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 10.96.4

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

दि॒वि न के॒तुरधि॑ धायि हर्य॒तो वि॒व्यच॒द्वज्रो॒ हरि॑तो॒ न रंह्या॑ । तु॒ददहिं॒ हरि॑शिप्रो॒ य आ॑य॒सः स॒हस्र॑शोका अभवद्धरिम्भ॒रः ॥
दिवि न केतुरधि धायि हर्यतो विव्यचद्वज्रो हरितो न रंह्या । तुददहिं हरिशिप्रो य आयसः सहस्रशोका अभवद्धरिम्भरः ॥
divi na ketur adhi dhāyi haryato vivyacad vajro harito na raṃhyā | tudad ahiṃ hariśipro ya āyasaḥ sahasraśokā abhavad dharimbharaḥ ||

English translation:

“He has been plural ced (by his worshippers) in the sky, like the banner (of light, the sun). His desirablebolt reaches (the foe) as the bay horses (of the sun reach their aim) through speed. The iron (thunderbolt), withyellow jaws, which smote Ahi, (he, Indra), lord of horses, shone with a thousand lustres.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

Bay horses of the suṅharitaḥ = haryataḥ, haritavarṇāḥ; or, adhvahartāraḥ, devouring the way

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): baruḥ sarvaharirvaindraḥ [baruḥ sarvaharirvaindra];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): haristutiḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛjjagatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

दि॒वि । न । के॒तुः । अधि॑ । धा॒यि॒ । ह॒र्य॒तः । वि॒व्यच॑त् । वज्रः॑ । हरि॑तः । न । रंह्या॑ । तु॒दत् । अहि॑म् । हरि॑ऽशिप्रः । यः । आ॒य॒सः । स॒हस्र॑ऽशोकाः । अ॒भ॒व॒त् । ह॒रि॒म्ऽभ॒रः ॥
दिवि । न । केतुः । अधि । धायि । हर्यतः । विव्यचत् । वज्रः । हरितः । न । रंह्या । तुदत् । अहिम् । हरिशिप्रः । यः । आयसः । सहस्रशोकाः । अभवत् । हरिम्भरः ॥
divi | na | ketuḥ | adhi | dhāyi | haryataḥ | vivyacat | vajraḥ | haritaḥ | na | raṃhyā | tudat | ahim | hari-śipraḥ | yaḥ | āyasaḥ | sahasra-śokāḥ | abhavat | harim-bharaḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 10.96.4 English analysis of grammar]

divi < div

[noun], locative, singular, masculine

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

na

[adverb]

“not; like; no; na [word].”

ketur < ketuḥ < ketu

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“banner; ketu; sunbeam; enemy; sign; Premna spinosa Roxb.; comet; signal; signal; luminosity.”

adhi

[adverb]

“on; from; accordingly.”

dhāyi < dhā

[verb], singular, Aorist passive

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

haryato < haryataḥ < haryata

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“desirable; delightful.”

vivyacad < vivyacat < vyac

[verb], singular, Plusquamperfect

vajro < vajraḥ < vajra

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“vajra; Vajra; vajra; vajra; lightning; abhra; vajramūṣā; diamond; vajra [word]; vajrakapāṭa; vajra; vaikrānta.”

harito < haritaḥ < harita

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“green; yellow; fresh; harita [word]; green.”

na

[adverb]

“not; like; no; na [word].”

raṃhyā < raṃhi

[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine

“speed.”

tudad < tudat < tud

[verb], singular, Present injunctive

“push; ache.”

ahiṃ < ahim < ahi

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“snake; lead; nāga; Nāga; ahi [word]; Vṛtra.”

hariśipro < hari

[noun]

“reddish brown; yellow; pale; yellow; aureate.”

hariśipro < śipraḥ < śiprā

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“lip; śiprā.”

ya < yaḥ < yad

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

āyasaḥ < āyasa

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“iron; metallic.”

sahasraśokā < sahasraśokāḥ < sahasraśokas

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

abhavaddharimbharaḥ < abhavat < bhū

[verb], singular, Imperfect

“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.”

abhavaddharimbharaḥ < harimbharaḥ < harimbhara

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

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