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 7.35.11
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
शं नो॑ दे॒वा वि॒श्वदे॑वा भवन्तु॒ शं सर॑स्वती स॒ह धी॒भिर॑स्तु । शम॑भि॒षाच॒: शमु॑ राति॒षाच॒: शं नो॑ दि॒व्याः पार्थि॑वा॒: शं नो॒ अप्या॑: ॥
शं नो देवा विश्वदेवा भवन्तु शं सरस्वती सह धीभिरस्तु । शमभिषाचः शमु रातिषाचः शं नो दिव्याः पार्थिवाः शं नो अप्याः ॥
śaṃ no devā viśvadevā bhavantu śaṃ sarasvatī saha dhībhir astu | śam abhiṣācaḥ śam u rātiṣācaḥ śaṃ no divyāḥ pārthivāḥ śaṃ no apyāḥ ||
English translation:
“May the divine universal gods be (favourable) to our felicity; may Sarasvatī, with holy rites, behappiness; may those who assist at sacrifices, those who are liberal of gifts. Be (conducive to) our happiness;may celestial, terrestrial and aquatic things be (subservient to) our happiness.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vasiṣṭhaḥ [vasiṣṭha];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): viśvedevā:;
Chandas (meter): triṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
शम् । नः॒ । दे॒वाः । वि॒श्वऽदे॑वाः । भ॒व॒न्तु॒ । शम् । सर॑स्वती । स॒ह । धी॒भिः । अ॒स्तु॒ । शम् । अ॒भि॒ऽसाचः॑ । शम् । ऊँ॒ इति॑ । रा॒ति॒ऽसाचः॑ । शम् । नः॒ । दि॒व्याः । पार्थि॑वाः । शम् । नः॒ । अप्याः॑ ॥
शम् । नः । देवाः । विश्वदेवाः । भवन्तु । शम् । सरस्वती । सह । धीभिः । अस्तु । शम् । अभिसाचः । शम् । ऊँ इति । रातिसाचः । शम् । नः । दिव्याः । पार्थिवाः । शम् । नः । अप्याः ॥
śam | naḥ | devāḥ | viśva-devāḥ | bhavantu | śam | sarasvatī | saha | dhībhiḥ | astu | śam | abhi-sācaḥ | śam | oṃ iti | rāti-sācaḥ | śam | naḥ | divyāḥ | pārthivāḥ | śam | naḥ | apyāḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 7.35.11 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“luck; well-being; fortune.”
[noun], dative, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[noun]
“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[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, singular, neuter
“luck; well-being; fortune.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“Sarasvati; Sarasvatī; language; voice; speech; eloquence; balloon vine; river.”
[adverb]
“together; together; with; jointly; together; saha [word]; along.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, feminine
“intelligence; prayer; mind; insight; idea; hymn; purpose; art; knowledge.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“luck; well-being; fortune.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“luck; well-being; fortune.”
[adverb]
“ukāra; besides; now; indeed; u.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“luck; well-being; fortune.”
[noun], dative, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“divine; celestial; divine; heavenly; divine; beautiful; rain; agreeable.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“earthly; earthen; mundane; royal; tellurian; sublunar.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“luck; well-being; fortune.”
[noun], dative, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“aquatic; aquatic.”