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 7.62.5

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

प्र बा॒हवा॑ सिसृतं जी॒वसे॑ न॒ आ नो॒ गव्यू॑तिमुक्षतं घृ॒तेन॑ । आ नो॒ जने॑ श्रवयतं युवाना श्रु॒तं मे॑ मित्रावरुणा॒ हवे॒मा ॥
प्र बाहवा सिसृतं जीवसे न आ नो गव्यूतिमुक्षतं घृतेन । आ नो जने श्रवयतं युवाना श्रुतं मे मित्रावरुणा हवेमा ॥
pra bāhavā sisṛtaṃ jīvase na ā no gavyūtim ukṣataṃ ghṛtena | ā no jane śravayataṃ yuvānā śrutam me mitrāvaruṇā havemā ||

English translation:

“Stretch forth your arms for the prolongation of our existence, bedew with water the pastures of ourcattle, render us honoured among men; ever youthful Mitra and Varuṇa, hear these my invocations.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

प्र । बा॒हवा॑ । सि॒सृ॒त॒म् । जी॒वसे॑ । नः॒ । आ । नः॒ । गव्यू॑तिम् । उ॒क्ष॒त॒म् । घृ॒तेन॑ । आ । नः॒ । जने॑ । श्र॒व॒य॒त॒म् । यु॒वा॒ना॒ । श्रु॒तम् । मे॒ । मि॒त्रा॒व॒रु॒णा॒ । हवा॑ । इ॒मा ॥
प्र । बाहवा । सिसृतम् । जीवसे । नः । आ । नः । गव्यूतिम् । उक्षतम् । घृतेन । आ । नः । जने । श्रवयतम् । युवाना । श्रुतम् । मे । मित्रावरुणा । हवा । इमा ॥
pra | bāhavā | sisṛtam | jīvase | naḥ | ā | naḥ | gavyūtim | ukṣatam | ghṛtena | ā | naḥ | jane | śravayatam | yuvānā | śrutam | me | mitrāvaruṇā | havā | imā

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 7.62.5 English analysis of grammar]

pra

[adverb]

“towards; ahead.”

bāhavā < bāhu

[noun], accusative, dual, masculine

“arm; bāhu [word]; elbow; forefoot.”

sisṛtaṃ < sisṛtam < sṛ

[verb], dual, Present imperative

“sṛ; liquefy; run; spread; stretch out.”

jīvase < jīv

[verb noun]

“survive; be; exist; live on; dwell.”

na < naḥ < mad

[noun], dative, plural

“I; mine.”

ā

[adverb]

“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”

no < naḥ < mad

[noun], genitive, plural

“I; mine.”

gavyūtim < gavyūti

[noun], accusative, singular, feminine

“pasture.”

ukṣataṃ < ukṣatam < ukṣ

[verb], dual, Present imperative

“sprinkle; wet.”

ghṛtena < ghṛta

[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter

“ghee; fat.”

ā

[adverb]

“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”

no < naḥ < mad

[noun], accusative, plural

“I; mine.”

jane < jana

[noun], locative, singular, masculine

“people; national; man; relative; jan; Janaloka; person; jana [word]; man; attendant; Jana; foreigner; inhabitant; group.”

śravayataṃ < śravayatam < śravay < √śru

[verb], dual, Present imperative

yuvānā < yuvan

[noun], vocative, dual, masculine

“young person; yuvan [word]; taruṇabandha; yuvan; yuvan; young buck; young.”

śrutam < śru

[verb], dual, Aorist inj. (proh.)

“listen; come to know; hear; hear; listen; study; heed; learn.”

me < mad

[noun], genitive, singular

“I; mine.”

mitrāvaruṇā < mitrāvaruṇa

[noun], vocative, dual, masculine

“Varuna; Mitra.”

havemā < havā < hava

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“invocation.”

havemā < imā < idam

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”

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