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 10.161.4
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
श॒तं जी॑व श॒रदो॒ वर्ध॑मानः श॒तं हे॑म॒न्ताञ्छ॒तमु॑ वस॒न्तान् । श॒तमि॑न्द्रा॒ग्नी स॑वि॒ता बृह॒स्पति॑: श॒तायु॑षा ह॒विषे॒मं पुन॑र्दुः ॥
शतं जीव शरदो वर्धमानः शतं हेमन्ताञ्छतमु वसन्तान् । शतमिन्द्राग्नी सविता बृहस्पतिः शतायुषा हविषेमं पुनर्दुः ॥
śataṃ jīva śarado vardhamānaḥ śataṃ hemantāñ chatam u vasantān | śatam indrāgnī savitā bṛhaspatiḥ śatāyuṣā haviṣemam punar duḥ ||
English translation:
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): yakṣmanāśanaḥ prājāpatyaḥ [yakṣmanāśana prājāpatya];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): rājayakṣmaghnam ;
Chandas (meter): bhuriktriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
श॒तम् । जी॒व॒ । श॒रदः॑ । वर्ध॑मानः । श॒तम् । हे॒म॒न्तान् । श॒तम् । ऊँ॒ इति॑ । व॒स॒न्तान् । श॒तम् । इ॒न्द्रा॒ग्नी इति॑ । स॒वि॒ता । बृह॒स्पतिः॑ । श॒तऽआ॑युषा । ह॒विषा॑ । इ॒मम् । पुनः॑ । दुः॒ ॥
शतम् । जीव । शरदः । वर्धमानः । शतम् । हेमन्तान् । शतम् । ऊँ इति । वसन्तान् । शतम् । इन्द्राग्नी इति । सविता । बृहस्पतिः । शतआयुषा । हविषा । इमम् । पुनः । दुः ॥
śatam | jīva | śaradaḥ | vardhamānaḥ | śatam | hemantān | śatam | oṃ iti | vasantān | śatam | indrāgnī iti | savitā | bṛhaspatiḥ | śata-āyuṣā | haviṣā | imam | punaḥ | duḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 10.161.4 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“hundred; one-hundredth; śata [word].”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“survive; be; exist; live on; dwell.”
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
“fall; year; śarad [word].”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“increase; grow; vṛdh; increase; succeed; strengthen; grow up; spread.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“hundred; one-hundredth; śata [word].”
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
“winter; hemanta [word].”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“hundred; one-hundredth; śata [word].”
[adverb]
“ukāra; besides; now; indeed; u.”
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
“spring; vasanta [word].”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“hundred; one-hundredth; śata [word].”
[noun], masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[noun], nominative, dual, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Savitar; sun; Surya; Savitṛ.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Brihaspati; Jupiter; Bṛhaspati.”
[noun], neuter
“hundred; one-hundredth; śata [word].”
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter
“life; longevity; āyus; life; āyus [word]; Āyus.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter
“Havya; offering; ghee; havis [word].”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[adverb]
“again; further; now; over and over; subsequently; repeatedly; however; besides.”
[verb], plural, Aorist inj. (proh.)
“give; add; perform; put; administer; fill into; give; ignite; put on; offer; use; fuel; pour; grant; feed; teach; construct; insert; drip; wrap; pay; hand over; lend; inflict; concentrate; sacrifice; splint; poultice; create.”