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 5.41.11
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
क॒था म॒हे रु॒द्रिया॑य ब्रवाम॒ कद्रा॒ये चि॑कि॒तुषे॒ भगा॑य । आप॒ ओष॑धीरु॒त नो॑ऽवन्तु॒ द्यौर्वना॑ गि॒रयो॑ वृ॒क्षके॑शाः ॥
कथा महे रुद्रियाय ब्रवाम कद्राये चिकितुषे भगाय । आप ओषधीरुत नोऽवन्तु द्यौर्वना गिरयो वृक्षकेशाः ॥
kathā mahe rudriyāya bravāma kad rāye cikituṣe bhagāya | āpa oṣadhīr uta no 'vantu dyaur vanā girayo vṛkṣakeśāḥ ||
English translation:
“Howcan we offer (fit praise) to the mighty posterity of Rudra, or to the all-knowing Bhaga, for (the sake of obtaining) riches; may the waters, may the plural nts, protect us, and the heaven, the woods, and the mountains, whose tresses are trees.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): atriḥ [atri];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): viśvedevā:;
Chandas (meter): bhurikpaṅkti ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
क॒था । म॒हे । रु॒द्रिया॑य । ब्र॒वा॒म॒ । कत् । रा॒ये । चि॒कि॒तुषे॑ । भगा॑य । आपः॑ । ओष॑धीः । उ॒त । नः॒ । अ॒व॒न्तु॒ । द्यौः । वना॑ । गि॒रयः॑ । वृ॒क्षऽके॑शाः ॥
कथा । महे । रुद्रियाय । ब्रवाम । कत् । राये । चिकितुषे । भगाय । आपः । ओषधीः । उत । नः । अवन्तु । द्यौः । वना । गिरयः । वृक्षकेशाः ॥
kathā | mahe | rudriyāya | bravāma | kat | rāye | cikituṣe | bhagāya | āpaḥ | oṣadhīḥ | uta | naḥ | avantu | dyauḥ | vanā | girayaḥ | vṛkṣa-keśāḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 5.41.11 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“how.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“great; great; distinguished; much(a); adult; long; high.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“Marut.”
[verb], plural, Present conjunctive (subjunctive)
“say; tell; describe; speak; state; answer; call; explain; address; proclaim; talk; talk; choose.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“what; who; ka [pronoun].”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“wealth; possession; rai [word]; gold.”
[verb noun], dative, singular
“notice; observe; attend to; intend.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“Bhaga; vulva; good fortune; vagina; bhaga [word]; sun; well-being; happiness; overlord.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“water; body of water; water; ap [word]; juice; jala.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“herb; plant; drug; herb.”
[adverb]
“and; besides; uta [indecl.]; similarly; alike; even.”
[noun], accusative, plural
“I; mine.”
[verb], plural, Present imperative
“support; help; prefer; prefer; like.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”
[noun], nominative, plural, neuter
“forest; wood; tree; grove; vana [word]; forest; brush.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“mountain; adri; rock; giri [word]; hill; śilājatu.”
[noun], masculine
“tree; fruit tree.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“mane; hair; keśa [word].”