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 1.39.7
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
आ वो॑ म॒क्षू तना॑य॒ कं रुद्रा॒ अवो॑ वृणीमहे । गन्ता॑ नू॒नं नोऽव॑सा॒ यथा॑ पु॒रेत्था कण्वा॑य बि॒भ्युषे॑ ॥
आ वो मक्षू तनाय कं रुद्रा अवो वृणीमहे । गन्ता नूनं नोऽवसा यथा पुरेत्था कण्वाय बिभ्युषे ॥
ā vo makṣū tanāya kaṃ rudrā avo vṛṇīmahe | gantā nūnaṃ no 'vasā yathā puretthā kaṇvāya bibhyuṣe ||
English translation:
“Rudras, we have recourse to your assistance for the sake of our progeny; come quickly to the timid Kaṇva, as you formerly came, for our protection.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): kaṇvo ghauraḥ [kaṇva ghaura];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): marūtaḥ;
Chandas (meter): upariṣṭādvirāḍ bṛhatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
आ । वः॒ । म॒क्षु । तना॑य । कम् । रुद्राः॑ । अवः॑ । वृ॒णी॒म॒हे॒ । गन्त॑ । नू॒नम् । नः॒ । अव॑स् ॒यथा॑ । पु॒रा । इ॒त्था । कण्वा॑य । बि॒भ्युषे॑ ॥
आ । वः । मक्षु । तनाय । कम् । रुद्राः । अवः । वृणीमहे । गन्त । नूनम् । नः । अवस् यथा । पुरा । इत्था । कण्वाय । बिभ्युषे ॥
ā | vaḥ | makṣu | tanāya | kam | rudrāḥ | avaḥ | vṛṇīmahe | ganta | nūnam | naḥ | avas yathā | purā | itthā | kaṇvāya | bibhyuṣe
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.39.7 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[noun], genitive, plural
“you.”
[adverb]
“promptly; soon; quickly.”
[noun], dative, singular, neuter
[adverb]
“kaṃ [word].”
[noun], vocative, plural, masculine
“Shiva; Rudra; eleven; rudra [word]; eleventh.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“aid; favor; protection.”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“choose; ask.”
[verb], plural, Aorist imperative
“go; situate; enter (a state); travel; disappear; [in]; elapse; leave; reach; vanish; love; walk; approach; issue; hop on; gasify; get; come; die; drain; spread; transform; happen; discharge; ride; to be located; run; detect; refer; go; shall; drive.”
[adverb]
“now; surely; immediately; just.”
[noun], genitive, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter
“aid; favor; protection.”
[adverb]
“equally; as; so that; like; how; yathā [word]; that; wherein.”
[adverb]
“once; earlier; first; purā [indecl.].”
[adverb]
“thus; here.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“Kaṇva; Kaṇva; kaṇva [word].”
[verb noun], dative, singular
“fear; fear.”