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 7.66.2
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
या धा॒रय॑न्त दे॒वाः सु॒दक्षा॒ दक्ष॑पितरा । अ॒सु॒र्या॑य॒ प्रम॑हसा ॥
या धारयन्त देवाः सुदक्षा दक्षपितरा । असुर्याय प्रमहसा ॥
yā dhārayanta devāḥ sudakṣā dakṣapitarā | asuryāya pramahasā ||
English translation:
“You whom the gods uphold for their invigoration, both mighty, masters of strength and of diffusiveradiance.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vasiṣṭhaḥ [vasiṣṭha];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): mitrāvaruṇau ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
या । धा॒रय॑न्त । दे॒वाः । सु॒ऽदक्षा॑ । दक्ष॑ऽपितरा । अ॒सु॒र्या॑य । प्रऽम॑हसा ॥
या । धारयन्त । देवाः । सुदक्षा । दक्षपितरा । असुर्याय । प्रमहसा ॥
yā | dhārayanta | devāḥ | su-dakṣā | dakṣa-pitarā | asuryāya | pra-mahasā
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 7.66.2 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], accusative, dual, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[verb], plural, Present injunctive
“keep; sustain; put; hold; wear; hold; carry; keep alive; suppress; preserve; remember; stow; stop; have; fill into; endure; support; understand; fixate; govern; restrain.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[adverb]
“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”
[noun], accusative, dual, masculine
“deft; right; intelligent; expert.”
[noun], masculine
“Dakṣa; ability; cock; fitness; will; purpose; disposition; cock.”
[noun], accusative, dual, masculine
“father; Pitṛ; ancestor; parent; paternal ancestor; pitṛ [word]; forefather.”
[noun], dative, singular, neuter
“dignity.”
[noun], accusative, dual, masculine