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 7.56.25

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

तन्न॒ इन्द्रो॒ वरु॑णो मि॒त्रो अ॒ग्निराप॒ ओष॑धीर्व॒निनो॑ जुषन्त । शर्म॑न्त्स्याम म॒रुता॑मु॒पस्थे॑ यू॒यं पा॑त स्व॒स्तिभि॒: सदा॑ नः ॥
तन्न इन्द्रो वरुणो मित्रो अग्निराप ओषधीर्वनिनो जुषन्त । शर्मन्त्स्याम मरुतामुपस्थे यूयं पात स्वस्तिभिः सदा नः ॥
tan na indro varuṇo mitro agnir āpa oṣadhīr vanino juṣanta | śarman syāma marutām upasthe yūyam pāta svastibhiḥ sadā naḥ ||

English translation:

“May Indra, Varuṇa, Mitra, Agni, the waters, the plural nts, the trees, be plural ased with us; may we recline inhappiness upon the lap of the Maruts; and do you ever cherish us with blessings.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

तत् । नः॒ । इन्द्रः॑ । वरु॑णः । मि॒त्रः । अ॒ग्निः । आपः॑ । ओष॑धीः । व॒निनः॑ । जु॒ष॒न्त॒ । शर्म॑न् । स्या॒म॒ । म॒रुता॑म् । उ॒पऽस्थे॑ । यू॒यम् । पा॒त॒ । स्व॒स्तिऽभिः॑ । सदा॑ । नः॒ ॥
तत् । नः । इन्द्रः । वरुणः । मित्रः । अग्निः । आपः । ओषधीः । वनिनः । जुषन्त । शर्मन् । स्याम । मरुताम् । उपस्थे । यूयम् । पात । स्वस्तिभिः । सदा । नः ॥
tat | naḥ | indraḥ | varuṇaḥ | mitraḥ | agniḥ | āpaḥ | oṣadhīḥ | vaninaḥ | juṣanta | śarman | syāma | marutām | upa-sthe | yūyam | pāta | svasti-bhiḥ | sadā | naḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 7.56.25 English analysis of grammar]

tan < tat < tad

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”

na < naḥ < mad

[noun], dative, plural

“I; mine.”

indro < indraḥ < indra

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

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

varuṇo < varuṇaḥ < varuṇa

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“Varuna; varuṇa [word]; Crataeva religiosa Forst.; Varuṇa; varuṇādi.”

mitro < mitraḥ < mitra

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

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

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.”

āpa < āpaḥ < ap

[noun], nominative, plural, feminine

“water; body of water; water; ap [word]; juice; jala.”

oṣadhīr < oṣadhīḥ < oṣadhī

[noun], nominative, plural, feminine

“herb; plant; drug; herb.”

vanino < vaninaḥ < vanin

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“tree.”

juṣanta < juṣ

[verb], plural, Present injunctive

“enjoy; endow; possess; frequent; accompany; induce; consume; approve; affect; attend; befit; blend; contract.”

śarman

[noun], locative, singular, neuter

“protection; protective covering; refuge; joy.”

syāma < as

[verb], plural, Present optative

“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”

marutām < marut

[noun], genitive, plural, masculine

“Marut; vāta; wind; Vayu.”

upasthe < upastha

[noun], locative, singular, neuter

“genitalia; lap; sexual desire; anus.”

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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