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 5.51.12

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

स्व॒स्तये॑ वा॒युमुप॑ ब्रवामहै॒ सोमं॑ स्व॒स्ति भुव॑नस्य॒ यस्पति॑: । बृह॒स्पतिं॒ सर्व॑गणं स्व॒स्तये॑ स्व॒स्तय॑ आदि॒त्यासो॑ भवन्तु नः ॥
स्वस्तये वायुमुप ब्रवामहै सोमं स्वस्ति भुवनस्य यस्पतिः । बृहस्पतिं सर्वगणं स्वस्तये स्वस्तय आदित्यासो भवन्तु नः ॥
svastaye vāyum upa bravāmahai somaṃ svasti bhuvanasya yas patiḥ | bṛhaspatiṃ sarvagaṇaṃ svastaye svastaya ādityāso bhavantu naḥ ||

English translation:

“We glorify Vāyu for prosperity, Soma for prosperity, he who is the protector of the world; (we praise) Bṛhaspati (attended by) all the companies (of the deities), for prosperity, and for our prosperity may the Ādityas be ours.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): svastyātreyaḥ [svastyātreya];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): viśvedevā:;
Chandas (meter): triṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

स्व॒स्तये॑ । व॒युम् । उप॑ । ब्र॒वा॒म॒है॒ । सोम॑म् । स्व॒स्ति । भुव॑नस्य । यः । पतिः॑ । बृह॒स्पति॑म् । सर्व॑ऽगणम् । स्व॒स्तये॑ । स्व॒स्तये॑ । आ॒दि॒त्यासः॑ । भ॒व॒न्तु॒ । नः॒ ॥
स्वस्तये । वयुम् । उप । ब्रवामहै । सोमम् । स्वस्ति । भुवनस्य । यः । पतिः । बृहस्पतिम् । सर्वगणम् । स्वस्तये । स्वस्तये । आदित्यासः । भवन्तु । नः ॥
svastaye | vayum | upa | bravāmahai | somam | svasti | bhuvanasya | yaḥ | patiḥ | bṛhaspatim | sarva-gaṇam | svastaye | svastaye | ādityāsaḥ | bhavantu | naḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 5.51.12 English analysis of grammar]

svastaye < svasti

[noun], dative, singular, feminine

“prosperity; well-being; fortune; benediction; svasti [word]; well; luck.”

vāyum < vāyu

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“wind; Vayu; vāta; prāṇa (coll.); air; air; fart; breath; northwest; draft; vāyu [word]; Vāyu; Marut.”

upa

[adverb]

“towards; on; next.”

bravāmahai < brū

[verb], plural, Present conjunctive (subjunctive)

“say; tell; describe; speak; state; answer; call; explain; address; proclaim; talk; talk; choose.”

somaṃ < somam < soma

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”

svasti

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“prosperity; well-being; fortune; benediction; svasti [word]; well; luck.”

bhuvanasya < bhuvana

[noun], genitive, singular, neuter

“Earth; being; world; bhuvana [word].”

yas < yaḥ < yad

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

patiḥ < pati

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“husband; overlord; king; deity; īśvara; ruler; pati [word]; commanding officer; leader; owner; mayor; lord.”

bṛhaspatiṃ < bṛhaspatim < bṛhaspati

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“Brihaspati; Jupiter; Bṛhaspati.”

sarvagaṇaṃ < sarva

[noun]

“all(a); whole; complete; sarva [word]; every(a); each(a); all; entire; sāṃnipātika; manifold; complete; all the(a); different; overall.”

sarvagaṇaṃ < gaṇam < gaṇa

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“group; varga; troop; troop; battalion; flock; herd; gaṇa [word]; corporation; gaṇa; herd; sect; swarm; set; party; gaṇa; series; Ganesa; flight.”

svastaye < svasti

[noun], dative, singular, feminine

“prosperity; well-being; fortune; benediction; svasti [word]; well; luck.”

svastaya < svastaye < svasti

[noun], dative, singular, feminine

“prosperity; well-being; fortune; benediction; svasti [word]; well; luck.”

ādityāso < ādityāsaḥ < āditya

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“sun; Aditya; Surya; āditya [word].”

bhavantu < bhū

[verb], plural, Present imperative

“become; be; originate; transform; happen; result; exist; be born; be; be; come to life; grow; elapse; come to mind; thrive; become; impend; show; conceive; understand; stand; constitute; serve; apply; behave.”

naḥ < mad

[noun], dative, plural

“I; mine.”

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