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 7.81.5

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

तच्चि॒त्रं राध॒ आ भ॒रोषो॒ यद्दी॑र्घ॒श्रुत्त॑मम् । यत्ते॑ दिवो दुहितर्मर्त॒भोज॑नं॒ तद्रा॑स्व भु॒नजा॑महै ॥
तच्चित्रं राध आ भरोषो यद्दीर्घश्रुत्तमम् । यत्ते दिवो दुहितर्मर्तभोजनं तद्रास्व भुनजामहै ॥
tac citraṃ rādha ā bharoṣo yad dīrghaśruttamam | yat te divo duhitar martabhojanaṃ tad rāsva bhunajāmahai ||

English translation:

“Bring Uṣas, such wondrous wealth as may be long renowned; bestow, daughter of heaven, thatsustenance which is fit for mortals, such as we may enjoy.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

तत् । चि॒त्रम् । राधः॑ । आ । भ॒र॒ । उषः॑ । यत् । दी॒र्घ॒श्रुत्ऽत॑मम् । यत् । ते॒ । दि॒वः॒ । दु॒हि॒तः॒ । म॒र्त॒ऽभोज॑नम् । तत् । रा॒स्व॒ । भु॒नजा॑महै ॥
तत् । चित्रम् । राधः । आ । भर । उषः । यत् । दीर्घश्रुत्तमम् । यत् । ते । दिवः । दुहितः । मर्तभोजनम् । तत् । रास्व । भुनजामहै ॥
tat | citram | rādhaḥ | ā | bhara | uṣaḥ | yat | dīrghaśrut-tamam | yat | te | divaḥ | duhi taḥ | marta-bhojanam | tat | rāsva | bhunajāmahai

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 7.81.5 English analysis of grammar]

tac < tat < tad

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

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

citraṃ < citram < citra

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“manifold; extraordinary; beautiful; divers(a); varicolored; bright; bright; bright; outstanding; agitated; aglitter(p); brilliant; painted; obvious; patched; bizarre.”

rādha < rādhaḥ < rādhas

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“gift; munificence; liberality; bounty.”

ā

[adverb]

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

bharoṣo < bhara < bhṛ

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“bring; hold; fill; support; wear; possess; carry; nourish; keep; hire; have; satiate; follow; bear.”

bharoṣo < uṣaḥ < uṣas

[noun], vocative, singular, feminine

“Ushas; dawn; uṣas [word]; morning.”

yad < yat < yad

[noun], nominative, singular, neuter

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

dīrghaśruttamam < dīrghaśruttama

[noun], nominative, singular, neuter

yat < yad

[noun], nominative, singular, neuter

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

te < tvad

[noun], genitive, singular

“you.”

divo < divaḥ < div

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”

duhitar < duhitṛ

[noun], vocative, singular, feminine

“daughter; duhitṛ [word].”

martabhojanaṃ < marta

[noun], masculine

“man.”

martabhojanaṃ < bhojanam < bhojana

[noun], nominative, singular, neuter

“food; eating; foodstuff; meal; property; sevana; enjoyment.”

tad < tat < tad

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

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

rāsva <

[verb], singular, Aorist imperative

“give; impart.”

bhunajāmahai < bhuj

[verb], plural, Present imperative

“eat; enjoy; consume; eat; love; burn; run down; enjoy; live on.”

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