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 7.2.9

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

तन्न॑स्तु॒रीप॒मध॑ पोषयि॒त्नु देव॑ त्वष्ट॒र्वि र॑रा॒णः स्य॑स्व । यतो॑ वी॒रः क॑र्म॒ण्य॑: सु॒दक्षो॑ यु॒क्तग्रा॑वा॒ जाय॑ते दे॒वका॑मः ॥
तन्नस्तुरीपमध पोषयित्नु देव त्वष्टर्वि रराणः स्यस्व । यतो वीरः कर्मण्यः सुदक्षो युक्तग्रावा जायते देवकामः ॥
tan nas turīpam adha poṣayitnu deva tvaṣṭar vi rarāṇaḥ syasva | yato vīraḥ karmaṇyaḥ sudakṣo yuktagrāvā jāyate devakāmaḥ ||

English translation:

“Divine Tvaṣṭā, being well-plural ased, give issue to our procreative vigour, whence (a son) manly,devout, vigorous, wielder of the Soma-bruising stone, and reverencing the gods, may be born.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vasiṣṭhaḥ [vasiṣṭha];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): āpriyaḥ;
Chandas (meter): virāṭtrisṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

तत् । नः॒ । तु॒रीप॑म् । अध॑ । पो॒ष॒यि॒त्नु । देव॑ । त्व॒ष्टः॒ । वि । र॒रा॒णः । स्य॒स्वेति॑ स्यस्व । यतः॑ । वी॒रः । क॒र्म॒ण्यः॑ । सु॒ऽदक्षः॑ । यु॒क्तऽग्रा॑वा । जाय॑ते । दे॒वऽका॑मः ॥
तत् । नः । तुरीपम् । अध । पोषयित्नु । देव । त्वष्टः । वि । रराणः । स्यस्वेति स्यस्व । यतः । वीरः । कर्मण्यः । सुदक्षः । युक्तग्रावा । जायते । देवकामः ॥
tat | naḥ | turīpam | adha | poṣayitnu | deva | tvaṣṭaḥ | vi | rarāṇaḥ | syasveti syasva | yataḥ | vīraḥ | karmaṇyaḥ | su-dakṣaḥ | yukta-grāvā | jāyate | deva-kāmaḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 7.2.9 English analysis of grammar]

tan < tat < tad

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

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

nas < naḥ < mad

[noun], dative, plural

“I; mine.”

turīpam < turīpa

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“semen.”

adha

[adverb]

“then; and; therefore; now.”

poṣayitnu

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

deva

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

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

tvaṣṭar < tvaṣṭṛ

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“Tvaṣṭṛ; Viśvakarman; sun.”

vi

[adverb]

“apart; away; away.”

rarāṇaḥ <

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“give; impart.”

syasva <

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“tie.”

yato < yatas

[adverb]

“from which; whence; wherein.”

vīraḥ < vīra

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

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

karmaṇyaḥ < karmaṇya

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“active.”

sudakṣo < su

[adverb]

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

sudakṣo < dakṣaḥ < dakṣa

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“deft; right; intelligent; expert.”

yuktagrāvā < yukta < yuj

[verb noun]

“mix; use; endow; yoke; accompany; to practice Yoga; connect; hire; administer; compound; affect; add; concentrate; unite; join; prosecute; combine; supply; compound; attach to; appoint; fill; process; mobilize; mount; complement; eat; join; treat; coincide; affect; challenge.”

yuktagrāvā < grāvā < grāvan

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“stone; millstone; grindstone; mountain.”

jāyate < jan

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“become; originate; be born; transform; happen; result; grow; beget; produce; create; conceive; separate; cause; give birth; grow; produce; generate; be; become; arise; come on.”

devakāmaḥ < deva

[noun], masculine

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

devakāmaḥ < kāmaḥ < kāma

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“wish; desire; sexual love; sexual desire; desire; Kama; sensuality; love; purpose; sexual arousal; pleasure; enjoyment; licentiousness; kāma [word]; sexual intercourse; thorn apple; wish.”

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