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 5.46.3

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

इ॒न्द्रा॒ग्नी मि॒त्रावरु॒णादि॑तिं॒ स्व॑: पृथि॒वीं द्यां म॒रुत॒: पर्व॑ताँ अ॒पः । हु॒वे विष्णुं॑ पू॒षणं॒ ब्रह्म॑ण॒स्पतिं॒ भगं॒ नु शंसं॑ सवि॒तार॑मू॒तये॑ ॥
इन्द्राग्नी मित्रावरुणादितिं स्वः पृथिवीं द्यां मरुतः पर्वताँ अपः । हुवे विष्णुं पूषणं ब्रह्मणस्पतिं भगं नु शंसं सवितारमूतये ॥
indrāgnī mitrāvaruṇāditiṃ svaḥ pṛthivīṃ dyām marutaḥ parvatām̐ apaḥ | huve viṣṇum pūṣaṇam brahmaṇas patim bhagaṃ nu śaṃsaṃ savitāram ūtaye ||

English translation:

“I invoke for protection Indra and Agni, Mitra and Varuṇa, Aditi, Svar, Earth, Heaven, the Maruts, the clouds, the waters, Viṣṇu, Pūṣaṇ, Brahmaṇaspati and Savitā.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

Yajus. 33.49;

Svar = a name of Āditya

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): pratikṣatra ātreyaḥ [pratikṣatra ātreya];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): viśvedevā:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛjjagatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

इ॒न्द्रा॒ग्नी इति॑ । मि॒त्रावरु॒णा । अदि॑तिम् । स्वरिति॑ स्वः॑ । पृ॒थि॒वीम् । द्याम् । म॒रुतः॑ । पर्व॑तान् । अ॒पः । हु॒वे । विष्णु॑म् । पू॒षण॑म् । ब्रह्म॑णः । पति॑म् । भग॑म् । नु । शंस॑म् । स॒वि॒तार॑म् । ऊ॒तये॑ ॥
इन्द्राग्नी इति । मित्रावरुणा । अदितिम् । स्वरिति स्वः । पृथिवीम् । द्याम् । मरुतः । पर्वतान् । अपः । हुवे । विष्णुम् । पूषणम् । ब्रह्मणः । पतिम् । भगम् । नु । शंसम् । सवितारम् । ऊतये ॥
indrāgnī iti | mitrāvaruṇā | aditim | svar iti svaḥ | pṛthivīm | dyām | marutaḥ | parvatān | apaḥ | huve | viṣṇum | pūṣaṇam | brahmaṇaḥ | patim | bhagam | nu | śaṃsam | sav itāram | ūtaye

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 5.46.3 English analysis of grammar]

indrāgnī < indra

[noun], masculine

“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”

indrāgnī < agnī < agni

[noun], accusative, dual, masculine

“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”

mitrāvaruṇāditiṃ < mitrāvaruṇā < mitrāvaruṇa

[noun], accusative, dual, masculine

“Varuna; Mitra.”

mitrāvaruṇāditiṃ < aditim < aditi

[noun], accusative, singular, feminine

“Aditi; aditi [word].”

svaḥ < svar

[adverb]

“sun; sky; sunlight.”

pṛthivīṃ < pṛthivīm < pṛthivī

[noun], accusative, singular, feminine

“Earth; pṛthivī; floor; Earth; earth; pṛthivī [word]; land.”

dyām < div

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”

marutaḥ < marut

[noun], accusative, plural, masculine

“Marut; vāta; wind; Vayu.”

parvatāṃ < parvata

[noun], accusative, plural, masculine

“mountain; Parvata; parvata [word]; Parvata; Parvata; rock; height.”

apaḥ < ap

[noun], accusative, plural, feminine

“water; body of water; water; ap [word]; juice; jala.”

huve < hvā

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“raise; call on; call; summon.”

viṣṇum < viṣṇu

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“Vishnu; Krishna; Viṣṇu; Om; Shiva.”

pūṣaṇam < pūṣan

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“Pushan; pūṣan [word]; sun.”

brahmaṇaspatim < brahmaṇaspati

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“Brahmaṇaspati.”

bhagaṃ < bhagam < bhaga

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“Bhaga; vulva; good fortune; vagina; bhaga [word]; sun; well-being; happiness; overlord.”

nu

[adverb]

“now; already.”

śaṃsaṃ < śaṃsam < śaṃsa

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“praise; śaṃs; recitation.”

savitāram < savitṛ

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“Savitar; sun; Surya; Savitṛ.”

ūtaye < ūti

[noun], dative, singular, feminine

“aid; favor; ūti [word].”

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