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 5.82.5

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

विश्वा॑नि देव सवितर्दुरि॒तानि॒ परा॑ सुव । यद्भ॒द्रं तन्न॒ आ सु॑व ॥
विश्वानि देव सवितर्दुरितानि परा सुव । यद्भद्रं तन्न आ सुव ॥
viśvāni deva savitar duritāni parā suva | yad bhadraṃ tan na ā suva ||

English translation:

“Remove from us, divine Savitā, all misfortunes; bestow upon us that which is good,”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

Bhadram = progeny, cattle, dwelling, prajā vai bhadram, pasa'vo bhadram, gṛham bhadram iti

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

विश्वा॑नि । दे॒व॒ । स॒वि॒तः॒ । दुः॒ऽइ॒तानि॑ । परा॑ । सु॒व॒ । यत् । भ॒द्रम् । तत् । नः॒ । आ । सु॒व॒ ॥
विश्वानि । देव । सवितः । दुःइतानि । परा । सुव । यत् । भद्रम् । तत् । नः । आ । सुव ॥
viśvāni | deva | savitaḥ | duḥ-itāni | parā | suva | yat | bhadram | tat | naḥ | ā | suva

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 5.82.5 English analysis of grammar]

viśvāni < viśva

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

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

deva

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

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

savitar < savitṛ

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“Savitar; sun; Surya; Savitṛ.”

duritāni < durita

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“danger; sin; difficulty; difficulty; evil.”

parā

[adverb]

“away.”

suva <

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“give birth; urge; bestow; cause.”

yad < yat < yad

[noun], nominative, singular, neuter

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

bhadraṃ < bhadram < bhadra

[noun], nominative, singular, neuter

“auspicious; lovely; good; happy; bhadra [word]; lucky; fine-looking; beautiful.”

tan < tat < tad

[noun], nominative, singular, neuter

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”

na < naḥ < mad

[noun], dative, plural

“I; mine.”

ā

[adverb]

“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”

suva <

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“give birth; urge; bestow; cause.”

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