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 2.11.21
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
नू॒नं सा ते॒ प्रति॒ वरं॑ जरि॒त्रे दु॑ही॒यदि॑न्द्र॒ दक्षि॑णा म॒घोनी॑ । शिक्षा॑ स्तो॒तृभ्यो॒ माति॑ ध॒ग्भगो॑ नो बृ॒हद्व॑देम वि॒दथे॑ सु॒वीरा॑: ॥
नूनं सा ते प्रति वरं जरित्रे दुहीयदिन्द्र दक्षिणा मघोनी । शिक्षा स्तोतृभ्यो माति धग्भगो नो बृहद्वदेम विदथे सुवीराः ॥
nūnaṃ sā te prati varaṃ jaritre duhīyad indra dakṣiṇā maghonī | śikṣā stotṛbhyo māti dhag bhago no bṛhad vadema vidathe suvīrāḥ ||
English translation:
“That opulent donation, which proceeds, Indra, from you, assuredly bestows upon him who praises you the boon (which he desires); grant it to us, your prisers; do not you, who are the object of adoration, disregard (our prayer); so that, blessed with worthy descendants, we may glorify you at this sacrifice.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Do not you who are: māti dhag bhago no = bhajantyastvam asmākam kāmān mā dhākṣīḥ, you who are adorable, consumenot our desires; bhago no astu = may fortune be to us (Nirukta 1.7)
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): gṛtsamadaḥ śaunakaḥ [gṛtsamada śaunaka];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): triṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
नू॒नम् । सा । ते॒ । प्रति॑ । वर॑म् । जरि॒त्रे । दु॒ही॒यत् । इ॒न्द्र॒ । दक्षि॑णा । म॒घोनी॑ । शिक्ष॑ । स्तो॒तृऽभ्यः॑ । मा । अति॑ । ध॒क् । भगः॑ । नः॒ । बृ॒हत् । व॒दे॒म॒ । वि॒दथे॑ । सु॒ऽवीराः॑ ॥
नूनम् । सा । ते । प्रति । वरम् । जरित्रे । दुहीयत् । इन्द्र । दक्षिणा । मघोनी । शिक्ष । स्तोतृभ्यः । मा । अति । धक् । भगः । नः । बृहत् । वदेम । विदथे । सुवीराः ॥
nūnam | sā | te | prati | varam | jaritre | duhīyat | indra | dakṣiṇā | maghonī | śikṣa | stotṛ-bhyaḥ | mā | ati | dhak | bhagaḥ | naḥ | bṛhat | vadema | vidathe | su-vīrāḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 2.11.21 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“now; surely; immediately; just.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[noun], genitive, singular
“you.”
[adverb]
“towards; per; regarding; respectively; according to; until.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“gift; favor; wish; privilege; varac; wages.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“singer.”
[verb], singular, Present optative
“milk.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“Dakṣiṇā; south; dakṣiṇā [word]; gift; South.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“big.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“help; give.”
[noun], dative, plural, masculine
“laudatory; worshiping.”
[adverb]
“not.”
[adverb]
“very; excessively; beyond; excessively.”
[verb], singular, Aorist inj. (proh.)
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Bhaga; vulva; good fortune; vagina; bhaga [word]; sun; well-being; happiness; overlord.”
[noun], accusative, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“large; great; loud; high; much(a); exalted; abundant; intensive; strong; huge.”
[verb], plural, Present optative
“describe; teach; speak; tell; say; call; name; enumerate; declare; diagnose; address; say; pronounce; express; instruct; order.”
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“meeting; wisdom; council.”
[adverb]
“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“hero; man; Vīra; vīra; vīra [word]; Vīra.”