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 7.34.1
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
प्र शु॒क्रैतु॑ दे॒वी म॑नी॒षा अ॒स्मत्सुत॑ष्टो॒ रथो॒ न वा॒जी ॥
प्र शुक्रैतु देवी मनीषा अस्मत्सुतष्टो रथो न वाजी ॥
pra śukraitu devī manīṣā asmat sutaṣṭo ratho na vājī ||
English translation:
“May pure and divine praise proceed from us (to the gods) like a swift well-constructed chariot.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vasiṣṭhaḥ [vasiṣṭha];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): viśvedevā:;
Chandas (meter): bhurigārcīgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
प्र । शु॒क्रा । ए॒तु॒ । दे॒वी । म॒नी॒षा । अ॒स्मत् । सुऽत॑ष्टः । रथः॑ । न । वा॒जी ॥
प्र । शुक्रा । एतु । देवी । मनीषा । अस्मत् । सुतष्टः । रथः । न । वाजी ॥
pra | śukrā | etu | devī | manīṣā | asmat | su-taṣṭaḥ | rathaḥ | na | vājī
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 7.34.1 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“towards; ahead.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“bright; clear; white; light; pure.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“go; travel; enter (a state); return; walk; continue; reach; ask.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“divine.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“hymn; inspiration; idea; thinking; wish; consideration; intelligence.”
[noun], ablative, plural
“I; mine.”
[adverb]
“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“produce; shape; fashion; chisel; invent.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“chariot; warrior; ratha [word]; Dalbergia oojeinensis; rattan.”
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“victorious; triumphant; strong; gainful.”