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 6.50.14

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

उ॒त नोऽहि॑र्बु॒ध्न्य॑: शृणोत्व॒ज एक॑पात्पृथि॒वी स॑मु॒द्रः । विश्वे॑ दे॒वा ऋ॑ता॒वृधो॑ हुवा॒नाः स्तु॒ता मन्त्रा॑: कविश॒स्ता अ॑वन्तु ॥
उत नोऽहिर्बुध्न्यः शृणोत्वज एकपात्पृथिवी समुद्रः । विश्वे देवा ऋतावृधो हुवानाः स्तुता मन्त्राः कविशस्ता अवन्तु ॥
uta no 'hir budhnyaḥ śṛṇotv aja ekapāt pṛthivī samudraḥ | viśve devā ṛtāvṛdho huvānāḥ stutā mantrāḥ kaviśastā avantu ||

English translation:

“May Ahirbudhnya, Aja-ekapād, and Earth and Ocean, hear us; may the universal gods, who are exalted by sacrifice, they who are invoked and praised (by us), to whom mystical prayers are addressed, and who have been glorified by (ancient) sages, preserve us.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

उ॒त । नः॒ । अहिः॑ । बु॒ध्न्यः॑ । शृ॒णो॒तु॒ । अ॒जः । एक॑ऽपात् । पृ॒थि॒वी । स॒मु॒द्रः । विश्वे॑ । दे॒वाः । ऋ॒त॒ऽवृधः॑ । हु॒वा॒नाः । स्तु॒ताः । मन्त्राः॑ । क॒वि॒ऽश॒स्ताः । अ॒व॒न्तु॒ ॥
उत । नः । अहिः । बुध्न्यः । शृणोतु । अजः । एकपात् । पृथिवी । समुद्रः । विश्वे । देवाः । ऋतवृधः । हुवानाः । स्तुताः । मन्त्राः । कविशस्ताः । अवन्तु ॥
uta | naḥ | ahiḥ | budhnyaḥ | śṛṇotu | ajaḥ | eka-pāt | pṛthivī | samudraḥ | viśve | devāḥ | ṛta-vṛdhaḥ | huvānāḥ | stutāḥ | mantrāḥ | kavi-śastāḥ | avantu

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 6.50.14 English analysis of grammar]

uta

[adverb]

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

no < naḥ < mad

[noun], accusative, plural

“I; mine.”

'hir < ahiḥ < ahi

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“snake; lead; nāga; Nāga; ahi [word]; Vṛtra.”

budhnyaḥ < budhnya

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

śṛṇotv < śṛṇotu < śru

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“listen; come to know; hear; hear; listen; study; heed; learn.”

aja < ajaḥ < aja

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“unborn.”

ekapāt < eka

[noun]

“one; single(a); alone(p); some(a); single(a); eka [word]; alone(p); excellent; each(a); some(a); one; same; alone(p); some(a); consistent; any(a); undifferentiated; disjunct.”

ekapāt < pād

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“pād [word]; foot.”

pṛthivī

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“Earth; pṛthivī; floor; Earth; earth; pṛthivī [word]; land.”

samudraḥ < samudra

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“ocean; Samudra; sea; samudra [word]; four.”

viśve < viśva

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

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

devā < devāḥ < deva

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

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

ṛtāvṛdho < ṛtāvṛdhaḥ < ṛtāvṛdh

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“sincere.”

huvānā < huvānāḥ < hvā

[verb noun], nominative, plural

“raise; call on; call; summon.”

stutā < stutāḥ < stu

[verb noun], nominative, plural

“laud; praise; declare; stu.”

mantrāḥ < mantra

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“mantra; Mantra; consultation; advice; consultation; mantra [word]; speech; plan.”

kaviśastā < kavi

[noun], masculine

“poet; wise man; bard; Venus; Uśanas; kavi [word]; Kavi; prophet; guru; Brahma.”

kaviśastā < śastāḥ < śaṃs

[verb noun], nominative, plural

“recommend; tell; praise; approve; communicate; recite; commend; bode; name; agree.”

avantu < av

[verb], plural, Present imperative

“support; help; prefer; prefer; like.”

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