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 1.26.7
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
प्रि॒यो नो॑ अस्तु वि॒श्पति॒र्होता॑ म॒न्द्रो वरे॑ण्यः । प्रि॒याः स्व॒ग्नयो॑ व॒यम् ॥
प्रियो नो अस्तु विश्पतिर्होता मन्द्रो वरेण्यः । प्रियाः स्वग्नयो वयम् ॥
priyo no astu viśpatir hotā mandro vareṇyaḥ | priyāḥ svagnayo vayam ||
English translation:
“May the lord of men, the sacrificing priest, the gracious, the chosen, be kind to us; may we, possessed of holy fires, be loved of you.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): śunaḥśepa ājīgartiḥ [śunaśepa ājīgarti];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): virāḍgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
प्रि॒यः । नः॒ । अ॒स्तु॒ । वि॒श्पतिः॑ । होता॑म् । म॒न्द्रः । वरे॑ण्यः । प्रि॒याः । सु॒ऽअ॒ग्नयः॑ । व॒यम् ॥
प्रियः । नः । अस्तु । विश्पतिः । होताम् । मन्द्रः । वरेण्यः । प्रियाः । सुअग्नयः । वयम् ॥
priyaḥ | naḥ | astu | viśpatiḥ | hotām | mandraḥ | vareṇyaḥ | priyāḥ | su-agnayaḥ | vayam
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.26.7 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“beloved; pleasant; dear; fond(p); wanted; priya [word]; favorite; good; liked; suitable; proper.”
[noun], dative, plural
“I; mine.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“overlord; head.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Hotṛ.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“pleasant; eloquent; dulcet.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“excellent; desirable.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“beloved; pleasant; dear; fond(p); wanted; priya [word]; favorite; good; liked; suitable; proper.”
[adverb]
“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[noun], nominative, plural
“I; mine.”