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 1.91.7
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
त्वं सो॑म म॒हे भगं॒ त्वं यून॑ ऋताय॒ते । दक्षं॑ दधासि जी॒वसे॑ ॥
त्वं सोम महे भगं त्वं यून ऋतायते । दक्षं दधासि जीवसे ॥
tvaṃ soma mahe bhagaṃ tvaṃ yūna ṛtāyate | dakṣaṃ dadhāsi jīvase ||
English translation:
“You bestow, Soma, upon him who worships, you, whether old or young, wealth, what he may enjoy and live.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): gotamo rāhūgaṇaḥ [gotama rāhūgaṇa];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): somaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): vardhamānā gāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
त्वम् । सो॒म॒ । म॒हे । भग॑म् । त्वम् । यूने॑ । ऋ॒त॒ऽय॒ते । दक्ष॑म् । द॒धा॒सि॒ । जी॒वसे॑ ॥
त्वम् । सोम । महे । भगम् । त्वम् । यूने । ऋतयते । दक्षम् । दधासि । जीवसे ॥
tvam | soma | mahe | bhagam | tvam | yūne | ṛta-yate | dakṣam | dadhāsi | jīvase
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.91.7 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular
“you.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“great; great; distinguished; much(a); adult; long; high.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“Bhaga; vulva; good fortune; vagina; bhaga [word]; sun; well-being; happiness; overlord.”
[noun], nominative, singular
“you.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“young person; yuvan [word]; taruṇabandha; yuvan; yuvan; young buck; young.”
[verb noun], dative, singular
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“Dakṣa; ability; cock; fitness; will; purpose; disposition; cock.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“put; give; cause; get; hold; make; provide; lend; wear; install; have; enter (a state); supply; hold; take; show.”
[verb noun]
“survive; be; exist; live on; dwell.”