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 1.91.12
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
ग॒य॒स्फानो॑ अमीव॒हा व॑सु॒वित्पु॑ष्टि॒वर्ध॑नः । सु॒मि॒त्रः सो॑म नो भव ॥
गयस्फानो अमीवहा वसुवित्पुष्टिवर्धनः । सुमित्रः सोम नो भव ॥
gayasphāno amīvahā vasuvit puṣṭivardhanaḥ | sumitraḥ soma no bhava ||
English translation:
“Be unto us, Soma, the bestower of wealth, the remover of disease, the cognizant of riches, the augmenter of nutriment, an excellent friend.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): gotamo rāhūgaṇaḥ [gotama rāhūgaṇa];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): somaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
ग॒य॒ऽस्फानः॑ । अ॒मी॒व॒ऽहा । व॒सु॒ऽवित् । पु॒ष्टि॒ऽवर्ध॑नः । सु॒ऽमि॒त्रः । सो॒म॒ । नः॒ । भ॒व॒ ॥
गयस्फानः । अमीवहा । वसुवित् । पुष्टिवर्धनः । सुमित्रः । सोम । नः । भव ॥
gaya-sphānaḥ | amīva-hā | vasu-vit | puṣṭi-vardhanaḥ | su-mitraḥ | soma | naḥ | bhava
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.91.12 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
[noun], neuter
“disease.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“killing; curative; destroying; removing; māraka; stabbing.”
[noun], neuter
“wealth; property; gold; vasu [word]; ruby; treasure; jewel.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“finding.”
[noun], feminine
“prosperity; growth; increase; puṣṭi; luxury; wealth; comfort; increase; corpulence.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“increasing; fortifying; promotive; prolonging.”
[adverb]
“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“friend; Mitra; mitra [word]; sun; ally.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”
[noun], dative, plural
“I; mine.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“become; be; originate; transform; happen; result; exist; be born; be; be; come to life; grow; elapse; come to mind; thrive; become; impend; show; conceive; understand; stand; constitute; serve; apply; behave.”