥ; away; out; without.”
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
“go; travel; enter (a state); return; walk; continue; reach; ask.”
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
“mister; Ms.; Lakshmi; good fortune; well-being; magnificence; glory; beauty; Aegle marmelos (Linn.) Correa; dignity; power; śrī [word]; śrī; prosperity; auspiciousness.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“age; vigor; old age; strength; vayas [word]; aging; power; youth; food.”
[noun], dative, plural, masculine
“singer.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“put; give; cause; get; hold; make; provide; lend; wear; install; have; enter (a state); supply; hold; take; show.”
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
“mister; Ms.; Lakshmi; good fortune; well-being; magnificence; glory; beauty; Aegle marmelos (Linn.) Correa; dignity; power; śrī [word]; śrī; prosperity; auspiciousness.”
[verb noun], nominative, plural
“stay; dwell; get stale; be situated; exist; continue; bide.”
[noun]
“immortal; amṛta; imperishable.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“state; quality; cause; reason.”
[verb], plural, Imperfect
“go; travel; enter (a state); return; walk; continue; reach; ask.”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“become; be; originate; transform; happen; result; exist; be born; be; be; come to life; grow; elapse; come to mind; thrive; become; impend; show; conceive; understand; stand; constitute; serve; apply; behave.”
[noun], nominative, plural, neuter
“true; real; real; faithful; good.”
[noun], nominative, plural, neuter
“battle; conflict.”
[noun], locative, singular, masculine