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 7.66.7

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

प्रति॑ वां॒ सूर॒ उदि॑ते मि॒त्रं गृ॑णीषे॒ वरु॑णम् । अ॒र्य॒मणं॑ रि॒शाद॑सम् ॥
प्रति वां सूर उदिते मित्रं गृणीषे वरुणम् । अर्यमणं रिशादसम् ॥
prati vāṃ sūra udite mitraṃ gṛṇīṣe varuṇam | aryamaṇaṃ riśādasam ||

English translation:

“I glorify you, Mitra and Varuṇa, and Aryaman, the consumer of enemies when the sun has risen.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

प्रति॑ । वा॒म् । सूरे॑ । उत्ऽइ॑ते । मि॒त्रम् । गृ॒णी॒षे॒ । वरु॑णम् । अ॒र्य॒मण॑म् । रि॒शाद॑सम् ॥
प्रति । वाम् । सूरे । उत्इते । मित्रम् । गृणीषे । वरुणम् । अर्यमणम् । रिशादसम् ॥
prati | vām | sūre | ut-ite | mitram | gṛṇīṣe | varuṇam | aryamaṇam | riśādasam

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 7.66.7 English analysis of grammar]

prati

[adverb]

“towards; per; regarding; respectively; according to; until.”

vāṃ < vām < tvad

[noun], accusative, dual

“you.”

sūra < sūre < sūra

[noun], locative, singular, masculine

“sun.”

udite < udi < √i

[verb noun], locative, singular

“rise; originate; rise; increase.”

mitraṃ < mitram < mitra

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

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

gṛṇīṣe < gṛ

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“praise.”

varuṇam < varuṇa

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

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

aryamaṇaṃ < aryamaṇam < aryaman

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“Aryaman; aryaman [word]; sun.”

riśādasam < riśādas

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“superior; superior; proud.”

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