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 7.35.10
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
शं नो॑ दे॒वः स॑वि॒ता त्राय॑माण॒: शं नो॑ भवन्तू॒षसो॑ विभा॒तीः । शं न॑: प॒र्जन्यो॑ भवतु प्र॒जाभ्य॒: शं न॒: क्षेत्र॑स्य॒ पति॑रस्तु श॒म्भुः ॥
शं नो देवः सविता त्रायमाणः शं नो भवन्तूषसो विभातीः । शं नः पर्जन्यो भवतु प्रजाभ्यः शं नः क्षेत्रस्य पतिरस्तु शम्भुः ॥
śaṃ no devaḥ savitā trāyamāṇaḥ śaṃ no bhavantūṣaso vibhātīḥ | śaṃ naḥ parjanyo bhavatu prajābhyaḥ śaṃ naḥ kṣetrasya patir astu śambhuḥ ||
English translation:
“May the divine preserving Savitā be (radiant for) our happiness; may the opening dawns (break for)our happiness; may Parjanya be (the granter of happiness) to our posterity; may Śambhu, the lord of strength,be (the conferrer of) happiness upon us.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Śambhu = sukhasya bhāvayitā, the cause of the condition ofpleasure; ordinarily, it is a name of Śiva
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vasiṣṭhaḥ [vasiṣṭha];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): viśvedevā:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
शम् । नः॒ । दे॒वः । स॒वि॒ता । त्राय॑माणः । शम् । नः॒ । भ॒व॒न्तु॒ । उ॒षसः॑ । वि॒ऽभा॒तीः । शम् । नः॒ । प॒र्जन्यः॑ । भ॒व॒तु॒ । प्र॒ऽजाभ्यः॑ । शम् । नः॒ । क्षेत्र॑स्य । पतिः॑ । अ॒स्तु॒ । श॒म्ऽभुः ॥
शम् । नः । देवः । सविता । त्रायमाणः । शम् । नः । भवन्तु । उषसः । विभातीः । शम् । नः । पर्जन्यः । भवतु । प्रजाभ्यः । शम् । नः । क्षेत्रस्य । पतिः । अस्तु । शम्भुः ॥
śam | naḥ | devaḥ | savitā | trāyamāṇaḥ | śam | naḥ | bhavantu | uṣasaḥ | vi-bhātīḥ | śam | naḥ | parjanyaḥ | bhavatu | pra-jābhyaḥ | śam | naḥ | kṣetrasya | patiḥ | astu | śam-bhuḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 7.35.10 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“luck; well-being; fortune.”
[noun], dative, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Savitar; sun; Surya; Savitṛ.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“protect; help.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“luck; well-being; fortune.”
[noun], dative, plural
“I; mine.”
[verb], plural, Present imperative
“become; be; originate; transform; happen; result; exist; be born; be; be; come to life; grow; elapse; come to mind; thrive; become; impend; show; conceive; understand; stand; constitute; serve; apply; behave.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“Ushas; dawn; uṣas [word]; morning.”
[verb noun], nominative, plural
“shine.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“luck; well-being; fortune.”
[noun], genitive, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“cloud; Parjanya; Indra; nimbus.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“become; be; originate; transform; happen; result; exist; be born; be; be; come to life; grow; elapse; come to mind; thrive; become; impend; show; conceive; understand; stand; constitute; serve; apply; behave.”
[noun], dative, plural, feminine
“people; offspring; being; national; man; prajā [word]; creature; child; descendants; population; race; animal.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“luck; well-being; fortune.”
[noun], dative, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], genitive, singular, neuter
“field; location; habitat; country; area; earth; region; estate; body; kṣetra [word]; kṣetradoṣa; seat; reincarnation; uterus.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“husband; overlord; king; deity; īśvara; ruler; pati [word]; commanding officer; leader; owner; mayor; lord.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“kind; benevolent.”