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 3.53.18
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
बलं॑ धेहि त॒नूषु॑ नो॒ बल॑मिन्द्रान॒ळुत्सु॑ नः । बलं॑ तो॒काय॒ तन॑याय जी॒वसे॒ त्वं हि ब॑ल॒दा असि॑ ॥
बलं धेहि तनूषु नो बलमिन्द्रानळुत्सु नः । बलं तोकाय तनयाय जीवसे त्वं हि बलदा असि ॥
balaṃ dhehi tanūṣu no balam indrānaḻutsu naḥ | balaṃ tokāya tanayāya jīvase tvaṃ hi baladā asi ||
English translation:
“Give strength, Indra, to our bodies; give strength to our vehicles; (give) strength to our sons and grandsons; that they may live (long); for you are giver of strength.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): gopavana ātreyaḥ saptavadhrirvā [gopavana ātreya saptavadhrirvā];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): rathāṅgāni;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdbṛhatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
बल॑म् । धे॒हि॒ । त॒नूषु॑ । नः॒ । बल॑म् । इ॒न्द्र॒ । अ॒न॒ळुत्ऽसु॑ । नः॒ । बल॑म् । तो॒काय॑ । तन॑याय । जी॒वसे । त्वम् । हि । ब॒ल॒ऽदाः । असि॑ ॥
बलम् । धेहि । तनूषु । नः । बलम् । इन्द्र । अनळुत्सु । नः । बलम् । तोकाय । तनयाय । जीवसे । त्वम् । हि । बलदाः । असि ॥
balam | dhehi | tanūṣu | naḥ | balam | indra | anaḷut-su | naḥ | balam | tokāya | tanayāya | jīvase | tvam | hi | bala-dāḥ | asi
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 3.53.18 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“strength; army; power; force; potency; vigor; Balarama; bala; violence; might; Shiva; bala [word]; myrrh; semen; reflex; bronze; influence; erection; potency; intensity.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“put; give; cause; get; hold; make; provide; lend; wear; install; have; enter (a state); supply; hold; take; show.”
[noun], locative, plural, feminine
“body; self; own(a); person; form.”
[noun], genitive, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“strength; army; power; force; potency; vigor; Balarama; bala; violence; might; Shiva; bala [word]; myrrh; semen; reflex; bronze; influence; erection; potency; intensity.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[noun], locative, plural
“anaḍuh [word]; ox.”
[noun], genitive, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“strength; army; power; force; potency; vigor; Balarama; bala; violence; might; Shiva; bala [word]; myrrh; semen; reflex; bronze; influence; erection; potency; intensity.”
[noun], dative, singular, neuter
“offspring.”
[noun], dative, singular, neuter
“biological.”
[verb noun]
“survive; be; exist; live on; dwell.”
[noun], nominative, singular
“you.”
[adverb]
“because; indeed; for; therefore; hi [word].”
[noun], neuter
“strength; army; power; force; potency; vigor; Balarama; bala; violence; might; Shiva; bala [word]; myrrh; semen; reflex; bronze; influence; erection; potency; intensity.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“giving.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”