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 10.168.4

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

आ॒त्मा दे॒वानां॒ भुव॑नस्य॒ गर्भो॑ यथाव॒शं च॑रति दे॒व ए॒षः । घोषा॒ इद॑स्य शृण्विरे॒ न रू॒पं तस्मै॒ वाता॑य ह॒विषा॑ विधेम ॥
आत्मा देवानां भुवनस्य गर्भो यथावशं चरति देव एषः । घोषा इदस्य शृण्विरे न रूपं तस्मै वाताय हविषा विधेम ॥
ātmā devānām bhuvanasya garbho yathāvaśaṃ carati deva eṣaḥ | ghoṣā id asya śṛṇvire na rūpaṃ tasmai vātāya haviṣā vidhema ||

English translation:

“The soul of the gods, the germ of the world, this divinity moves according to his plural asure; his voicesare heard, his form is not (seen); let us worship that Vāta with oblations. nutritious life-sustaining (waters); Rudra, have compassion upon the food which has feet.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

I.e., the cow

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): anilo vātāyanaḥ [anila vātāyana];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): vāyu:;
Chandas (meter): triṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

आ॒त्मा । दे॒वाना॑म् । भुव॑नस्य । गर्भः॑ । य॒था॒ऽव॒शम् । च॒र॒ति॒ । दे॒वः । ए॒षः । घोषाः॑ । इत् । अ॒स्य॒ । शृ॒ण्वि॒रे॒ । न । रू॒पम् । तस्मै॑ । वाता॑य । ह॒विषा॑ । वि॒धे॒म॒ ॥
आत्मा । देवानाम् । भुवनस्य । गर्भः । यथावशम् । चरति । देवः । एषः । घोषाः । इत् । अस्य । शृण्विरे । न । रूपम् । तस्मै । वाताय । हविषा । विधेम ॥
ātmā | devānām | bhuvanasya | garbhaḥ | yathāvaśam | carati | devaḥ | eṣaḥ | ghoṣāḥ | it | asya | śṛṇvire | na | rūpam | tasmai | vātāya | haviṣā | vidhema

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 10.168.4 English analysis of grammar]

ātmā < ātman

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“self; nature; Ātman; mind; soul; self; body; character; ātman [word]; person; life; peculiarity.”

devānām < deva

[noun], genitive, plural, masculine

“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”

bhuvanasya < bhuvana

[noun], genitive, singular, neuter

“Earth; being; world; bhuvana [word].”

garbho < garbhaḥ < garbha

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“fetus; garbha; inside; cavity; embryo; uterus; child; pit; garbhadruti; filling; pregnancy; room; abdomen; fertilization; inside; hole; baby; calyx; midst.”

yathāvaśaṃ < yathāvaśam

[adverb]

carati < car

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“car; wander; perform; travel; bore; produce; make; dwell; dig; act; observe; enter (a state); observe; cause; crop; behave; practice; heed; process; administer.”

deva < devaḥ < deva

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”

eṣaḥ < etad

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); etad [word].”

ghoṣā < ghoṣāḥ < ghoṣa

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“sound; noise; cry; voice; ghoṣa [word]; station; Ghoṣa; post; twang.”

id

[adverb]

“indeed; assuredly; entirely.”

asya < idam

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”

śṛṇvire < śru

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“listen; come to know; hear; hear; listen; study; heed; learn.”

na

[adverb]

“not; like; no; na [word].”

rūpaṃ < rūpam < rūpa

[noun], nominative, singular, neuter

“form; appearance; beauty; look; shape; shape; symptom; feature; nature; guise; rūpa [word]; one; appearance; likeness; color; kind; vowel; type; disguise; aspect; form; derivative; omen; vision.”

tasmai < tad

[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.”

vātāya < vāta

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

“vāta; wind; fart; Vayu; air; draft; vāta [word]; Vāta; rheumatism; Marut.”

haviṣā < havis

[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter

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

vidhema < vidh

[verb], plural, Present optative

“worship; offer.”

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