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 7.79.5
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
दे॒वंदे॑वं॒ राध॑से चो॒दय॑न्त्यस्म॒द्र्य॑क्सू॒नृता॑ ई॒रय॑न्ती । व्यु॒च्छन्ती॑ नः स॒नये॒ धियो॑ धा यू॒यं पा॑त स्व॒स्तिभि॒: सदा॑ नः ॥
देवंदेवं राधसे चोदयन्त्यस्मद्र्यक्सूनृता ईरयन्ती । व्युच्छन्ती नः सनये धियो धा यूयं पात स्वस्तिभिः सदा नः ॥
devaṃ-devaṃ rādhase codayanty asmadryak sūnṛtā īrayantī | vyucchantī naḥ sanaye dhiyo dhā yūyam pāta svastibhiḥ sadā naḥ ||
English translation:
“Inspiring every individual devout (worshipper) with a desire for wealth, addressing to us the words oftruth, diffusing the light of morning, bestow upon us understanding (fit) for the acquisition of riches; and do you,(gods), ever cherish us with blessings.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Addressing to us words of truth: asmadryak sunṛtā īrayantī:asmadryak = asmadabhimukham;
Sunṛtā = vacāmsi;
Īrayantī = prerayantī, i.e. urging speech (i.e. praises)towards us, i.e. awakening our praises
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vasiṣṭhaḥ [vasiṣṭha];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): uṣāḥ ;
Chandas (meter): paṅktiḥ ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
दे॒वम्ऽदे॑वम् । राध॑से । चो॒दय॑न्ती । अ॒स्म॒द्र्य॑क् । सू॒नृताः॑ । ई॒रय॑न्ती । वि॒ऽउ॒च्छन्ती॑ । नः॒ । स॒नये॑ । धियः॑ । धाः॒ । यू॒यम् । पा॒त॒ । स्व॒स्तिऽभिः॑ । सदा॑ । नः॒ ॥
देवम्देवम् । राधसे । चोदयन्ती । अस्मद्र्यक् । सूनृताः । ईरयन्ती । विउच्छन्ती । नः । सनये । धियः । धाः । यूयम् । पात । स्वस्तिभिः । सदा । नः ॥
devam-devam | rādhase | codayantī | asmadryak | sūnṛtāḥ | īrayantī | vi-ucchantī | naḥ | sanaye | dhiyaḥ | dhāḥ | yūyam | pāta | svasti-bhiḥ | sadā | naḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 7.79.5 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[noun], dative, singular, neuter
“gift; munificence; liberality; bounty.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“impel; drive; incite; command; drive; arouse; propel.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
“liberality.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“name; describe; propel; shoot; state; call; raise; expel; tell; enumerate.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“dawn.”
[noun], genitive, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“gain.”
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
“intelligence; prayer; mind; insight; idea; hymn; purpose; art; knowledge.”
[verb], singular, Aorist conj./subj.
“put; give; cause; get; hold; make; provide; lend; wear; install; have; enter (a state); supply; hold; take; show.”
[noun], nominative, plural
“you.”
[verb], plural, Present imperative
“protect; govern.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, feminine
“prosperity; well-being; fortune; benediction; svasti [word]; well; luck.”
[adverb]
“always; continually; always; perpetually.”
[noun], accusative, plural
“I; mine.”