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 5.51.14
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
स्व॒स्ति मि॑त्रावरुणा स्व॒स्ति प॑थ्ये रेवति । स्व॒स्ति न॒ इन्द्र॑श्चा॒ग्निश्च॑ स्व॒स्ति नो॑ अदिते कृधि ॥
स्वस्ति मित्रावरुणा स्वस्ति पथ्ये रेवति । स्वस्ति न इन्द्रश्चाग्निश्च स्वस्ति नो अदिते कृधि ॥
svasti mitrāvaruṇā svasti pathye revati | svasti na indraś cāgniś ca svasti no adite kṛdhi ||
English translation:
“Mitra and Varuṇa, grant us prosperity; path (of the firmament), and goddess of riches, (grant us) prosperity; may Indra and Agni (grant us) prosperity; Aditi, bestow prosperity upon us.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Path of the firmament: pathye, revati are two proper names;
Pathye = goddess presiding over the antarikṣa;
Revati = goddess presiding over riches
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): svastyātreyaḥ [svastyātreya];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): viśvedevā:;
Chandas (meter): anuṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
स्व॒स्ति । मि॒त्रा॒व॒रु॒णा॒ । स्व॒स्ति । प॒थ्ये॒ । रे॒व॒ति॒ । स्व॒स्ति । नः॒ । इन्द्रः॑ । च॒ । अ॒ग्निः । च॒ । स्व॒स्ति । नः॒ । अ॒दि॒ते॒ । कृ॒धि॒ ॥
स्वस्ति । मित्रावरुणा । स्वस्ति । पथ्ये । रेवति । स्वस्ति । नः । इन्द्रः । च । अग्निः । च । स्वस्ति । नः । अदिते । कृधि ॥
svasti | mitrāvaruṇā | svasti | pathye | revati | svasti | naḥ | indraḥ | ca | agniḥ | ca | svasti | naḥ | adite | kṛdhi
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 5.51.14 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“prosperity; well-being; fortune; benediction; svasti [word]; well; luck.”
[noun], vocative, dual, masculine
“Varuna; Mitra.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“prosperity; well-being; fortune; benediction; svasti [word]; well; luck.”
[noun], vocative, singular, feminine
“Terminalia chebula Retz.; path; Pathyā; way.”
[noun], vocative, singular, feminine
“abundant; rich; affluent; brilliant; brilliant.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“prosperity; well-being; fortune; benediction; svasti [word]; well; luck.”
[noun], dative, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[adverb]
“and; besides; then; now; even.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[adverb]
“and; besides; then; now; even.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“prosperity; well-being; fortune; benediction; svasti [word]; well; luck.”
[noun], dative, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], vocative, singular, feminine
“Aditi; aditi [word].”
[verb], singular, Aorist imperative
“make; perform; cause; produce; shape; construct; do; put; fill into; use; fuel; transform; bore; act; write; create; prepare; administer; dig; prepare; treat; take effect; add; trace; put on; process; treat; heed; hire; act; produce; assume; eat; ignite; chop; treat; obey; manufacture; appoint; evacuate; choose; understand; insert; happen; envelop; weigh; observe; practice; lend; bring; duplicate; plant; kṛ; concentrate; mix; knot; join; take; provide; utter; compose.”