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 5.64.1
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
वरु॑णं वो रि॒शाद॑समृ॒चा मि॒त्रं ह॑वामहे । परि॑ व्र॒जेव॑ बा॒ह्वोर्ज॑ग॒न्वांसा॒ स्व॑र्णरम् ॥
वरुणं वो रिशादसमृचा मित्रं हवामहे । परि व्रजेव बाह्वोर्जगन्वांसा स्वर्णरम् ॥
varuṇaṃ vo riśādasam ṛcā mitraṃ havāmahe | pari vrajeva bāhvor jaganvāṃsā svarṇaram ||
English translation:
“We invoke you, Mitra and Varuṇa, with this hymn; each the discomfiter of foes, the conductor to heaven, like (two herdsmen) driving, by (the strength of their) arms, the herds of cattle before them.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): arcanānā ātreyaḥ [arcanānā ātreya];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): mitrāvaruṇau ;
Chandas (meter): virāḍanuṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
वरु॑णम् । वः॒ । रि॒शाद॑सम् । ऋ॒चा । मि॒त्रम् । ह॒वा॒म॒हे॒ । परि॑ । व्र॒जा॑ऽइ॑व । बा॒ह्वोः । ज॒ग॒न्वांसा॑ । स्वः॑ऽनरम् ॥
वरुणम् । वः । रिशादसम् । ऋचा । मित्रम् । हवामहे । परि । व्रजाइव । बाह्वोः । जगन्वांसा । स्वःनरम् ॥
varuṇam | vaḥ | riśādasam | ṛcā | mitram | havāmahe | pari | vrajāiva | bāhvoḥ | jaganvāṃsā | svaḥ-naram
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 5.64.1 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“Varuna; varuṇa [word]; Crataeva religiosa Forst.; Varuṇa; varuṇādi.”
[noun], dative, plural
“you.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“superior; superior; proud.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine
“Rig-Veda; Mantra; verse; ṛc [word]; ṛc.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“friend; Mitra; mitra [word]; sun; ally.”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“raise; call on; call; summon.”
[adverb]
“from; about; around.”
[noun], nominative, dual, masculine
“cow pen; Vraja; battalion; Vraja; Vraja; vraja [word]; vraj; herd; flock; group.”
[adverb]
“like; as it were; somehow; just so.”
[noun], genitive, dual, masculine
“arm; bāhu [word]; elbow; forefoot.”
[verb noun], nominative, dual
“go; situate; enter (a state); travel; disappear; [in]; elapse; leave; reach; vanish; love; walk; approach; issue; hop on; gasify; get; come; die; drain; spread; transform; happen; discharge; ride; to be located; run; detect; refer; go; shall; drive.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine