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 5.65.5
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
व॒यं मि॒त्रस्याव॑सि॒ स्याम॑ स॒प्रथ॑स्तमे । अ॒ने॒हस॒स्त्वोत॑यः स॒त्रा वरु॑णशेषसः ॥
वयं मित्रस्यावसि स्याम सप्रथस्तमे । अनेहसस्त्वोतयः सत्रा वरुणशेषसः ॥
vayam mitrasyāvasi syāma saprathastame | anehasas tvotayaḥ satrā varuṇaśeṣasaḥ ||
English translation:
“May we ever be in the comprehensive guardianship of Mitra, and, free from sin, enjoy, (Mitra), your protection, being at the same time the children of Varuṇa”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Varuṇaśeṣaḥ: śeṣa = apatya, offspring
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): rātahavya ātreyaḥ [rātahavya ātreya];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): mitrāvaruṇau ;
Chandas (meter): bhuriguṣṇik ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
व॒यम् । मि॒त्रस्य॑ । अव॑सि । स्याम॑ । स॒प्रथः॑ऽतमे । अ॒ने॒हसः॑ । त्वाऽऊ॑तयः । स॒त्रा । वरु॑णऽशेषसः ॥
वयम् । मित्रस्य । अवसि । स्याम । सप्रथःतमे । अनेहसः । त्वाऊतयः । सत्रा । वरुणशेषसः ॥
vayam | mitrasya | avasi | syāma | saprathaḥ-tame | anehasaḥ | tvāūtayaḥ | satrā | varuṇa-śeṣasaḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 5.65.5 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“friend; Mitra; mitra [word]; sun; ally.”
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“aid; favor; protection.”
[verb], plural, Present optative
“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“faultless; anehas [word]; incomparable.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
[adverb]
[noun], masculine
“Varuna; varuṇa [word]; Crataeva religiosa Forst.; Varuṇa; varuṇādi.”
[noun], genitive, singular, neuter
“offspring.”