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 7.66.3

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

ता न॑: स्ति॒पा त॑नू॒पा वरु॑ण जरितॄ॒णाम् । मित्र॑ सा॒धय॑तं॒ धिय॑: ॥
ता नः स्तिपा तनूपा वरुण जरितॄणाम् । मित्र साधयतं धियः ॥
tā naḥ stipā tanūpā varuṇa jaritṝṇām | mitra sādhayataṃ dhiyaḥ ||

English translation:

“Protectors of our dwellings, protectors of our person ns, Mitra and Varuṇa, perfect the rites of youradorers.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

ता । नः॒ । स्ति॒ऽपा । त॒नू॒ऽपा । वरु॑ण । ज॒रि॒तॄ॒णाम् । मित्र॑ । सा॒धय॑तम् । धियः॑ ॥
ता । नः । स्तिपा । तनूपा । वरुण । जरितॄणाम् । मित्र । साधयतम् । धियः ॥
tā | naḥ | sti-pā | tanū-pā | varuṇa | jaritṝṇām | mitra | sādhayatam | dhiyaḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 7.66.3 English analysis of grammar]

< tad

[noun], nominative, dual, masculine

“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], genitive, plural

“I; mine.”

stipā

[noun], nominative, dual, masculine

tanūpā < tanū

[noun], feminine

“body; self; own(a); person; form.”

tanūpā <

[noun], nominative, dual, masculine

“protecting.”

varuṇa

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

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

jaritṝṇām < jaritṛ

[noun], genitive, plural, masculine

“singer.”

mitra

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

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

sādhayataṃ < sādhayatam < sādhay < √sādh

[verb], dual, Present imperative

“prepare; cure; prepare; perform; produce; compound; treat; treat; overpower; achieve; use; cover; prove; prove; process.”

dhiyaḥ < dhī

[noun], accusative, plural, feminine

“intelligence; prayer; mind; insight; idea; hymn; purpose; art; knowledge.”

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