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 10.107.4

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

श॒तधा॑रं वा॒युम॒र्कं स्व॒र्विदं॑ नृ॒चक्ष॑स॒स्ते अ॒भि च॑क्षते ह॒विः । ये पृ॒णन्ति॒ प्र च॒ यच्छ॑न्ति संग॒मे ते दक्षि॑णां दुहते स॒प्तमा॑तरम् ॥
शतधारं वायुमर्कं स्वर्विदं नृचक्षसस्ते अभि चक्षते हविः । ये पृणन्ति प्र च यच्छन्ति संगमे ते दक्षिणां दुहते सप्तमातरम् ॥
śatadhāraṃ vāyum arkaṃ svarvidaṃ nṛcakṣasas te abhi cakṣate haviḥ | ye pṛṇanti pra ca yacchanti saṃgame te dakṣiṇāṃ duhate saptamātaram ||

English translation:

“(Saramā). I do not believe that he can be subdued; he as whose messenger I have come to thisplace from afar subdues (his enemies). The deep rivers do not conceal him; you, Paṇis, slain by Indra, will sleep(in death).”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): divyo dakṣiṇāprājāpatyā [divya dakṣiṇā vā prājāpatyā];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): dakṣiṇā taddātāroṃ vā ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛjjagatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

श॒तऽधा॑रम् । वा॒युम् । अ॒र्कम् । स्वः॒ऽविद॑म् । नृ॒ऽचक्ष॑सः । ते॒ । अ॒भि । च॒क्ष॒ते॒ । ह॒विः । ये । पृ॒णन्ति॑ । प्र । च॒ । यच्छ॑न्ति । स॒म्ऽग॒मे । ते । दक्षि॑णाम् । दु॒ह॒ते॒ । स॒प्तऽमा॑तरम् ॥
शतधारम् । वायुम् । अर्कम् । स्वःविदम् । नृचक्षसः । ते । अभि । चक्षते । हविः । ये । पृणन्ति । प्र । च । यच्छन्ति । सम्गमे । ते । दक्षिणाम् । दुहते । सप्तमातरम् ॥
śata-dhāram | vāyum | arkam | svaḥ-vidam | nṛ-cakṣasaḥ | te | abhi | cakṣate | haviḥ | ye | pṛṇanti | pra | ca | yacchanti | sam-game | te | dakṣiṇām | duhate | sapta-mātaram

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 10.107.4 English analysis of grammar]

śatadhāraṃ < śata

[noun], neuter

“hundred; one-hundredth; śata [word].”

śatadhāraṃ < dhāram < dhārā

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“flush; flow; current; spring; fountain.”

vāyum < vāyu

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“wind; Vayu; vāta; prāṇa (coll.); air; air; fart; breath; northwest; draft; vāyu [word]; Vāyu; Marut.”

arkaṃ < arkam < arka

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“Calotropis gigantea Beng.; sun; copper; Surya; hymn; twelve; fire; beam.”

svarvidaṃ < svarvidam < svarvid

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

nṛcakṣasas < nṛ

[noun], masculine

“man; man; nṛ [word]; crew; masculine.”

nṛcakṣasas < cakṣasaḥ < cakṣas

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“eye; look; radiance.”

te < tad

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”

abhi

[adverb]

“towards; on.”

cakṣate < cakṣ

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“watch; look.”

haviḥ < havis

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“Havya; offering; ghee; havis [word].”

ye < yad

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

pṛṇanti < pṛ

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“fill; elapse; pull back; fill; satisfy; bestow; meet; stuff; load; mix; complete.”

pra

[adverb]

“towards; ahead.”

ca

[adverb]

“and; besides; then; now; even.”

yacchanti < yam

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“concentrate; grant; restrain; cause; control; offer; cover; raise.”

saṃgame < saṃgama

[noun], locative, singular, masculine

“confluence; sexual intercourse; contact; meeting; association; battle; harmony; rendezvous; coupling; sexual activity.”

te < tad

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”

dakṣiṇāṃ < dakṣiṇām < dakṣiṇā

[noun], accusative, singular, feminine

“Dakṣiṇā; south; dakṣiṇā [word]; gift; South.”

duhate < duh

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“milk.”

saptamātaram < sapta < saptan

[noun]

“seven; seventh.”

saptamātaram < mātaram < mātṛ

[noun], accusative, singular, feminine

“mother; mātṛkā; mātṛ [word]; parent; Salvinia cucullata Roxb.; Citrullus colocynthis Schrad.; cow.”

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