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 7.54.2
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
वास्तो॑ष्पते प्र॒तर॑णो न एधि गय॒स्फानो॒ गोभि॒रश्वे॑भिरिन्दो । अ॒जरा॑सस्ते स॒ख्ये स्या॑म पि॒तेव॑ पु॒त्रान्प्रति॑ नो जुषस्व ॥
वास्तोष्पते प्रतरणो न एधि गयस्फानो गोभिरश्वेभिरिन्दो । अजरासस्ते सख्ये स्याम पितेव पुत्रान्प्रति नो जुषस्व ॥
vāstoṣ pate prataraṇo na edhi gayasphāno gobhir aśvebhir indo | ajarāsas te sakhye syāma piteva putrān prati no juṣasva ||
English translation:
“Protector of the dwelling, be our preserver and the augmenter of our wealth; possessed of catle andhorses, Indra, may we, through your friendship, be exempt from decay; be favourable to us, like a father to hissons.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vasiṣṭhaḥ [vasiṣṭha];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): vāstoṣpatiḥ ;
Chandas (meter): virāṭtrisṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
वास्तोः॑ । प॒ते॒ । प्र॒ऽतर॑णः । नः॒ । ए॒धि॒ । ग॒य॒ऽस्फानः॑ । गोभिः॑ । अश्वे॑भिः । इ॒न्दो॒ इति॑ । अ॒जरा॑सः । ते॒ । स॒ख्ये । स्या॒म॒ । पि॒ताऽइ॑व । पु॒त्रान् । प्रति॑ । नः॒ । जु॒ष॒स्व॒ ॥
वास्तोः । पते । प्रतरणः । नः । एधि । गयस्फानः । गोभिः । अश्वेभिः । इन्दो इति । अजरासः । ते । सख्ये । स्याम । पिताइव । पुत्रान् । प्रति । नः । जुषस्व ॥
vāstoḥ | pate | pra-taraṇaḥ | naḥ | edhi | gaya-sphānaḥ | gobhiḥ | aśvebhiḥ | indo iti | ajarāsaḥ | te | sakhye | syāma | pitāiva | putrān | prati | naḥ | juṣasva
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 7.54.2 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Vāstoṣpati; Indra; vāstoṣpati [word].”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“prolonging; beneficial.”
[noun], dative, plural
“I; mine.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”
[noun], masculine
“house; Gaya; family; Gaya; property; Gaya; wealth; livestock.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“promotive.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine
“cow; cattle; go [word]; Earth; bull; floor; milk; beam; sunbeam; leather; hide; horn; language; bowstring; earth; ox; Svarga.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine
“horse; aśva [word]; Aśva; stallion.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“moon; Soma; drop; anusvāra; one; Candra; silver; camphor; point; juice.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“undecaying; ageless.”
[noun], genitive, singular
“you.”
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“friendship; aid; company.”
[verb], plural, Present optative
“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“father; Pitṛ; ancestor; parent; paternal ancestor; pitṛ [word]; forefather.”
[adverb]
“like; as it were; somehow; just so.”
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
“son; putra [word]; male child; Putra; Bodhisattva.”
[adverb]
“towards; per; regarding; respectively; according to; until.”
[noun], accusative, plural
“I; mine.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“enjoy; endow; possess; frequent; accompany; induce; consume; approve; affect; attend; befit; blend; contract.”