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 7.41.5
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
भग॑ ए॒व भग॑वाँ अस्तु देवा॒स्तेन॑ व॒यं भग॑वन्तः स्याम । तं त्वा॑ भग॒ सर्व॒ इज्जो॑हवीति॒ स नो॑ भग पुरए॒ता भ॑वे॒ह ॥
भग एव भगवाँ अस्तु देवास्तेन वयं भगवन्तः स्याम । तं त्वा भग सर्व इज्जोहवीति स नो भग पुरएता भवेह ॥
bhaga eva bhagavām̐ astu devās tena vayam bhagavantaḥ syāma | taṃ tvā bhaga sarva ij johavīti sa no bhaga puraetā bhaveha ||
English translation:
“May Bhaga, gods, be the possessor of opulence, and, through him, may we be possessed of wealth,every one verily repeatedly invokes you, Bhaga; do you, Bhaga, be our preceder at this solemnity.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Bhaga:Bhaga eva bhagavān astu dhanavān, having wealth; pura eta = puro ganta, one who goes before; may mean,purohita, or family priest
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vasiṣṭhaḥ [vasiṣṭha];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): bhagaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
भगः॑ । ए॒व । भग॑ऽवान् । अ॒स्तु॒ । दे॒वाः॒ । तेन॑ । व॒यम् । भग॑ऽवन्तः । स्या॒म॒ । तम् । त्वा॒ । भ॒ग॒ । सर्वः॑ । इत् । जो॒ह॒वी॒ति॒ । सः । नः॒ । भ॒ग॒ । पु॒रः॒ऽए॒ता । भ॒व॒ । इ॒ह ॥
भगः । एव । भगवान् । अस्तु । देवाः । तेन । वयम् । भगवन्तः । स्याम । तम् । त्वा । भग । सर्वः । इत् । जोहवीति । सः । नः । भग । पुरःएता । भव । इह ॥
bhagaḥ | eva | bhaga-vān | astu | devāḥ | tena | vayam | bhaga-vantaḥ | syāma | tam | tvā | bhaga | sarvaḥ | it | johavīti | saḥ | naḥ | bhaga | puraḥ-etā | bhava | iha
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 7.41.5 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Bhaga; vulva; good fortune; vagina; bhaga [word]; sun; well-being; happiness; overlord.”
[adverb]
“indeed; merely; thus; even; surely; same; eva [word]; successively; immediately; in truth.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“honorable; divine; fortunate; holy; adorable; happy; august; favored.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”
[noun], vocative, plural, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[noun], nominative, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“honorable; divine; fortunate; holy; adorable; happy; august; favored.”
[verb], plural, Present optative
“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[noun], accusative, singular
“you.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Bhaga; vulva; good fortune; vagina; bhaga [word]; sun; well-being; happiness; overlord.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“all(a); whole; complete; sarva [word]; every(a); each(a); all; entire; sāṃnipātika; manifold; complete; all the(a); different; overall.”
[adverb]
“indeed; assuredly; entirely.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“appeal.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[noun], dative, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Bhaga; vulva; good fortune; vagina; bhaga [word]; sun; well-being; happiness; overlord.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“guide; leader; harbinger.”
[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.”
[adverb]
“here; now; in this world; now; below; there; here; just.”