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 6.50.9

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

उ॒त त्वं सू॑नो सहसो नो अ॒द्या दे॒वाँ अ॒स्मिन्न॑ध्व॒रे व॑वृत्याः । स्याम॒हं ते॒ सद॒मिद्रा॒तौ तव॑ स्याम॒ग्नेऽव॑सा सु॒वीर॑: ॥
उत त्वं सूनो सहसो नो अद्या देवाँ अस्मिन्नध्वरे ववृत्याः । स्यामहं ते सदमिद्रातौ तव स्यामग्नेऽवसा सुवीरः ॥
uta tvaṃ sūno sahaso no adyā devām̐ asminn adhvare vavṛtyāḥ | syām ahaṃ te sadam id rātau tava syām agne 'vasā suvīraḥ ||

English translation:

“And do you, son of strength, bring back today the deities to this our sacrifice; may  I be ever in (the enoyment of) your bounty; may I, through your protection, Agni, be blessed with excellent male descendants.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): ṛjiśvāḥ;
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): viśvedevā:;
Chandas (meter): paṅktiḥ ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

उ॒त । त्वम् । सू॒नो॒ इति॑ । स॒ह॒सः॒ । नः॒ । अ॒द्य । दे॒वान् । अ॒स्मिन् । अ॒ध्व॒रे । व॒वृ॒त्याः॒ । स्याम् । अ॒हम् । ते॒ । सद॑म् । इ॒त् । रा॒तौ । तव॑ । स्या॒म् । अ॒ग्ने॒ । अव॑सा । सु॒ऽवीरः॑ ॥
उत । त्वम् । सूनो इति । सहसः । नः । अद्य । देवान् । अस्मिन् । अध्वरे । ववृत्याः । स्याम् । अहम् । ते । सदम् । इत् । रातौ । तव । स्याम् । अग्ने । अवसा । सुवीरः ॥
uta | tvam | sūno iti | sahasaḥ | naḥ | adya | devān | asmin | adhvare | vavṛtyāḥ | syām | aham | te | sadam | it | rātau | tava | syām | agne | avasā | su-vīraḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 6.50.9 English analysis of grammar]

uta

[adverb]

“and; besides; uta [indecl.]; similarly; alike; even.”

tvaṃ < tvam < tvad

[noun], nominative, singular

“you.”

sūno < sūnu

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“son; offspring.”

sahaso < sahasaḥ < sahas

[noun], genitive, singular, neuter

“force; strength; might; sahas [word]; conquest.”

no < naḥ < mad

[noun], dative, plural

“I; mine.”

adyā < adya

[adverb]

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

devāṃ < deva

[noun], accusative, plural, masculine

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

asminn < asmin < idam

[noun], locative, singular, masculine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”

adhvare < adhvara

[noun], locative, singular, masculine

“yajña; ceremony; adhvara [word].”

vavṛtyāḥ < vṛt

[verb], singular, Perfect optative

“behave; happen; exist; return; dwell; die; roll; continue; act; exist; feed on; issue; move; travel; proceed; turn; situate; drive; account for; begin; do; inhere; revolve.”

syām < as

[verb], singular, Present optative

“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”

ahaṃ < aham < mad

[noun], nominative, singular

“I; mine.”

te < tvad

[noun], genitive, singular

“you.”

sadam

[adverb]

“always.”

id

[adverb]

“indeed; assuredly; entirely.”

rātau < rāti

[noun], locative, singular, feminine

“gift; bounty; favor.”

tava < tvad

[noun], genitive, singular

“you.”

syām < as

[verb], singular, Present optative

“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”

agne < agni

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”

'vasā < avasā < avas

[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter

“aid; favor; protection.”

suvīraḥ < su

[adverb]

“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”

suvīraḥ < vīraḥ < vīra

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“hero; man; Vīra; vīra; vīra [word]; Vīra.”

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