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 1.17.3
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अ॒नु॒का॒मं त॑र्पयेथा॒मिन्द्रा॑वरुण रा॒य आ । ता वां॒ नेदि॑ष्ठमीमहे ॥
अनुकामं तर्पयेथामिन्द्रावरुण राय आ । ता वां नेदिष्ठमीमहे ॥
anukāmaṃ tarpayethām indrāvaruṇa rāya ā | tā vāṃ nediṣṭham īmahe ||
English translation:
“Satisfy us with wealth, Indra and Varuṇa, according to our desires; we desire you ever near us.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): medhātithiḥ kāṇvaḥ [medhātithi kāṇva];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indrāvaruṇau ;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अ॒नु॒ऽका॒मम् । त॒र्प॒ये॒था॒म् । इन्द्रा॑वरुणा । रा॒यः । आ । ता । वा॒म् । नेदि॑ष्ठम् । ई॒म॒हे॒ ॥
अनुकामम् । तर्पयेथाम् । इन्द्रावरुणा । रायः । आ । ता । वाम् । नेदिष्ठम् । ईमहे ॥
anukāmam | tarpayethām | indrāvaruṇā | rāyaḥ | ā | tā | vām | nediṣṭham | īmahe
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.17.3 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
[verb], dual, Present imperative
“nourish; offer; nutrify; satisfy; gladden; replenish; fill.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Varuna; Indra.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“wealth; possession; rai [word]; gold.”
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[noun], accusative, dual, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[noun], accusative, dual
“you.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“following.”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“beg; solicit.”
