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 7.67.5

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

प्राची॑मु देवाश्विना॒ धियं॒ मेऽमृ॑ध्रां सा॒तये॑ कृतं वसू॒युम् । विश्वा॑ अविष्टं॒ वाज॒ आ पुरं॑धी॒स्ता न॑: शक्तं शचीपती॒ शची॑भिः ॥
प्राचीमु देवाश्विना धियं मेऽमृध्रां सातये कृतं वसूयुम् । विश्वा अविष्टं वाज आ पुरंधीस्ता नः शक्तं शचीपती शचीभिः ॥
prācīm u devāśvinā dhiyam me 'mṛdhrāṃ sātaye kṛtaṃ vasūyum | viśvā aviṣṭaṃ vāja ā puraṃdhīs tā naḥ śaktaṃ śacīpatī śacībhiḥ ||

English translation:

“Divine Aśvins, render my sincere and undisturbed adoration, offered for the sake of riches, (efficacious)for their acquisition; preserve all my caculties in (the time of) battle; protectors of pious acts (influenced) by ouracts, bestow upon us (wealth).”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

प्राची॑म् । ऊँ॒ इति॑ । दे॒वा॒ । अ॒श्वि॒ना॒ । धिय॑म् । मे॒ । अमृ॑ध्राम् । सा॒तये॑ । कृ॒त॒म् । व॒सु॒ऽयुम् । विश्वाः॑ । अ॒वि॒ष्ट॒म् । वाजे॑ । आ । पुर॑म्ऽधीः । ता । नः॒ । श॒क्त॒म् । श॒ची॒प॒ती॒ इति॑ शचीऽपती । शची॑भिः ॥
प्राचीम् । ऊँ इति । देवा । अश्विना । धियम् । मे । अमृध्राम् । सातये । कृतम् । वसुयुम् । विश्वाः । अविष्टम् । वाजे । आ । पुरम्धीः । ता । नः । शक्तम् । शचीपती इति शचीपती । शचीभिः ॥
prācīm | oṃ iti | devā | aśvinā | dhiyam | me | amṛdhrām | sātaye | kṛtam | vasu-yum | viśvāḥ | aviṣṭam | vāje | ā | puram-dhīḥ | tā | naḥ | śaktam | śacīpatī itiśacī-patī | śacībhiḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 7.67.5 English analysis of grammar]

prācīm < prāñc

[noun], accusative, singular, feminine

“eastern; aforesaid(a); former(a); eastbound; easterly; anterior; forward; prāñc [word].”

u

[adverb]

“ukāra; besides; now; indeed; u.”

devāśvinā < devā < deva

[noun], vocative, dual, masculine

“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”

devāśvinā < aśvinā < aśvin

[noun], vocative, dual, masculine

“Asvins; two.”

dhiyam < dhī

[noun], accusative, singular, feminine

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

me < mad

[noun], genitive, singular

“I; mine.”

'mṛdhrāṃ < amṛdhrām < amṛdhra

[noun], accusative, singular, feminine

sātaye < sāti

[noun], dative, singular, feminine

“victory; acquisition; contest.”

kṛtaṃ < kṛtam < kṛ

[verb], dual, Aorist imperative

“make; perform; cause; produce; shape; construct; do; put; fill into; use; fuel; transform; bore; act; write; create; prepare; administer; dig; prepare; treat; take effect; add; trace; put on; process; treat; heed; hire; act; produce; assume; eat; ignite; chop; treat; obey; manufacture; appoint; evacuate; choose; understand; insert; happen; envelop; weigh; observe; practice; lend; bring; duplicate; plant; kṛ; concentrate; mix; knot; join; take; provide; utter; compose.”

vasūyum < vasūyu

[noun], accusative, singular, feminine

viśvā < viśvāḥ < viśva

[noun], accusative, plural, feminine

“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”

aviṣṭaṃ < aviṣṭam < av

[verb], dual, Aorist imperative

“support; help; prefer; prefer; like.”

vāja < vāje < vāja

[noun], locative, singular, masculine

“prize; Vāja; reward; reward; Ribhus; vigor; strength; contest.”

ā

[adverb]

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

purandhīs < purandhīḥ < puraṃdhi

[noun], accusative, plural, feminine

“liberality; Puraṃdhi; munificence.”

< tāḥ < tad

[noun], accusative, plural, feminine

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

naḥ < mad

[noun], dative, plural

“I; mine.”

śaktaṃ < śaktam < śak

[verb], dual, Aorist imperative

“can; invigorate.”

śacīpatī < śacīpati

[noun], vocative, dual, masculine

“Indra.”

śacībhiḥ < śacī

[noun], instrumental, plural, feminine

“Śacī; power; dexterity; ability; aid.”

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