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 4.53.6
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
बृ॒हत्सु॑म्नः प्रसवी॒ता नि॒वेश॑नो॒ जग॑तः स्था॒तुरु॒भय॑स्य॒ यो व॒शी । स नो॑ दे॒वः स॑वि॒ता शर्म॑ यच्छत्व॒स्मे क्षया॑य त्रि॒वरू॑थ॒मंह॑सः ॥
बृहत्सुम्नः प्रसवीता निवेशनो जगतः स्थातुरुभयस्य यो वशी । स नो देवः सविता शर्म यच्छत्वस्मे क्षयाय त्रिवरूथमंहसः ॥
bṛhatsumnaḥ prasavītā niveśano jagataḥ sthātur ubhayasya yo vaśī | sa no devaḥ savitā śarma yacchatv asme kṣayāya trivarūtham aṃhasaḥ ||
English translation:
“May that divine Savitā, who is the source of great happiness, the engenderer (of good works), the comprehender (of all beings), the regulator of both the moveable and the stationary, grant us happiness in the three worlds, and (be) to us for the destruction of sin.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vāmadevo gautamaḥ [vāmadeva gautama];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): savitā ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛjjagatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
बृ॒हत्ऽसु॑म्नः । प्र॒ऽस॒वि॒ता । नि॒ऽवेश॑नः । जग॑तः । स्था॒तुः । उ॒भय॑स्य । यः । व॒शी । सः । नः॒ । दे॒वः । स॒वि॒ता । शर्म॑ । य॒च्छ॒तु॒ । अ॒स्मे इति॑ । क्षया॑य । त्रि॒ऽवरू॑थम् । अंह॑सः ॥
बृहत्सुम्नः । प्रसविता । निवेशनः । जगतः । स्थातुः । उभयस्य । यः । वशी । सः । नः । देवः । सविता । शर्म । यच्छतु । अस्मे इति । क्षयाय । त्रिवरूथम् । अंहसः ॥
bṛhat-sumnaḥ | pra-savitā | ni-veśanaḥ | jagataḥ | sthātuḥ | ubhayasya | yaḥ | vaśī | saḥ | naḥ | devaḥ | savitā | śarma | yacchatu | asme iti | kṣayāya | tri-varūtham | aṃhasaḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 4.53.6 English analysis of grammar]
[noun]
“large; great; loud; high; much(a); exalted; abundant; intensive; strong; huge.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“favor; benevolence; sumna [word]; entreaty; favor.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“movable; Jagatī; moving.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“both(a).”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“powerful; controlling; regnant; authoritative.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[noun], dative, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Savitar; sun; Surya; Savitṛ.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“protection; protective covering; refuge; joy.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“concentrate; grant; restrain; cause; control; offer; cover; raise.”
[noun], dative, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“dwelling; house; kṣaya [word]; home; family.”
[noun]
“three; tri/tisṛ [word].”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“defense; protective covering.”
[noun], ablative, singular, neuter
“trouble; sin.”