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 8.7.6
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
यु॒ष्माँ उ॒ नक्त॑मू॒तये॑ यु॒ष्मान्दिवा॑ हवामहे । यु॒ष्मान्प्र॑य॒त्य॑ध्व॒रे ॥
युष्माँ उ नक्तमूतये युष्मान्दिवा हवामहे । युष्मान्प्रयत्यध्वरे ॥
yuṣmām̐ u naktam ūtaye yuṣmān divā havāmahe | yuṣmān prayaty adhvare ||
English translation:
“We invoke you for protection by night, (we invoke) you by day, (we invoke) you when the sacrifice is inprogress.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): punarvatsaḥ kāṇvaḥ [punarvatsa kāṇva];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): marūtaḥ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
यु॒ष्मान् । ऊँ॒ इति॑ । नक्त॑म् । ऊ॒तये॑ । यु॒ष्मान् । दिवा॑ । ह॒वा॒म॒हे॒ । यु॒ष्मान् । प्र॒ऽय॒ति । अ॒ध्व॒रे ॥
युष्मान् । ऊँ इति । नक्तम् । ऊतये । युष्मान् । दिवा । हवामहे । युष्मान् । प्रयति । अध्वरे ॥
yuṣmān | oṃ iti | naktam | ūtaye | yuṣmān | divā | havāmahe | yuṣmān | pra-yati | adhvare
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.7.6 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], accusative, plural
“you.”
[adverb]
“ukāra; besides; now; indeed; u.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“night; night.”
[noun], dative, singular, feminine
“aid; favor; ūti [word].”
[noun], accusative, plural
“you.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine
“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“raise; call on; call; summon.”
[noun], accusative, plural
“you.”
[verb noun], locative, singular
“die; proceed; advance; continue; begin; depart.”
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
“yajña; ceremony; adhvara [word].”