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 10.85.36

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

गृ॒भ्णामि॑ ते सौभग॒त्वाय॒ हस्तं॒ मया॒ पत्या॑ ज॒रद॑ष्टि॒र्यथास॑: । भगो॑ अर्य॒मा स॑वि॒ता पुरं॑धि॒र्मह्यं॑ त्वादु॒र्गार्ह॑पत्याय दे॒वाः ॥
गृभ्णामि ते सौभगत्वाय हस्तं मया पत्या जरदष्टिर्यथासः । भगो अर्यमा सविता पुरंधिर्मह्यं त्वादुर्गार्हपत्याय देवाः ॥
gṛbhṇāmi te saubhagatvāya hastam mayā patyā jaradaṣṭir yathāsaḥ | bhago aryamā savitā puraṃdhir mahyaṃ tvādur gārhapatyāya devāḥ ||

English translation:

“I take your hand for good fortune, that you may attain old age with me as your husband; the godsBhaga, Aryaman, Savitā, Purandhi have given you to me, that I may be the master of a household.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): sūryā sāvitrī;
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): sūryā ;
Chandas (meter): triṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

गृ॒भ्णामि॑ । ते॒ । सौ॒भ॒ग॒ऽत्वाय॑ । हस्त॑म् । मया॑ । पत्या॑ । ज॒रत्ऽअ॑ष्टिः । यथा॑ । असः॑ । भगः॑ । अ॒र्य॒मा । स॒वि॒ता । पुर॑म्ऽधिः । मह्य॑म् । त्वा॒ । अ॒दुः॒ । गार्ह॑ऽपत्याय । दे॒वाः ॥
गृभ्णामि । ते । सौभगत्वाय । हस्तम् । मया । पत्या । जरत्अष्टिः । यथा । असः । भगः । अर्यमा । सविता । पुरम्धिः । मह्यम् । त्वा । अदुः । गार्हपत्याय । देवाः ॥
gṛbhṇāmi | te | saubhaga-tvāya | hastam | mayā | patyā | jarat-aṣṭiḥ | yathā | asaḥ | bhagaḥ | aryamā | savitā | puram-dhiḥ | mahyam | tvā | aduḥ | gārha-patyāya | devāḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 10.85.36 English analysis of grammar]

gṛbhṇāmi < grah

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“take; grasp; take out; extract; perceive; pick; assume; include; accept; understand; use; learn; possess; keep; choose; accept; afflict; suck; paralyze; mention; mistake; eat; wear; embrace; fill into; capture; eclipse; get; collect; hand down; marry; heed; touch.”

te < tvad

[noun], genitive, singular

“you.”

saubhagatvāya < saubhaga

[noun]

saubhagatvāya < tvāya < tva

[noun], dative, singular, neuter

“state; quality; cause; reason.”

hastam < hasta

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“hand; hand; proboscis; hasta [word]; autograph.”

mayā < mad

[noun], instrumental, singular

“I; mine.”

patyā < pati

[noun], instrumental, singular

“husband; overlord; king; deity; īśvara; ruler; pati [word]; commanding officer; leader; owner; mayor; lord.”

jaradaṣṭir < jaradaṣṭiḥ < jaradaṣṭi

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“aged; old; durable.”

yathāsaḥ < yathā

[adverb]

“equally; as; so that; like; how; yathā [word]; that; wherein.”

yathāsaḥ < asaḥ < as

[verb], singular, Present conjunctive (subjunctive)

“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”

bhago < bhagaḥ < bhaga

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“Bhaga; vulva; good fortune; vagina; bhaga [word]; sun; well-being; happiness; overlord.”

aryamā < aryaman

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“Aryaman; aryaman [word]; sun.”

savitā < savitṛ

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“Savitar; sun; Surya; Savitṛ.”

purandhir < purandhiḥ < purandhi

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

mahyaṃ < mahyam < mad

[noun], dative, singular

“I; mine.”

tvādur < tvā < tvad

[noun], accusative, singular

“you.”

tvādur < aduḥ <

[verb], plural, Root aorist (Ind.)

“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.”

gārhapatyāya < gārhapatya

[noun], dative, singular, neuter

devāḥ < deva

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

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

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