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 10.97.4
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
ओष॑धी॒रिति॑ मातर॒स्तद्वो॑ देवी॒रुप॑ ब्रुवे । स॒नेय॒मश्वं॒ गां वास॑ आ॒त्मानं॒ तव॑ पूरुष ॥
ओषधीरिति मातरस्तद्वो देवीरुप ब्रुवे । सनेयमश्वं गां वास आत्मानं तव पूरुष ॥
oṣadhīr iti mātaras tad vo devīr upa bruve | saneyam aśvaṃ gāṃ vāsa ātmānaṃ tava pūruṣa ||
English translation:
“"plural nts!" thus I hail you, the divine mothers (of mankind). I will give to you, oḥ physician, a horse, acow, a garment-- yes, even myself.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
I will give to you: saneyam = dadāmi; or, saṃbhajeyam, may I possess;
Puruṣa = yajña puruṣa, you whopreside over the sacrifice: Yajus. 12.78
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): bhiṣagātharvaṇaḥ [bhiṣagātharvaṇa];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): auṣadhīstutiḥ ;
Chandas (meter): anuṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
ओष॑धीः । इति॑ । मा॒त॒रः॒ । तत् । वः॒ । दे॒वीः॒ । उप॑ । ब्रु॒वे॒ । स॒नेय॑म् । अश्व॑म् । गाम् । वासः॑ । आ॒त्मान॑म् । तव॑ । पु॒रु॒ष॒ ॥
ओषधीः । इति । मातरः । तत् । वः । देवीः । उप । ब्रुवे । सनेयम् । अश्वम् । गाम् । वासः । आत्मानम् । तव । पुरुष ॥
oṣadhīḥ | iti | mātaraḥ | tat | vaḥ | devīḥ | upa | bruve | saneyam | aśvam | gām | vāsaḥ | ātmānam | tava | puruṣa
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 10.97.4 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“herb; plant; drug; herb.”
[adverb]
“thus; so; iti [word].”
[noun], vocative, plural, feminine
“mother; mātṛkā; mātṛ [word]; parent; Salvinia cucullata Roxb.; Citrullus colocynthis Schrad.; cow.”
[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.”
[noun], accusative, plural
“you.”
[noun], vocative, plural, feminine
“Parvati; queen; goddess; Devi.”
[adverb]
“towards; on; next.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“say; tell; describe; speak; state; answer; call; explain; address; proclaim; talk; talk; choose.”
[verb], singular, Aorist optative
“win; get; gain.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“horse; aśva [word]; Aśva; stallion.”
[noun], accusative, singular
“cow; cattle; go [word]; Earth; bull; floor; milk; beam; sunbeam; leather; hide; horn; language; bowstring; earth; ox; Svarga.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“clothing; fabric; garment; feather; dress; envelope.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“self; nature; Ātman; mind; soul; self; body; character; ātman [word]; person; life; peculiarity.”
[noun], genitive, singular
“you.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“man; man; Puruṣa.”