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 1.27.9

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

स वाजं॑ वि॒श्वच॑र्षणि॒रर्व॑द्भिरस्तु॒ तरु॑ता । विप्रे॑भिरस्तु॒ सनि॑ता ॥
स वाजं विश्वचर्षणिरर्वद्भिरस्तु तरुता । विप्रेभिरस्तु सनिता ॥
sa vājaṃ viśvacarṣaṇir arvadbhir astu tarutā | viprebhir astu sanitā ||

English translation:

“May he who is worshipped by all men, convey us with horses through the battle; may he, (propitiated) by the priests, be the bestower (of bounties).”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): śunaḥśepa ājīgartiḥ [śunaśepa ājīgarti];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

सः । वाज॑म् । वि॒श्वऽच॑र्षणिः । अर्व॑त्ऽभिः । अ॒स्तु॒ । तरु॑ता । विप्रे॑भिः । अ॒स्तु॒ । सनि॑ता ॥
सः । वाजम् । विश्वचर्षणिः । अर्वत्भिः । अस्तु । तरुता । विप्रेभिः । अस्तु । सनिता ॥
saḥ | vājam | viśva-carṣaṇiḥ | arvat-bhiḥ | astu | tarutā | viprebhiḥ | astu | sanitā

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 1.27.9 English analysis of grammar]

sa < tad

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”

vājaṃ < vājam < vāja

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“prize; Vāja; reward; reward; Ribhus; vigor; strength; contest.”

viśvacarṣaṇir < viśvacarṣaṇiḥ < viśvacarṣaṇi

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

arvadbhir < arvadbhiḥ < arvant

[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine

“horse.”

astu < as

[verb], singular, Present imperative

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

tarutā < tarutṛ

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“tarutṛ [word].”

viprebhir < viprebhiḥ < vipra

[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine

“Brahmin; poet; singer; priest; guru; Vipra.”

astu < as

[verb], singular, Present imperative

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

sanitā < sanitṛ

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“bestowing; victorious.”

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