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 7.84.5
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
इ॒यमिन्द्रं॒ वरु॑णमष्ट मे॒ गीः प्राव॑त्तो॒के तन॑ये॒ तूतु॑जाना । सु॒रत्ना॑सो दे॒ववी॑तिं गमेम यू॒यं पा॑त स्व॒स्तिभि॒: सदा॑ नः ॥
इयमिन्द्रं वरुणमष्ट मे गीः प्रावत्तोके तनये तूतुजाना । सुरत्नासो देववीतिं गमेम यूयं पात स्वस्तिभिः सदा नः ॥
iyam indraṃ varuṇam aṣṭa me gīḥ prāvat toke tanaye tūtujānā | suratnāso devavītiṃ gamema yūyam pāta svastibhiḥ sadā naḥ ||
English translation:
“May this my praise reach Indra and Varuṇa, and, earnestly offered (by me), preserve sons andgrandsons; let us, possessed of affluence, present (their) food to the gods; and do you, (duties), ever cherish uswith blessings.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vasiṣṭhaḥ [vasiṣṭha];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indrāvaruṇau ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
इ॒यम् । इन्द्र॑म् । वरु॑णम् । अ॒ष्ट॒ । मे॒ । गीः । प्र । आ॒व॒त् । तो॒के । तन॑ये । तूतु॑जाना । सु॒ऽरत्ना॑सः । दे॒वऽवी॑तिम् । ग॒मे॒म॒ । यू॒यम् । पा॒त॒ । स्व॒स्तिऽभिः॑ । सदा॑ । नः॒ ॥
इयम् । इन्द्रम् । वरुणम् । अष्ट । मे । गीः । प्र । आवत् । तोके । तनये । तूतुजाना । सुरत्नासः । देववीतिम् । गमेम । यूयम् । पात । स्वस्तिभिः । सदा । नः ॥
iyam | indram | varuṇam | aṣṭa | me | gīḥ | pra | āvat | toke | tanaye | tūtujānā | su-ratnāsaḥ | deva-vītim | gamema | yūyam | pāta | svasti-bhiḥ | sadā | naḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 7.84.5 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“Varuna; varuṇa [word]; Crataeva religiosa Forst.; Varuṇa; varuṇādi.”
[verb], singular, Aorist inj. (proh.)
“get; reach; enter (a state).”
[noun], genitive, singular
“I; mine.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“hymn; praise; voice; words; invocation; command; statement; cry; language.”
[verb], singular, Imperfect
“help; promote.”
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“offspring.”
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“biological.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“draw.”
[adverb]
“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“jewel; wealth; best; treasure; vajra; property; jewel; ruby; jewelry.”
[noun], masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
[verb], plural, Aorist optative
“go; situate; enter (a state); travel; disappear; [in]; elapse; leave; reach; vanish; love; walk; approach; issue; hop on; gasify; get; come; die; drain; spread; transform; happen; discharge; ride; to be located; run; detect; refer; go; shall; drive.”
[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.”