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 7.32.3

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

रा॒यस्का॑मो॒ वज्र॑हस्तं सु॒दक्षि॑णं पु॒त्रो न पि॒तरं॑ हुवे ॥
रायस्कामो वज्रहस्तं सुदक्षिणं पुत्रो न पितरं हुवे ॥
rāyaskāmo vajrahastaṃ sudakṣiṇam putro na pitaraṃ huve ||

English translation:

“Desirous of riches, I call upon the benevolent wielder of the thunderbolt, as a son upon a father.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

रा॒यःऽका॑मः । वज्र॑ऽहस्तम् । सु॒ऽदक्षि॑णम् । पु॒त्रः । न । पि॒तर॑म् । हु॒वे॒ ॥
रायःकामः । वज्रहस्तम् । सुदक्षिणम् । पुत्रः । न । पितरम् । हुवे ॥
rāyaḥ-kāmaḥ | vajra-hastam | su-dakṣiṇam | putraḥ | na | pitaram | huve

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 7.32.3 English analysis of grammar]

rāyaskāmo < rāyaskāmaḥ < rāyaskāma

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

vajrahastaṃ < vajrahastam < vajrahasta

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“Indra; Shiva.”

sudakṣiṇam < su

[adverb]

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

sudakṣiṇam < dakṣiṇam < dakṣiṇa

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“southern; right; south; southerly; dakṣiṇa [word]; sincere; clockwise; deft.”

putro < putraḥ < putra

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“son; putra [word]; male child; Putra; Bodhisattva.”

na

[adverb]

“not; like; no; na [word].”

pitaraṃ < pitaram < pitṛ

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“father; Pitṛ; ancestor; parent; paternal ancestor; pitṛ [word]; forefather.”

huve < hvā

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“raise; call on; call; summon.”

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