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 5.82.4

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अ॒द्या नो॑ देव सवितः प्र॒जाव॑त्सावी॒: सौभ॑गम् । परा॑ दु॒ष्ष्वप्न्यं॑ सुव ॥
अद्या नो देव सवितः प्रजावत्सावीः सौभगम् । परा दुष्ष्वप्न्यं सुव ॥
adyā no deva savitaḥ prajāvat sāvīḥ saubhagam | parā duṣṣvapnyaṃ suva ||

English translation:

“Grant us today, divine Savitā affluence with progeny, and drive away evil dreams.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

Para duhṣvapnyam suva: duhṣvapnyam = dāridryam, poverty

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): śyāvāśva ātreyaḥ [śyāvāśva ātreya];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): savitā ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अ॒द्य । नः॒ । दे॒व॒ । स॒वि॒त॒रिति॑ । प्र॒जाऽव॑त् । सा॒वीः॒ । सौभ॑गम् । परा॑ । दुः॒ऽस्वप्न्य॑म् । सु॒व॒ ॥
अद्य । नः । देव । सवितरिति । प्रजावत् । सावीः । सौभगम् । परा । दुःस्वप्न्यम् । सुव ॥
adya | naḥ | deva | savitariti | prajāvat | sāvīḥ | saubhagam | parā | duḥ-svapnyam | suva

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 5.82.4 English analysis of grammar]

adyā < adya

[adverb]

“now; today; then; nowadays; adya [word].”

no < naḥ < mad

[noun], dative, plural

“I; mine.”

deva

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”

savitaḥ < savitar < savitṛ

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“Savitar; sun; Surya; Savitṛ.”

prajāvat

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“prolific.”

sāvīḥ <

[verb], singular, Aorist inj. (proh.)

“give birth; urge; bestow; cause.”

saubhagam < saubhaga

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“well-being.”

parā

[adverb]

“away.”

duṣṣvapnyaṃ < duṣṣvapnyam < duḥṣvapnya

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“nightmare.”

suva <

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“give birth; urge; bestow; cause.”

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