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 5.71.2

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

विश्व॑स्य॒ हि प्र॑चेतसा॒ वरु॑ण॒ मित्र॒ राज॑थः । ई॒शा॒ना पि॑प्यतं॒ धिय॑: ॥
विश्वस्य हि प्रचेतसा वरुण मित्र राजथः । ईशाना पिप्यतं धियः ॥
viśvasya hi pracetasā varuṇa mitra rājathaḥ | īśānā pipyataṃ dhiyaḥ ||

English translation:

“Sagacious Mitra and Varuṇa, you reign over all bestow fullness, lords, upon our ancient rites.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

विश्व॑स्य । हि । प्र॒ऽचे॒त॒सा॒ । वरु॑ण । मित्र॑ । राज॑थः । ई॒शा॒ना । पि॒प्य॒त॒म् । धियः॑ ॥
विश्वस्य । हि । प्रचेतसा । वरुण । मित्र । राजथः । ईशाना । पिप्यतम् । धियः ॥
viśvasya | hi | pra-cetasā | varuṇa | mitra | rājathaḥ | īśānā | pipyatam | dhiyaḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 5.71.2 English analysis of grammar]

viśvasya < viśva

[noun], genitive, singular, neuter

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

hi

[adverb]

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

pracetasā < pracetas

[noun], vocative, dual, masculine

“intelligent; mindful; attentive; wise; apt; observant.”

varuṇa

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

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

mitra

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

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

rājathaḥ < rāj

[verb], dual, Present indikative

“govern; shine; glitter; direct.”

īśānā < īś

[verb noun], nominative, dual

“govern; command; master; dominate; can; reign; control; own.”

pipyataṃ < pipyatam < pyā

[verb], dual, Perfect imperative

“swell; abound; swell.”

dhiyaḥ < dhī

[noun], accusative, plural, feminine

“intelligence; prayer; mind; insight; idea; hymn; purpose; art; knowledge.”

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