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 5.67.3

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

विश्वे॒ हि वि॒श्ववे॑दसो॒ वरु॑णो मि॒त्रो अ॑र्य॒मा । व्र॒ता प॒देव॑ सश्चिरे॒ पान्ति॒ मर्त्यं॑ रि॒षः ॥
विश्वे हि विश्ववेदसो वरुणो मित्रो अर्यमा । व्रता पदेव सश्चिरे पान्ति मर्त्यं रिषः ॥
viśve hi viśvavedaso varuṇo mitro aryamā | vratā padeva saścire pānti martyaṃ riṣaḥ ||

English translation:

Mitra, Varuṇa, Aryaman, who are possessed of omniscience, are all associated at our rites, as if in (their respective) station, and protect the worshipper from the malignant.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): yajata ātreyaḥ [yajata ātreya];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): mitrāvaruṇau ;
Chandas (meter): virāḍanuṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

विश्वे॑ । हि । वि॒श्वऽवे॑दसः । वरु॑णः । मि॒त्रः । अ॒र्य॒मा । व्र॒ता । प॒दाऽइ॑व । स॒श्चि॒रे॒ । पान्ति॑ । मर्त्य॑म् । रि॒षः ॥
विश्वे । हि । विश्ववेदसः । वरुणः । मित्रः । अर्यमा । व्रता । पदाइव । सश्चिरे । पान्ति । मर्त्यम् । रिषः ॥
viśve | hi | viśva-vedasaḥ | varuṇaḥ | mitraḥ | aryamā | vratā | padāiva | saścire | pānti | martyam | riṣaḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 5.67.3 English analysis of grammar]

viśve < viśva

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”

hi

[adverb]

“because; indeed; for; therefore; hi [word].”

viśvavedaso < viśva

[noun]

“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”

viśvavedaso < vedasaḥ < vedas

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“knowledge.”

varuṇo < varuṇaḥ < varuṇa

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“Varuna; varuṇa [word]; Crataeva religiosa Forst.; Varuṇa; varuṇādi.”

mitro < mitraḥ < mitra

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“friend; Mitra; mitra [word]; sun; ally.”

aryamā < aryaman

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“Aryaman; aryaman [word]; sun.”

vratā < vrata

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“vrata (vote); commandment; law; oath; command; rule; custom; vrata [word]; rule; behavior.”

padeva < padā < pada

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“word; location; foot; footprint; pada [word]; verse; footstep; metrical foot; situation; dwelling; state; step; mark; position; trace; construction; animal foot; way; moment; social station; topographic point; path; residence; site; topic.”

padeva < iva

[adverb]

“like; as it were; somehow; just so.”

saścire < sac

[verb], plural, Perfect indicative

“accompany; follow; company; obey; participate; enter.”

pānti <

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“protect; govern.”

martyaṃ < martyam < martya

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“man; people; martya [word]; Earth.”

riṣaḥ < riṣ

[noun], ablative, singular, feminine

“injury; riṣ; damage.”

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