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 1.77.4
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
स नो॑ नृ॒णां नृत॑मो रि॒शादा॑ अ॒ग्निर्गिरोऽव॑सा वेतु धी॒तिम् । तना॑ च॒ ये म॒घवा॑न॒: शवि॑ष्ठा॒ वाज॑प्रसूता इ॒षय॑न्त॒ मन्म॑ ॥
स नो नृणां नृतमो रिशादा अग्निर्गिरोऽवसा वेतु धीतिम् । तना च ये मघवानः शविष्ठा वाजप्रसूता इषयन्त मन्म ॥
sa no nṛṇāṃ nṛtamo riśādā agnir giro 'vasā vetu dhītim | tanā ca ye maghavānaḥ śaviṣṭhā vājaprasūtā iṣayanta manma ||
English translation:
“May Agni, who is the chief director of sacrifices, and the destroyer of enemies, accept our praise and worship with oblations, and may those who are affluent with great wealth, who are endowed with strength, and by whom the sacrificial food has been prepared, be desirous to offer adoration.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): gotamo rāhūgaṇaḥ [gotama rāhūgaṇa];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): virāṭtrisṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
सः । नः॒ । नृ॒णाम् । नृऽत॑मः । रि॒शादाः॑ । अ॒ग्निः । गिरः॑ । अव॑सा । वे॒तु॒ । धी॒तिम् । तना॑ । च॒ । ये । म॒घऽवा॑नः । शवि॑ष्ठाः । वाज॑ऽप्रसूताः । इ॒षय॑न्त । मन्म॑ ॥
सः । नः । नृणाम् । नृतमः । रिशादाः । अग्निः । गिरः । अवसा । वेतु । धीतिम् । तना । च । ये । मघवानः । शविष्ठाः । वाजप्रसूताः । इषयन्त । मन्म ॥
saḥ | naḥ | nṛṇām | nṛ-tamaḥ | riśādāḥ | agniḥ | giraḥ | avasā | vetu | dhītim | tanā | ca | ye | magha-vānaḥ | śaviṣṭhāḥ | vāja-prasūtāḥ | iṣayanta | manma
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.77.4 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, 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], genitive, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], genitive, plural, masculine
“man; man; nṛ [word]; crew; masculine.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“superior; superior; proud.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
“hymn; praise; voice; words; invocation; command; statement; cry; language.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter
“aid; favor; protection.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“approach; ask; desire; go; drive.”
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
“thinking; prayer; understanding.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine
“continuity; sequence; longevity.”
[adverb]
“and; besides; then; now; even.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“big.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“mighty.”
[noun], masculine
“prize; Vāja; reward; reward; Ribhus; vigor; strength; contest.”
[verb noun], nominative, plural
“give birth; be born; originate; impel; propel; grow.”
[verb], plural, Imperfect
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“hymn; idea; purpose.”