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 10.34.4
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अ॒न्ये जा॒यां परि॑ मृशन्त्यस्य॒ यस्यागृ॑ध॒द्वेद॑ने वा॒ज्य१॒॑क्षः । पि॒ता मा॒ता भ्रात॑र एनमाहु॒र्न जा॑नीमो॒ नय॑ता ब॒द्धमे॒तम् ॥
अन्ये जायां परि मृशन्त्यस्य यस्यागृधद्वेदने वाज्यक्षः । पिता माता भ्रातर एनमाहुर्न जानीमो नयता बद्धमेतम् ॥
anye jāyām pari mṛśanty asya yasyāgṛdhad vedane vājy akṣaḥ | pitā mātā bhrātara enam āhur na jānīmo nayatā baddham etam ||
English translation:
“Others touch the wife of him whose wealth the potent dice covet; his mother, father, brothers say, "weknow him not, take him away bound (where you will)".”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Touch the wife: parimṛśanti: they drag her by her clothesor her hair
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): kavaṣa ailūṣa akṣo vā maujavān [kavaṣa ailūṣa akṣa vā maujavān];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): akṣakitavanindā;
Chandas (meter): virāṭtrisṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अ॒न्ये । जा॒याम् । परि॑ । मृ॒श॒न्ति॒ । अ॒स्य॒ । यस्य॑ । अगृ॑धत् । वेद॑ने । वा॒जी । अ॒क्षः । पि॒ता । मा॒ता । भ्रात॑रः । ए॒न॒म् । आ॒हुः॒ । न । जा॒नी॒मः॒ । नय॑त । ब॒द्धम् । ए॒तम् ॥
अन्ये । जायाम् । परि । मृशन्ति । अस्य । यस्य । अगृधत् । वेदने । वाजी । अक्षः । पिता । माता । भ्रातरः । एनम् । आहुः । न । जानीमः । नयत । बद्धम् । एतम् ॥
anye | jāyām | pari | mṛśanti | asya | yasya | agṛdhat | vedane | vājī | akṣaḥ | pitā | mātā | bhrātaraḥ | enam | āhuḥ | na | jānīmaḥ | nayata | baddham | etam
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 10.34.4 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“other; another(a); remaining; different; anya [word]; other than; more(a); fresh; any(a).”
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
“wife; jāyā [word].”
[adverb]
“from; about; around.”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“touch.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[verb], singular, Thematic aorist (Ind.)
“desire; covet.”
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“property; marriage; obtainment.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“victorious; triumphant; strong; gainful.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“belleric myrobalan; dice; gambling; karṣa; akṣa; akṣa [word]; berry.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“father; Pitṛ; ancestor; parent; paternal ancestor; pitṛ [word]; forefather.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“mother; mātṛkā; mātṛ [word]; parent; Salvinia cucullata Roxb.; Citrullus colocynthis Schrad.; cow.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“brother; bhrātṛ; relative.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.).”
[verb], plural, Perfect indicative
“describe; state; say; enumerate; call; name; teach; tell; deem; explain; say; define.”
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“know; diagnose; perceive; know; come to know; notice; determine; think of; find; learn; perceive; identify; recognize; understand; know; learn; ascertain; detect; deem.”
[verb], plural, Present imperative
“bring; lead; spend; decant; enter (a state); remove; take out; take away; enforce; marry; carry; fill into; bring; learn; go out; add.”
[verb noun], accusative, singular
“bandh; tie; envelop; close; dress; wrap; bind; constipate; fixate; shape; paralyze; construct; bandage; compress; beset; oblige; strap; restrain; bind; gesticulate; wear; bar; bandh; connect; stud; mix; obstruct; write; restrain; bind; persecute; enclose; ligature; fill into; fasten.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); etad [word].”