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 1.186.2

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

आ नो॒ विश्व॒ आस्क्रा॑ गमन्तु दे॒वा मि॒त्रो अ॑र्य॒मा वरु॑णः स॒जोषा॑: । भुव॒न्यथा॑ नो॒ विश्वे॑ वृ॒धास॒: कर॑न्त्सु॒षाहा॑ विथु॒रं न शव॑: ॥
आ नो विश्व आस्क्रा गमन्तु देवा मित्रो अर्यमा वरुणः सजोषाः । भुवन्यथा नो विश्वे वृधासः करन्त्सुषाहा विथुरं न शवः ॥
ā no viśva āskrā gamantu devā mitro aryamā varuṇaḥ sajoṣāḥ | bhuvan yathā no viśve vṛdhāsaḥ karan suṣāhā vithuraṃ na śavaḥ ||

English translation:

“May all the triumphant gods, Mitra, Aryaman, Varuṇa equally well plural ased, come (to our rite); may they all be propitious to us; may they not leave us in want of food, after overcoming (our foes).”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): agastyo maitrāvaruṇiḥ [agastya maitrāvaruṇi];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): viśvedevā:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

आ । नः॒ । विश्वे॑ । आस्क्राः॑ । ग॒म॒न्तु॒ । दे॒वाः । मि॒त्रः । अ॒र्य॒मा । वरु॑णः । स॒ऽजोषाः॑ । भुव॑न् । यथा॑ । नः॒ । विश्वे॑ । वृ॒धासः॑ । कर॑न् । सु॒ऽसहा॑ । वि॒थु॒रम् । न । शवः॑ ॥
आ । नः । विश्वे । आस्क्राः । गमन्तु । देवाः । मित्रः । अर्यमा । वरुणः । सजोषाः । भुवन् । यथा । नः । विश्वे । वृधासः । करन् । सुसहा । विथुरम् । न । शवः ॥
ā | naḥ | viśve | āskrāḥ | gamantu | devāḥ | mitraḥ | aryamā | varuṇaḥ | sa-joṣāḥ | bhuvan | yathā | naḥ | viśve | vṛdhāsaḥ | karan | su-sahā | vithuram | na | śavaḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 1.186.2 English analysis of grammar]

ā

[adverb]

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

no < naḥ < mad

[noun], accusative, plural

“I; mine.”

viśva < viśve < viśva

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”

āskrā < āskrāḥ < āskra

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

gamantu < gam

[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.”

devā < devāḥ < deva

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”

mitro < mitraḥ < mitra

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“friend; Mitra; mitra [word]; sun; ally.”

aryamā < aryaman

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“Aryaman; aryaman [word]; sun.”

varuṇaḥ < varuṇa

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“Varuna; varuṇa [word]; Crataeva religiosa Forst.; Varuṇa; varuṇādi.”

sajoṣāḥ < sajoṣas

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“consentaneous; combined; associated; united.”

bhuvan < bhū

[verb], plural, Aorist conj./subj.

“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.”

yathā

[adverb]

“equally; as; so that; like; how; yathā [word]; that; wherein.”

no < naḥ < mad

[noun], genitive, plural

“I; mine.”

viśve < viśva

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”

vṛdhāsaḥ < vṛdha

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“increasing; promotive.”

karan < kṛ

[verb], plural, Aorist conj./subj.

“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.”

suṣāhā < _ < √_

[?]

“_”

vithuraṃ < vithuram < vithura

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“weak.”

na

[adverb]

“not; like; no; na [word].”

śavaḥ < śavas

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“strength; power; superiority.”

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