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 10.175.4

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

ग्रावा॑णः सवि॒ता नु वो॑ दे॒वः सु॑वतु॒ धर्म॑णा । यज॑मानाय सुन्व॒ते ॥
ग्रावाणः सविता नु वो देवः सुवतु धर्मणा । यजमानाय सुन्वते ॥
grāvāṇaḥ savitā nu vo devaḥ suvatu dharmaṇā | yajamānāya sunvate ||

English translation:

“May the divine Savitā quickly urge you, stones, by his sustaining (action) for the sake of theworshipper, who makes the libation.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): ūrdhvagrāvārbudaḥ [ūrdhvagrāvārbuda];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): grāvāṇaḥ;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

ग्रावा॑णः । स॒वि॒ता । नु । वः॒ । दे॒वः । सु॒व॒तु॒ । धर्म॑णा । यज॑मानाय । सु॒न्व॒ते ॥
ग्रावाणः । सविता । नु । वः । देवः । सुवतु । धर्मणा । यजमानाय । सुन्वते ॥
grāvāṇaḥ | savitā | nu | vaḥ | devaḥ | suvatu | dharmaṇā | yajamānāya | sunvate

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 10.175.4 English analysis of grammar]

grāvāṇaḥ < grāvan

[noun], vocative, plural, masculine

“stone; millstone; grindstone; mountain.”

savitā < savitṛ

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“Savitar; sun; Surya; Savitṛ.”

nu

[adverb]

“now; already.”

vo < vaḥ < tvad

[noun], accusative, plural

“you.”

devaḥ < deva

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

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

suvatu <

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“give birth; urge; bestow; cause.”

dharmaṇā < dharman

[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter

“regulation; Dharma; law; property.”

yajamānāya < yajamāna

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

“Yajamāna.”

sunvate < su

[verb noun], dative, singular

“press out; su.”

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