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 10.46.5

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

प्र भू॒र्जय॑न्तं म॒हां वि॑पो॒धां मू॒रा अमू॑रं पु॒रां द॒र्माण॑म् । नय॑न्तो॒ गर्भं॑ व॒नां धियं॑ धु॒र्हिरि॑श्मश्रुं॒ नार्वा॑णं॒ धन॑र्चम् ॥
प्र भूर्जयन्तं महां विपोधां मूरा अमूरं पुरां दर्माणम् । नयन्तो गर्भं वनां धियं धुर्हिरिश्मश्रुं नार्वाणं धनर्चम् ॥
pra bhūr jayantam mahāṃ vipodhām mūrā amūram purāṃ darmāṇam | nayanto garbhaṃ vanāṃ dhiyaṃ dhur hiriśmaśruṃ nārvāṇaṃ dhanarcam ||

English translation:

“Be competent, (priest, to glorify) the victorious mighty Agni, the sustainer of the wise, (even) fools(adore) him, the exempt from folly, the demolisher of cities; conducting the embryo of touchwood, (Agni). Like agolden- haired, swift-moving (horse), loving praise and wealth, they bring him to the sacrifice.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vatsapriḥ [vatsapri];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): svarāḍārcītriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

प्र । भूः॒ । जय॑न्तम् । म॒हान् । वि॒पः॒ऽधाम् । मू॒राः । अमू॑रम् । पु॒राम् । द॒र्माण॑म् । नय॑न्तः । गर्भ॑म् । व॒नाम् । धिय॑म् । धुः॒ । हिरि॑ऽश्मश्रुम् । न । अर्वा॑णम् । धन॑ऽअर्चम् ॥
प्र । भूः । जयन्तम् । महान् । विपःधाम् । मूराः । अमूरम् । पुराम् । दर्माणम् । नयन्तः । गर्भम् । वनाम् । धियम् । धुः । हिरिश्मश्रुम् । न । अर्वाणम् । धनअर्चम् ॥
pra | bhūḥ | jayantam | mahān | vipaḥ-dhām | mūrāḥ | amūram | purām | darmāṇam | nayantaḥ | garbham | vanām | dhiyam | dhuḥ | hiri-śmaśrum | na | arvāṇam | dhana-arcam

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 10.46.5 English analysis of grammar]

pra

[adverb]

“towards; ahead.”

bhūr < bhūḥ < bhū

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“Earth; floor; earth; bhū; Earth; one; saurāṣṭrā; three; land; land; place; world; bhū [word]; soil; pṛthivī; being; bhūja; floor; bhūnāga; sphaṭikā; beginning; birth; estate.”

jayantam < ji

[verb noun], accusative, singular

“overcome; cure; win; conquer; control; win; succeed; remove; beat; govern; surpass; suppress.”

mahāṃ < mahām < mah

[noun], genitive, plural, masculine

“great; great; distinguished; much(a); adult; long; high.”

vipodhāṃ < vipodhām < vipodhā

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

mūrā < mūrāḥ < mūra

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“stupid.”

amūram < amūra

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“wise; intelligent; apt.”

purāṃ < purām < pur

[noun], genitive, plural, feminine

“fortress; pur [word]; town; purā [indecl.]; mahant.”

darmāṇam < darman

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

nayanto < nayantaḥ <

[verb noun], nominative, plural

“bring; lead; spend; decant; enter (a state); remove; take out; take away; enforce; marry; carry; fill into; bring; learn; go out; add.”

garbhaṃ < garbham < garbha

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

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

vanāṃ < vanām < van

[noun], genitive, plural, masculine

dhiyaṃ < dhiyam < dhī

[noun], accusative, singular, feminine

“intelligence; prayer; mind; insight; idea; hymn; purpose; art; knowledge.”

dhur < dhuḥ < dhā

[verb], plural, Aorist inj. (proh.)

“put; give; cause; get; hold; make; provide; lend; wear; install; have; enter (a state); supply; hold; take; show.”

hiriśmaśruṃ < hiriśmaśrum < hiriśmaśru

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

nārvāṇaṃ < na

[adverb]

“not; like; no; na [word].”

nārvāṇaṃ < arvāṇam < arvan

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“horse; arvan [word]; racehorse.”

dhanarcam < dhana

[noun], neuter

“wealth; property; money; treasure; prize; dhana [word]; valuable; dhan; capital; fight.”

dhanarcam < ṛcam < ṛc

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“Rig-Veda; Mantra; verse; ṛc [word]; ṛc.”

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