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 10.60.4

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

यस्ये॑क्ष्वा॒कुरुप॑ व्र॒ते रे॒वान्म॑रा॒य्येध॑ते । दि॒वी॑व॒ पञ्च॑ कृ॒ष्टय॑: ॥
यस्येक्ष्वाकुरुप व्रते रेवान्मराय्येधते । दिवीव पञ्च कृष्टयः ॥
yasyekṣvākur upa vrate revān marāyy edhate | divīva pañca kṛṣṭayaḥ ||

English translation:

“In the good government of whose (realm) the opunlent and victorious Ikṣvāku prospers (so that) thefive orders of men (are as happy) as if they were in heaven.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): bandhvādayo gaupāyanāḥ [bandhvādaya gaupāyanāḥ];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): asamātī rājā ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

यस्य॑ । इ॒क्ष्वा॒कुः । उप॑ । व्र॒ते । रे॒वान् । म॒रा॒यी । एध॑ते । दि॒विऽइ॑व । पञ्च॑ । कृ॒ष्टयः॑ ॥
यस्य । इक्ष्वाकुः । उप । व्रते । रेवान् । मरायी । एधते । दिविइव । पञ्च । कृष्टयः ॥
yasya | ikṣvākuḥ | upa | vrate | revān | marāyī | edhate | divi-iva | pañca | kṛṣṭayaḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 10.60.4 English analysis of grammar]

yasyekṣvākur < yasya < yad

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

yasyekṣvākur < ikṣvākuḥ < ikṣvāku

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“Ikṣvāku; Ikṣvāku.”

upa

[adverb]

“towards; on; next.”

vrate < vrata

[noun], locative, singular, neuter

“vrata (vote); commandment; law; oath; command; rule; custom; vrata [word]; rule; behavior.”

revān < revat

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“abundant; rich; affluent; brilliant; brilliant.”

marāyy < marāyī < marāyin

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“Marāyin.”

edhate < edh

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“boom; get; thrive; increase; increase.”

divīva < divi < div

[noun], locative, singular, masculine

“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”

divīva < iva

[adverb]

“like; as it were; somehow; just so.”

pañca < pañcan

[noun], nominative, plural, feminine

“five; fifth; pañcan [word].”

kṛṣṭayaḥ < kṛṣṭi

[noun], nominative, plural, feminine

“people; citizenry.”

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