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 10.62.4
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अ॒यं नाभा॑ वदति व॒ल्गु वो॑ गृ॒हे देव॑पुत्रा ऋषय॒स्तच्छृ॑णोतन । सु॒ब्र॒ह्म॒ण्यम॑ङ्गिरसो वो अस्तु॒ प्रति॑ गृभ्णीत मान॒वं सु॑मेधसः ॥
अयं नाभा वदति वल्गु वो गृहे देवपुत्रा ऋषयस्तच्छृणोतन । सुब्रह्मण्यमङ्गिरसो वो अस्तु प्रति गृभ्णीत मानवं सुमेधसः ॥
ayaṃ nābhā vadati valgu vo gṛhe devaputrā ṛṣayas tac chṛṇotana | subrahmaṇyam aṅgiraso vo astu prati gṛbhṇīta mānavaṃ sumedhasaḥ ||
English translation:
“Ṛṣis, sons of the gods, this (Nābhānediṣṭha) addresses to you in the house of (sacrifice) hisbenediction, hear it; may divine splendour, Aṅgirasas, be yours; welcome, sages, the son of Manu.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Sons of theGods: i.e., of Agni
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): nābhānediṣṭho mānavaḥ [nābhānediṣṭha mānava];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): viśve devā āṅgiraso vā ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛjjagatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अ॒यम् । नाभा॑ । व॒द॒ति॒ । व॒ल्गु । वः॒ । गृ॒हे । देव॑ऽपुत्राः । ऋ॒ष॒यः॒ । तत् । शृ॒णो॒त॒न॒ । सु॒ऽब्र॒ह्म॒ण्यम् । अ॒ङ्गि॒र॒सः॒ । वः॒ । अ॒स्तु॒ । प्रति॑ । गृ॒भ्णी॒त॒ । मा॒न॒वम् । सु॒ऽमे॒ध॒सः॒ ॥
अयम् । नाभा । वदति । वल्गु । वः । गृहे । देवपुत्राः । ऋषयः । तत् । शृणोतन । सुब्रह्मण्यम् । अङ्गिरसः । वः । अस्तु । प्रति । गृभ्णीत । मानवम् । सुमेधसः ॥
ayam | nābhā | vadati | valgu | vaḥ | gṛhe | deva-putrāḥ | ṛṣayaḥ | tat | śṛṇotana | su-brahmaṇyam | aṅgirasaḥ | vaḥ | astu | prati | gṛbhṇīta | mānavam | su-medhasaḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 10.62.4 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[noun], locative, singular, feminine
“navel; hub; kinship; beginning; origin; umbilical cord; nābhi [word]; friendship; center.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“describe; teach; speak; tell; say; call; name; enumerate; declare; diagnose; address; say; pronounce; express; instruct; order.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“lovely; beautiful; agreeable; fine-looking.”
[noun], accusative, plural
“you.”
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“house; palace; temple; home; place; family; family; stable.”
[noun], masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[noun], vocative, plural, masculine
“son; putra [word]; male child; Putra; Bodhisattva.”
[noun], vocative, plural, masculine
“Ṛṣi; spiritual teacher; ascetic; Mantra.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[verb], plural, Present imperative
“listen; come to know; hear; hear; listen; study; heed; learn.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
[noun], vocative, plural, masculine
“Aṅgiras; Aṅgiras; Brahman; Atharva-Veda; aṅgiras [word]; Aṅgiras.”
[noun], dative, plural
“you.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”
[adverb]
“towards; per; regarding; respectively; according to; until.”
[verb], plural, Present imperative
“take; grasp; take out; extract; perceive; pick; assume; include; accept; understand; use; learn; possess; keep; choose; accept; afflict; suck; paralyze; mention; mistake; eat; wear; embrace; fill into; capture; eclipse; get; collect; hand down; marry; heed; touch.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“man; man; national; mānava [word].”
[noun], vocative, plural, masculine
“wise.”