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 1.134.2
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
मन्द॑न्तु त्वा म॒न्दिनो॑ वाय॒विन्द॑वो॒ऽस्मत्क्रा॒णास॒: सुकृ॑ता अ॒भिद्य॑वो॒ गोभि॑: क्रा॒णा अ॒भिद्य॑वः । यद्ध॑ क्रा॒णा इ॒रध्यै॒ दक्षं॒ सच॑न्त ऊ॒तय॑: । स॒ध्री॒ची॒ना नि॒युतो॑ दा॒वने॒ धिय॒ उप॑ ब्रुवत ईं॒ धिय॑: ॥
मन्दन्तु त्वा मन्दिनो वायविन्दवोऽस्मत्क्राणासः सुकृता अभिद्यवो गोभिः क्राणा अभिद्यवः । यद्ध क्राणा इरध्यै दक्षं सचन्त ऊतयः । सध्रीचीना नियुतो दावने धिय उप ब्रुवत ईं धियः ॥
mandantu tvā mandino vāyav indavo 'smat krāṇāsaḥ sukṛtā abhidyavo gobhiḥ krāṇā abhidyavaḥ | yad dha krāṇā iradhyai dakṣaṃ sacanta ūtayaḥ | sadhrīcīnā niyuto dāvane dhiya upa bruvata īṃ dhiyaḥ ||
English translation:
“May the exhilarating drops (of the libation) exhilarate you, Vāyu, being fitly prepared, doing their office, administered opportunely, rendered efficacious by (our) praises, and flowing (in due season); for which purpose, your docile and active steeds, the niyuts, attending (your presence, bring you) to the sacrificial hall to accept the offering; to the sacrifice in which the pious (priests) represent their desires.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): parucchepo daivodāsiḥ [parucchepa daivodāsi];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): vāyu:;
Chandas (meter): virāḍatyaṣṭiḥ ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
मन्द॑न्तु । त्वा॒ । म॒न्दिनः॑ । वायो॒ इति॑ । इन्द॑वः । अ॒स्मत् । क्रा॒णासः॑ । सुऽकृ॑ताः । अ॒भिऽद्य॑वः । गोऽभिः॑ । क्रा॒णाः । अ॒भिऽद्य॑वः । यत् । ह॒ । क्रा॒णाः । इ॒रध्यै॑ । दक्ष॑म् । सच॑न्ते । ऊ॒तयः॑ । स॒ध्री॒ची॒नाः । नि॒ऽयुतः॑ । दा॒वने॑ । धियः॑ । उप॑ । ब्रु॒व॒ते॒ । ई॒म् । धियः॑ ॥
मन्दन्तु । त्वा । मन्दिनः । वायो इति । इन्दवः । अस्मत् । क्राणासः । सुकृताः । अभिद्यवः । गोभिः । क्राणाः । अभिद्यवः । यत् । ह । क्राणाः । इरध्यै । दक्षम् । सचन्ते । ऊतयः । सध्रीचीनाः । नियुतः । दावने । धियः । उप । ब्रुवते । ईम् । धियः ॥
mandantu | tvā | mandinaḥ | vāyo iti | indavaḥ | asmat | krāṇāsaḥ | su-kṛtāḥ | abhi-dyavaḥ | go--bhiḥ | krāṇāḥ | abhi-dyavaḥ | yat | ha | krāṇāḥ | iradhyai | dakṣam | sacante | ūtayaḥ | sadhrīcīnāḥ | n i-yutaḥ | dāvane | dhiyaḥ | upa | bruvate | īm | dhiyaḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.134.2 English analysis of grammar]
[verb], plural, Present imperative
“rut; intoxicate; delight; revel; rejoice; drink; ramp; exult.”
[noun], accusative, singular
“you.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“intoxicant; exhilarating.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“wind; Vayu; vāta; prāṇa (coll.); air; air; fart; breath; northwest; draft; vāyu [word]; Vāyu; Marut.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“moon; Soma; drop; anusvāra; one; Candra; silver; camphor; point; juice.”
[noun], ablative, plural
“I; mine.”
[verb noun], nominative, plural
“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.”
[adverb]
“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”
[verb noun], nominative, plural
“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], nominative, plural, masculine
“celestial; brilliant.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine
“cow; cattle; go [word]; Earth; bull; floor; milk; beam; sunbeam; leather; hide; horn; language; bowstring; earth; ox; Svarga.”
[verb noun], nominative, plural
“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], nominative, plural, masculine
“celestial; brilliant.”
[adverb]
“once [when]; because; that; if; how.”
[adverb]
“indeed; ha [word].”
[verb noun], nominative, plural
“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.”
[verb noun]
“thrive; boom; succeed.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“Dakṣa; ability; cock; fitness; will; purpose; disposition; cock.”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“accompany; follow; company; obey; participate; enter.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“aid; favor; ūti [word].”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“concentrated; joint.”
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
“gift; team.”
[verb noun]
“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.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“intelligence; prayer; mind; insight; idea; hymn; purpose; art; knowledge.”
[adverb]
“towards; on; next.”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“say; tell; describe; speak; state; answer; call; explain; address; proclaim; talk; talk; choose.”
[adverb]
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“intelligence; prayer; mind; insight; idea; hymn; purpose; art; knowledge.”