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 5.42.17

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

उ॒रौ दे॑वा अनिबा॒धे स्या॑म ॥
उरौ देवा अनिबाधे स्याम ॥
urau devā anibādhe syāma ||

English translation:

“May we ever, gods, enjoy great and uninterrupted felicity.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): atriḥ [atri];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): viśvedevā:;
Chandas (meter): yājuṣīpaṅkti ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

उ॒रौ । दे॒वाः॒ । अ॒नि॒ऽबा॒धे । स्या॒म॒ ॥
उरौ । देवाः । अनिबाधे । स्याम ॥
urau | devāḥ | ani-bādhe | syāma

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 5.42.17 English analysis of grammar]

urau < uru

[noun], locative, singular, masculine

“wide; broad; great; uru [word]; much(a); excellent.”

devā < devāḥ < deva

[noun], vocative, plural, masculine

“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”

anibādhe < anibādha

[noun], locative, singular, masculine

syāma < as

[verb], plural, Present optative

“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”

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