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 8.25.10

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

उ॒त नो॑ दे॒व्यदि॑तिरुरु॒ष्यतां॒ नास॑त्या । उ॒रु॒ष्यन्तु॑ म॒रुतो॑ वृ॒द्धश॑वसः ॥
उत नो देव्यदितिरुरुष्यतां नासत्या । उरुष्यन्तु मरुतो वृद्धशवसः ॥
uta no devy aditir uruṣyatāṃ nāsatyā | uruṣyantu maruto vṛddhaśavasaḥ ||

English translation:

“May the divine Aditi, may the Nāsatyās also protect us; may the rapid Maruts defend us.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): viśvamanā vaiyaśvaḥ [viśvamanā vaiyaśva];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): viśvedevā:;
Chandas (meter): virāḍuṣnik ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

उ॒त । नः॒ । दे॒वी । अदि॑तिः । उ॒रु॒ष्यता॑म् । नास॑त्या । उ॒रु॒ष्यन्तु॑ । म॒रुतः॑ । वृ॒द्धऽश॑वसः ॥
उत । नः । देवी । अदितिः । उरुष्यताम् । नासत्या । उरुष्यन्तु । मरुतः । वृद्धशवसः ॥
uta | naḥ | devī | aditiḥ | uruṣyatām | nāsatyā | uruṣyantu | marutaḥ | vṛddha-śavasaḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.25.10 English analysis of grammar]

uta

[adverb]

“and; besides; uta [indecl.]; similarly; alike; even.”

no < naḥ < mad

[noun], dative, plural

“I; mine.”

devy < devī

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“Parvati; queen; goddess; Devi.”

aditir < aditiḥ < aditi

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“Aditi; aditi [word].”

uruṣyatāṃ < uruṣyatām < uruṣy

[verb], dual, Present imperative

“protect; help.”

nāsatyā < nāsatya

[noun], nominative, dual, masculine

“Asvins; nāsatya [word].”

uruṣyantu < uruṣy

[verb], plural, Present imperative

“protect; help.”

maruto < marutaḥ < marut

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“Marut; vāta; wind; Vayu.”

vṛddhaśavasaḥ < vṛddha < vṛdh

[verb noun]

“increase; grow; vṛdh; increase; succeed; strengthen; grow up; spread.”

vṛddhaśavasaḥ < śavasaḥ < śavas

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“strength; power; superiority.”

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