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 4.55.7
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
दे॒वैर्नो॑ दे॒व्यदि॑ति॒र्नि पा॑तु दे॒वस्त्रा॒ता त्रा॑यता॒मप्र॑युच्छन् । न॒हि मि॒त्रस्य॒ वरु॑णस्य धा॒सिमर्हा॑मसि प्र॒मियं॒ सान्व॒ग्नेः ॥
देवैर्नो देव्यदितिर्नि पातु देवस्त्राता त्रायतामप्रयुच्छन् । नहि मित्रस्य वरुणस्य धासिमर्हामसि प्रमियं सान्वग्नेः ॥
devair no devy aditir ni pātu devas trātā trāyatām aprayucchan | nahi mitrasya varuṇasya dhāsim arhāmasi pramiyaṃ sānv agneḥ ||
English translation:
“May the divine Aditi, with the gods, preserve us; may the ever-attentive protecting (deity, Indra), protect us; we are not able to withhold the elevated (sacrificial) food of Mitra, of Varuṇa, of Agni.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vāmadevo gautamaḥ [vāmadeva gautama];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): viśvedevā:;
Chandas (meter): svarāṭpaṅkti;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
दे॒वैः । नः॒ । दे॒वी । अदि॑तिः । नि । पा॒तु॒ । दे॒वः । त्रा॒ता । त्रा॒य॒ता॒म् । अप्र॑ऽयुच्छन् । न॒हि । मि॒त्रस्य॑ । वरु॑णस्य । धा॒सिम् । अर्हा॑मसि । प्र॒ऽमिय॑म् । सानु॑ । अ॒ग्नेः ॥
देवैः । नः । देवी । अदितिः । नि । पातु । देवः । त्राता । त्रायताम् । अप्रयुच्छन् । नहि । मित्रस्य । वरुणस्य । धासिम् । अर्हामसि । प्रमियम् । सानु । अग्नेः ॥
devaiḥ | naḥ | devī | aditiḥ | ni | pātu | devaḥ | trātā | trāyatām | apra-yucchan | nahi | mitrasya | varuṇasya | dhāsim | arhāmasi | pra-miyam | sānu | agneḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 4.55.7 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[noun], accusative, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“Parvati; queen; goddess; Devi.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“Aditi; aditi [word].”
[adverb]
“back; down.”
[verb], singular, Aorist imperative
“drink; gulp; soak; drink; suck; inhale.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“defender; savior.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“protect; help.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“ceaseless; attentive.”
[adverb]
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“friend; Mitra; mitra [word]; sun; ally.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“Varuna; varuṇa [word]; Crataeva religiosa Forst.; Varuṇa; varuṇādi.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“food.”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“should; may; rate; can; can; equal; necessitate.”
[verb noun]
“destroy.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“tableland; ridge; peak; back; ridge; guru.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”