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 1.186.10
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
प्रो अ॒श्विना॒वव॑से कृणुध्वं॒ प्र पू॒षणं॒ स्वत॑वसो॒ हि सन्ति॑ । अ॒द्वे॒षो विष्णु॒र्वात॑ ऋभु॒क्षा अच्छा॑ सु॒म्नाय॑ ववृतीय दे॒वान् ॥
प्रो अश्विनाववसे कृणुध्वं प्र पूषणं स्वतवसो हि सन्ति । अद्वेषो विष्णुर्वात ऋभुक्षा अच्छा सुम्नाय ववृतीय देवान् ॥
pro aśvināv avase kṛṇudhvam pra pūṣaṇaṃ svatavaso hi santi | adveṣo viṣṇur vāta ṛbhukṣā acchā sumnāya vavṛtīya devān ||
English translation:
“Propitiate the Aśvins and Pūṣan, for my protection; (propitiate) those (deities), who are of independent powers, as Viṣṇu, devoid of hatred, Vāyu and Ṛbhukṣin, and may I influence the gods to be present for my felicity.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Who are of independent powers: svatavaso hi santi = ye svāyattabalāḥ santi, those who are self-dependent, powerful;
Ṛbhukṣin = Indra
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): agastyo maitrāvaruṇiḥ [agastya maitrāvaruṇi];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): viśvedevā:;
Chandas (meter): svarāṭpaṅkti;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
प्रो इति॑ । अ॒श्विनौ॑ । अव॑से । कृ॒णु॒ध्व॒म् । प्र । पू॒षण॑म् । स्वत॑वसः । हि । सन्ति॑ । अ॒द्वे॒षः । विष्णुः॑ । वातः॑ । ऋ॒भु॒क्षाः । अच्छ॑ । सु॒म्नाय॑ । व॒वृ॒ती॒य॒ । दे॒वान् ॥
प्रो इति । अश्विनौ । अवसे । कृणुध्वम् । प्र । पूषणम् । स्वतवसः । हि । सन्ति । अद्वेषः । विष्णुः । वातः । ऋभुक्षाः । अच्छ । सुम्नाय । ववृतीय । देवान् ॥
pro iti | aśvinau | avase | kṛṇudhvam | pra | pūṣaṇam | svatavasaḥ | hi | santi | adveṣaḥ | viṣṇuḥ | vātaḥ | ṛbhukṣāḥ | accha | sumnāya | vavṛtīya | devān
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.186.10 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“towards; ahead.”
[adverb]
“ukāra; besides; now; indeed; u.”
[noun], accusative, dual, masculine
“Asvins; two.”
[verb noun]
“support; help; prefer; prefer; like.”
[verb], plural, Present 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.”
[adverb]
“towards; ahead.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“Pushan; pūṣan [word]; sun.”
[noun]
“own(a); respective(a); akin(p); sva [word]; individual; present(a); independent.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“strong; energetic.”
[adverb]
“because; indeed; for; therefore; hi [word].”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”
[adverb]
“not; akāra; a [taddhita]; a [word]; a; a.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“hate; dislike.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Vishnu; Krishna; Viṣṇu; Om; Shiva.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“vāta; wind; fart; Vayu; air; draft; vāta [word]; Vāta; rheumatism; Marut.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Indra.”
[adverb]
“towards; accha [prefix].”
[noun], dative, singular, neuter
“favor; benevolence; sumna [word]; entreaty; favor.”
[verb], singular, Perfect optative
“behave; happen; exist; return; dwell; die; roll; continue; act; exist; feed on; issue; move; travel; proceed; turn; situate; drive; account for; begin; do; inhere; revolve.”
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”