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 7.51.3

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

आ॒दि॒त्या विश्वे॑ म॒रुत॑श्च॒ विश्वे॑ दे॒वाश्च॒ विश्व॑ ऋ॒भव॑श्च॒ विश्वे॑ । इन्द्रो॑ अ॒ग्निर॒श्विना॑ तुष्टुवा॒ना यू॒यं पा॑त स्व॒स्तिभि॒: सदा॑ नः ॥
आदित्या विश्वे मरुतश्च विश्वे देवाश्च विश्व ऋभवश्च विश्वे । इन्द्रो अग्निरश्विना तुष्टुवाना यूयं पात स्वस्तिभिः सदा नः ॥
ādityā viśve marutaś ca viśve devāś ca viśva ṛbhavaś ca viśve | indro agnir aśvinā tuṣṭuvānā yūyam pāta svastibhiḥ sadā naḥ ||

English translation:

“All the Ādityas, all the Maruts, all the gods, all the Ṛbhus, Indra, Agni, and the Aśvins, (have been)glorified (by us), do you all ever cherish us with blessings.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

आ॒दि॒त्याः । विश्वे॑ । म॒रुतः॑ । च॒ । विश्वे॑ । दे॒वाः । च॒ । विश्वे॑ । ऋ॒भवः॑ । च॒ । विश्वे॑ । इन्द्रः॑ । अ॒ग्निः । अ॒श्विना॑ । तु॒स्तु॒वा॒नाः । यू॒यम् । पा॒त॒ । स्व॒स्तिऽभिः॑ । सदा॑ । नः॒ ॥
आदित्याः । विश्वे । मरुतः । च । विश्वे । देवाः । च । विश्वे । ऋभवः । च । विश्वे । इन्द्रः । अग्निः । अश्विना । तुस्तुवानाः । यूयम् । पात । स्वस्तिभिः । सदा । नः ॥
ādityāḥ | viśve | marutaḥ | ca | viśve | devāḥ | ca | viśve | ṛbhavaḥ | ca | viśve | indraḥ | agniḥ | aśvinā | tustuvānāḥ | yūyam | pāta | svasti-bhiḥ | sadā | naḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 7.51.3 English analysis of grammar]

ādityā < ādityāḥ < āditya

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“sun; Aditya; Surya; āditya [word].”

viśve < viśva

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”

marutaś < marutaḥ < marut

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“Marut; vāta; wind; Vayu.”

ca

[adverb]

“and; besides; then; now; even.”

viśve < viśva

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”

devāś < devāḥ < deva

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”

ca

[adverb]

“and; besides; then; now; even.”

viśva < viśve < viśva

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”

ṛbhavaś < ṛbhavaḥ < ṛbhu

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“Ribhus.”

ca

[adverb]

“and; besides; then; now; even.”

viśve < viśva

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”

indro < indraḥ < indra

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”

agnir < agniḥ < agni

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”

aśvinā < aśvin

[noun], nominative, dual, masculine

“Asvins; two.”

tuṣṭuvānā < tuṣṭuvānāḥ < stu

[verb noun], nominative, plural

“laud; praise; declare; stu.”

yūyam < tvad

[noun], nominative, plural

“you.”

pāta <

[verb], plural, Present imperative

“protect; govern.”

svastibhiḥ < svasti

[noun], instrumental, plural, feminine

“prosperity; well-being; fortune; benediction; svasti [word]; well; luck.”

sadā

[adverb]

“always; continually; always; perpetually.”

naḥ < mad

[noun], accusative, plural

“I; mine.”

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