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 7.41.2
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
प्रा॒त॒र्जितं॒ भग॑मु॒ग्रं हु॑वेम व॒यं पु॒त्रमदि॑ते॒र्यो वि॑ध॒र्ता । आ॒ध्रश्चि॒द्यं मन्य॑मानस्तु॒रश्चि॒द्राजा॑ चि॒द्यं भगं॑ भ॒क्षीत्याह॑ ॥
प्रातर्जितं भगमुग्रं हुवेम वयं पुत्रमदितेर्यो विधर्ता । आध्रश्चिद्यं मन्यमानस्तुरश्चिद्राजा चिद्यं भगं भक्षीत्याह ॥
prātarjitam bhagam ugraṃ huvema vayam putram aditer yo vidhartā | ādhraś cid yam manyamānas turaś cid rājā cid yam bhagam bhakṣīty āha ||
English translation:
“We invoke at dawn fierce Bhaga, the son of Aditi, who is the sustainer (of the world), to whom the poorman praising him applies, saying, give (me wealth), to whom the opulent prince (addresses the same prayer).”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Towhom the poor man: ādhraścid yam manya mānas turascid rājā cid yam bhagam bhakṣity aha: the ādhra= unsatisfied, hungry, or poor;
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vasiṣṭhaḥ [vasiṣṭha];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): bhagaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
प्रा॒तः॒ऽजित॑म् । भग॑म् । उ॒ग्रम् । हु॒वे॒म॒ । व॒यम् । पु॒त्रम् । अदि॑तेः । यः । वि॒ऽध॒र्ता । आ॒ध्रः । चि॒त् । यम् । मन्य॑मानः । तु॒रः । चि॒त् । राजा॑ । चि॒त् । यम् । भग॑म् । भ॒क्षि॒ । इति॑ । आह॑ ॥
प्रातःजितम् । भगम् । उग्रम् । हुवेम । वयम् । पुत्रम् । अदितेः । यः । विधर्ता । आध्रः । चित् । यम् । मन्यमानः । तुरः । चित् । राजा । चित् । यम् । भगम् । भक्षि । इति । आह ॥
prātaḥ-jitam | bhagam | ugram | huvema | vayam | putram | aditeḥ | yaḥ | vi-dhatār | ādhraḥ | cit | yam | manyamānaḥ | turaḥ | cit | rājā | cit | yam | bhagam | bhakṣi | it i | āha
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 7.41.2 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“at dawn; early.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“curative; removing; victorious; winning.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“Bhaga; vulva; good fortune; vagina; bhaga [word]; sun; well-being; happiness; overlord.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“powerful; awful; dangerous; intense; mighty; potent; colicky; atrocious.”
[verb], plural, Present optative
“raise; call on; call; summon.”
[noun], nominative, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“son; putra [word]; male child; Putra; Bodhisattva.”
[noun], genitive, singular, feminine
“Aditi; aditi [word].”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“organizer.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“weak.”
[adverb]
“even; indeed.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“think of; name; believe; teach; honor; deem; recommend; approve; think; define; call; respect; believe; enumerate; understand; see; describe.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“powerful; noble; noble.”
[adverb]
“even; indeed.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“king; Kshatriya; rājan [word]; best; rājāvarta; Yakṣa.”
[adverb]
“even; indeed.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“Bhaga; vulva; good fortune; vagina; bhaga [word]; sun; well-being; happiness; overlord.”
[verb], singular, Aorist inj. (proh.)
“eat; enjoy; enter (a state); worship; love; flee; possess; fall to one's share; partake; share; get; approach; love; use.”
[adverb]
“thus; so; iti [word].”
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
“describe; state; say; enumerate; call; name; teach; tell; deem; explain; say; define.”