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 1.55.7

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

दा॒नाय॒ मन॑: सोमपावन्नस्तु ते॒ऽर्वाञ्चा॒ हरी॑ वन्दनश्रु॒दा कृ॑धि । यमि॑ष्ठास॒: सार॑थयो॒ य इ॑न्द्र ते॒ न त्वा॒ केता॒ आ द॑भ्नुवन्ति॒ भूर्ण॑यः ॥
दानाय मनः सोमपावन्नस्तु तेऽर्वाञ्चा हरी वन्दनश्रुदा कृधि । यमिष्ठासः सारथयो य इन्द्र ते न त्वा केता आ दभ्नुवन्ति भूर्णयः ॥
dānāya manaḥ somapāvann astu te 'rvāñcā harī vandanaśrud ā kṛdhi | yamiṣṭhāsaḥ sārathayo ya indra te na tvā ketā ā dabhnuvanti bhūrṇayaḥ ||

English translation:

“Drinker of Soma, may your mind incline to grant our desires; hearer of praises, let your coursers be present (at our sacrifice); your charioteers are skillful in restraining (your steeds); nor, Indra, can crafty (enemies) bearing arms prevail against you.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): savya āṅgirasaḥ [savya āṅgirasa];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛjjagatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

दा॒नाय॑ । मनः॑ । सो॒म॒ऽपा॒व॒न् । अ॒स्तु॒ । ते॒ । अ॒र्वाञ्चा॑ । हरी॒ इति॑ । व॒न्द॒न॒ऽश्रु॒त् । आ । कृ॒धि॒ । यमि॑ष्ठासः । सार॑थयः । ये । इ॒न्द्र्च । ते॒ । न । त्वा॒ । केताः॑ । आ । द॒भ्नु॒व॒न्ति॒ । भूर्ण॑यः ॥
दानाय । मनः । सोमपावन् । अस्तु । ते । अर्वाञ्चा । हरी इति । वन्दनश्रुत् । आ । कृधि । यमिष्ठासः । सारथयः । ये । इन्द्र्च । ते । न । त्वा । केताः । आ । दभ्नुवन्ति । भूर्णयः ॥
dānāya | manaḥ | soma-pāvan | astu | te | arvāñcā | harī iti | vandana-śrut | ā | kṛdhi | yamiṣṭhāsaḥ | sārathayaḥ | ye | indrca | te | na | tvā | ketāḥ | ā | dabhnuvanti | bhūrṇayaḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 1.55.7 English analysis of grammar]

dānāya < dāna

[noun], dative, singular, neuter

“giving; gift; bribery; performance; addition; yajña; fueling; teaching.”

manaḥ < manas

[noun], nominative, singular, neuter

“mind; Manas; purpose; idea; attention; heart; decision; manas [word]; manas [indecl.]; spirit; temper; intelligence.”

somapāvann < soma

[noun], masculine

“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”

somapāvann < pāvan

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“drinking.”

astu < as

[verb], singular, Present imperative

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

te < tvad

[noun], genitive, singular

“you.”

'rvāñcā < arvāñcā < arvāñc

[noun], accusative, dual, masculine

“approaching; facing; less.”

harī < hari

[noun], accusative, dual, masculine

“Vishnu; monkey; Krishna; horse; lion; Indra; Hari; Surya; Hari; haritāla; Hari; snake; frog.”

vandanaśrud < vandana

[noun], neuter

“worship; skin disease.”

vandanaśrud < śrut

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“listening.”

ā

[adverb]

“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”

kṛdhi < kṛ

[verb], singular, Aorist imperative

“make; perform; cause; produce; shape; construct; do; put; fill into; use; fuel; transform; bore; act; write; create; prepare; administer; dig; prepare; treat; take effect; add; trace; put on; process; treat; heed; hire; act; produce; assume; eat; ignite; chop; treat; obey; manufacture; appoint; evacuate; choose; understand; insert; happen; envelop; weigh; observe; practice; lend; bring; duplicate; plant; kṛ; concentrate; mix; knot; join; take; provide; utter; compose.”

yamiṣṭhāsaḥ < yamiṣṭha

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

sārathayo < sārathayaḥ < sārathi

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“charioteer; sārathi [word].”

ya < ye < yad

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

indra

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”

te < tvad

[noun], genitive, singular

“you.”

na

[adverb]

“not; like; no; na [word].”

tvā < tvad

[noun], accusative, singular

“you.”

ketā < ketāḥ < keta

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“wish; will; purpose; expectation; house.”

ā

[adverb]

“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”

dabhnuvanti < dabh

[verb], plural, Present indikative

bhūrṇayaḥ < bhūrṇi

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“impatient; restless.”

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