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 10.165.4
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
यदुलू॑को॒ वद॑ति मो॒घमे॒तद्यत्क॒पोत॑: प॒दम॒ग्नौ कृ॒णोति॑ । यस्य॑ दू॒तः प्रहि॑त ए॒ष ए॒तत्तस्मै॑ य॒माय॒ नमो॑ अस्तु मृ॒त्यवे॑ ॥
यदुलूको वदति मोघमेतद्यत्कपोतः पदमग्नौ कृणोति । यस्य दूतः प्रहित एष एतत्तस्मै यमाय नमो अस्तु मृत्यवे ॥
yad ulūko vadati mogham etad yat kapotaḥ padam agnau kṛṇoti | yasya dūtaḥ prahita eṣa etat tasmai yamāya namo astu mṛtyave ||
English translation:
“May that which the owl shrieks be in vain, (and may it be in vain) that the pigeon takes his plural ce uponthe fire; may this reverence be paid to Yama, (the god of) Death, as whose messenger he is sent.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): kapoto nairṛtaḥ [kapota nairṛta];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): kapotāpahatauprāyaścittaṃ vaiśvadevam ;
Chandas (meter): bhuriktriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
यत् । उलू॑कः । वद॑ति । मो॒घम् । ए॒तत् । यत् । क॒पोतः॑ । प॒दम् । अ॒ग्नौ । कृ॒णोति॑ । यस्य॑ । दू॒तः । प्रऽहि॑तः । ए॒षः । ए॒तत् । तस्मै॑ । य॒माय॑ । नमः॑ । अ॒स्तु॒ । मृ॒त्यवे॑ ॥
यत् । उलूकः । वदति । मोघम् । एतत् । यत् । कपोतः । पदम् । अग्नौ । कृणोति । यस्य । दूतः । प्रहितः । एषः । एतत् । तस्मै । यमाय । नमः । अस्तु । मृत्यवे ॥
yat | ulūkaḥ | vadati | mogham | etat | yat | kapotaḥ | padam | agnau | kṛṇoti | yasya | dūtaḥ | pra-hitaḥ | eṣaḥ | etat | tasmai | yamāya | namaḥ | astu | mṛtyave
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 10.165.4 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“owl; Ulūka.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“describe; teach; speak; tell; say; call; name; enumerate; declare; diagnose; address; say; pronounce; express; instruct; order.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“bootless; untrue; causeless.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); etad [word].”
[adverb]
“once [when]; because; that; if; how.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“dove; kapotapuṭa; pigeon; sauvīrāñjana; bird.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“word; location; foot; footprint; pada [word]; verse; footstep; metrical foot; situation; dwelling; state; step; mark; position; trace; construction; animal foot; way; moment; social station; topographic point; path; residence; site; topic.”
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“make; perform; cause; produce; shape; construct; do; put; fill into; use; fuel; transform; bore; act; write; create; prepare; administer; dig; prepare; treat; take effect; add; trace; put on; process; treat; heed; hire; act; produce; assume; eat; ignite; chop; treat; obey; manufacture; appoint; evacuate; choose; understand; insert; happen; envelop; weigh; observe; practice; lend; bring; duplicate; plant; kṛ; concentrate; mix; knot; join; take; provide; utter; compose.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“messenger; emissary; dūta [word].”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“send; hurl; shoot; supply.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); etad [word].”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); etad [word].”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“Yama; yama; twin; yam; Yama; two; bridle; yama [word]; Asvins.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“adoration; court; namas [word]; bow; salute.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“death; Yama; māraṇa; Mṛtyu.”