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 7.36.2

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

इ॒मां वां॑ मित्रावरुणा सुवृ॒क्तिमिषं॒ न कृ॑ण्वे असुरा॒ नवी॑यः । इ॒नो वा॑म॒न्यः प॑द॒वीरद॑ब्धो॒ जनं॑ च मि॒त्रो य॑तति ब्रुवा॒णः ॥
इमां वां मित्रावरुणा सुवृक्तिमिषं न कृण्वे असुरा नवीयः । इनो वामन्यः पदवीरदब्धो जनं च मित्रो यतति ब्रुवाणः ॥
imāṃ vām mitrāvaruṇā suvṛktim iṣaṃ na kṛṇve asurā navīyaḥ | ino vām anyaḥ padavīr adabdho janaṃ ca mitro yatati bruvāṇaḥ ||

English translation:

“Powerful Mitra and Varuṇa, to you I offer this new praise as if it were (sacrificial) food; one of you,(Varuṇa). The invincible lord, is the guide to the path (of virtue) Mitra when praised animates men to exertioṇ”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

Janam ca mitro yatati bruvāṇaḥ: a repetition of the phrase in RV 3.59.1

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

इ॒माम् । वा॒म् । मि॒त्रा॒व॒रु॒णा॒ । सु॒ऽवृ॒क्तिम् । इष॑म् । न । कृ॒ण्वे॒ । अ॒सु॒रा॒ । नवी॑यः । इ॒नः । वा॒म् । अ॒न्यः । प॒द॒वीः । अद॑ब्धः । जन॑म् । च॒ । मि॒त्रः । य॒त॒ति॒ । ब्रु॒वा॒णः ॥
इमाम् । वाम् । मित्रावरुणा । सुवृक्तिम् । इषम् । न । कृण्वे । असुरा । नवीयः । इनः । वाम् । अन्यः । पदवीः । अदब्धः । जनम् । च । मित्रः । यतति । ब्रुवाणः ॥
imām | vām | mitrāvaruṇā | su-vṛktim | iṣam | na | kṛṇve | asurā | navīyaḥ | inaḥ | vām | anyaḥ | padavīḥ | adabdhaḥ | janam | ca | mitraḥ | yatati | bruvāṇaḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 7.36.2 English analysis of grammar]

imāṃ < imām < idam

[noun], accusative, singular, feminine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”

vām < tvad

[noun], dative, dual

“you.”

mitrāvaruṇā < mitrāvaruṇa

[noun], vocative, dual, masculine

“Varuna; Mitra.”

suvṛktim < suvṛkti

[noun], accusative, singular, feminine

“praise.”

iṣaṃ < iṣam < iṣ

[noun], accusative, singular, feminine

“refreshment; enjoyment; stores.”

na

[adverb]

“not; like; no; na [word].”

kṛṇve < kṛ

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“make; perform; cause; produce; shape; construct; do; put; fill into; use; fuel; transform; bore; act; write; create; prepare; administer; dig; prepare; treat; take effect; add; trace; put on; process; treat; heed; hire; act; produce; assume; eat; ignite; chop; treat; obey; manufacture; appoint; evacuate; choose; understand; insert; happen; envelop; weigh; observe; practice; lend; bring; duplicate; plant; kṛ; concentrate; mix; knot; join; take; provide; utter; compose.”

asurā < asurāḥ < asura

[noun], vocative, plural, masculine

“Asura; lord; asura [word]; sulfur.”

navīyaḥ < navīyas

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“new; fresh; up-to-the-minute.”

ino < inaḥ < ina

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“mighty; powerful.”

vām < tvad

[noun], genitive, dual

“you.”

anyaḥ < anya

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“other; another(a); remaining; different; anya [word]; other than; more(a); fresh; any(a).”

padavīr < padavīḥ < padavī

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

adabdho < adabdhaḥ < adabdha

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“unfailing; unimpaired.”

janaṃ < janam < jana

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“people; national; man; relative; jan; Janaloka; person; jana [word]; man; attendant; Jana; foreigner; inhabitant; group.”

ca

[adverb]

“and; besides; then; now; even.”

mitro < mitraḥ < mitra

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“friend; Mitra; mitra [word]; sun; ally.”

yatati < yat

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“strive; endeavor; join; equal; rival.”

bruvāṇaḥ < brū

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“say; tell; describe; speak; state; answer; call; explain; address; proclaim; talk; talk; choose.”

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