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 1.34.12
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
आ नो॑ अश्विना त्रि॒वृता॒ रथे॑ना॒र्वाञ्चं॑ र॒यिं व॑हतं सु॒वीर॑म् । शृ॒ण्वन्ता॑ वा॒मव॑से जोहवीमि वृ॒धे च॑ नो भवतं॒ वाज॑सातौ ॥
आ नो अश्विना त्रिवृता रथेनार्वाञ्चं रयिं वहतं सुवीरम् । शृण्वन्ता वामवसे जोहवीमि वृधे च नो भवतं वाजसातौ ॥
ā no aśvinā trivṛtā rathenārvāñcaṃ rayiṃ vahataṃ suvīram | śṛṇvantā vām avase johavīmi vṛdhe ca no bhavataṃ vājasātau ||
English translation:
“Borne in your car that traverses the three worlds, bring to us Aśvins, present affluence, attended by (male) progeny; I call upon you both, listening to me, for protection; be to us for vigour in battle.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): hiraṇyastūpa āṅgirasaḥ [hiraṇyastūpa āṅgirasa];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): aśvinau ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
आ । नः॒ । अ॒श्वि॒ना॒ । त्रि॒ऽवृता॑ । रथे॑न । अ॒र्वाञ्च॑म् । र॒यिम् । व॒ह॒त॒म् । सु॒ऽवीर॑म् । शृ॒ण्वन्ता॑ । वा॒म् । अव॑से । जो॒ह॒वी॒मि॒ । वृ॒धे । च॒ । नः॒ । भ॒व॒त॒म् । वाज॑ऽसातौ ॥
आ । नः । अश्विना । त्रिवृता । रथेन । अर्वाञ्चम् । रयिम् । वहतम् । सुवीरम् । शृण्वन्ता । वाम् । अवसे । जोहवीमि । वृधे । च । नः । भवतम् । वाजसातौ ॥
ā | naḥ | aśvinā | tri-vṛtā | rathena | arvāñcam | rayim | vahatam | su-vīram | śṛṇvantā | vām | avase | johavīmi | vṛdhe | ca | naḥ | bhavatam | vāja-sātau
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.34.12 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[noun], accusative, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], vocative, dual, masculine
“Asvins; two.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine
“treble.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine
“chariot; warrior; ratha [word]; Dalbergia oojeinensis; rattan.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“approaching; facing; less.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“wealth; property.”
[verb], dual, Present imperative
“transport; bring; marry; run; drive; vāhay; drive; run; pull; nirvāpay; blow; transport; discharge; assume; remove.”
[adverb]
“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“hero; man; Vīra; vīra; vīra [word]; Vīra.”
[verb noun], accusative, dual
“listen; come to know; hear; hear; listen; study; heed; learn.”
[noun], accusative, dual
“you.”
[verb noun]
“support; help; prefer; prefer; like.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“appeal.”
[verb noun]
“increase; grow; vṛdh; increase; succeed; strengthen; grow up; spread.”
[adverb]
“and; besides; then; now; even.”
[noun], dative, plural
“I; mine.”
[verb], dual, Present imperative
“become; be; originate; transform; happen; result; exist; be born; be; be; come to life; grow; elapse; come to mind; thrive; become; impend; show; conceive; understand; stand; constitute; serve; apply; behave.”
[noun], locative, singular, feminine
“victory; battle.”