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 4.31.10
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अ॒स्माँ अ॑वन्तु ते श॒तम॒स्मान्त्स॒हस्र॑मू॒तय॑: । अ॒स्मान्विश्वा॑ अ॒भिष्ट॑यः ॥
अस्माँ अवन्तु ते शतमस्मान्त्सहस्रमूतयः । अस्मान्विश्वा अभिष्टयः ॥
asmām̐ avantu te śatam asmān sahasram ūtayaḥ | asmān viśvā abhiṣṭayaḥ ||
English translation:
“May your hundred, your thousand, protections preserve us; may all (your) desires (be for our defence).”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vāmadevo gautamaḥ [vāmadeva gautama];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अ॒स्मान् । अ॒व॒न्तु॒ । ते॒ । श॒तम् । अ॒स्मान् । स॒हस्र॑म् । ऊ॒तयः॑ । अ॒स्मान् । विश्वाः॑ । अ॒भिष्ट॑यः ॥
अस्मान् । अवन्तु । ते । शतम् । अस्मान् । सहस्रम् । ऊतयः । अस्मान् । विश्वाः । अभिष्टयः ॥
asmān | avantu | te | śatam | asmān | sahasram | ūtayaḥ | asmān | viśvāḥ | abhiṣṭayaḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 4.31.10 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], accusative, plural
“I; mine.”
[verb], plural, Present imperative
“support; help; prefer; prefer; like.”
[noun], genitive, singular
“you.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“hundred; one-hundredth; śata [word].”
[noun], accusative, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“thousand; one-thousandth; sahasra [word].”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“aid; favor; ūti [word].”
[noun], accusative, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“prevalence; protection.”