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 5.41.12
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
शृ॒णोतु॑ न ऊ॒र्जां पति॒र्गिर॒: स नभ॒स्तरी॑याँ इषि॒रः परि॑ज्मा । शृ॒ण्वन्त्वाप॒: पुरो॒ न शु॒भ्राः परि॒ स्रुचो॑ बबृहा॒णस्याद्रे॑: ॥
शृणोतु न ऊर्जां पतिर्गिरः स नभस्तरीयाँ इषिरः परिज्मा । शृण्वन्त्वापः पुरो न शुभ्राः परि स्रुचो बबृहाणस्याद्रेः ॥
śṛṇotu na ūrjām patir giraḥ sa nabhas tarīyām̐ iṣiraḥ parijmā | śṛṇvantv āpaḥ puro na śubhrāḥ pari sruco babṛhāṇasyādreḥ ||
English translation:
“May the lord of vigour, (Vāyu), hear our prayers, he who traverses the firmament, the circumambient; may the waters hear, bright as cities, flowing round the towering mountains.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Bright as cities: puro na śubhrāḥ = purāṇi iva dipta, shining like cities
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): atriḥ [atri];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): viśvedevā:;
Chandas (meter): bhurikpaṅkti ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
शृ॒णोतु॑ । नः॒ । ऊ॒र्जाम् । पतिः॑ । गिरः॑ । सः । नभः॑ । तरी॑यान् । इ॒षि॒रः । परि॑ऽज्मा । शृ॒ण्वन्तु॑ । आपः॑ । पुरः॑ । न । शु॒भ्राः । परि॑ । स्रुचः॑ । ब॒बृ॒हा॒णस्य॑ । अद्रेः॑ ॥
शृणोतु । नः । ऊर्जाम् । पतिः । गिरः । सः । नभः । तरीयान् । इषिरः । परिज्मा । शृण्वन्तु । आपः । पुरः । न । शुभ्राः । परि । स्रुचः । बबृहाणस्य । अद्रेः ॥
śṛṇotu | naḥ | ūrjām | patiḥ | giraḥ | saḥ | nabhaḥ | tarīyān | iṣiraḥ | pari-jmā | śṛṇvantu | āpaḥ | puraḥ | na | śubhrāḥ | pari | srucaḥ | babṛhāṇasya | adreḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 5.41.12 English analysis of grammar]
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“listen; come to know; hear; hear; listen; study; heed; learn.”
[noun], genitive, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], genitive, plural, feminine
“strength; refreshment; vigor; food; strengthening.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“husband; overlord; king; deity; īśvara; ruler; pati [word]; commanding officer; leader; owner; mayor; lord.”
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
“hymn; praise; voice; words; invocation; command; statement; cry; language.”
[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], accusative, singular, neuter
“sky; cloud; ākāśa; air; abhra.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“vigorous; bracing; quick.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“encompassing(a).”
[verb], plural, Present imperative
“listen; come to know; hear; hear; listen; study; heed; learn.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“water; body of water; water; ap [word]; juice; jala.”
[adverb]
“ahead; puras [word]; easterly; eastward; east; earlier.”
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“white; beautiful; attractive; śubhra [word]; light.”
[adverb]
“from; about; around.”
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
“Sruc.”
[verb noun], genitive, singular
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“mountain; rock; seven; stone; adri; grindstone; adri; rock.”