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 8.79.7

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

सु॒शेवो॑ नो मृळ॒याकु॒रदृ॑प्तक्रतुरवा॒तः । भवा॑ नः सोम॒ शं हृ॒दे ॥
सुशेवो नो मृळयाकुरदृप्तक्रतुरवातः । भवा नः सोम शं हृदे ॥
suśevo no mṛḻayākur adṛptakratur avātaḥ | bhavā naḥ soma śaṃ hṛde ||

English translation:

“Most gracious and conferring joy, void of pride in your acts, and never failing, dwell, Soma, auspiciouslyin our hearts.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): kṛtnurbhārgavaḥ [kṛtnurbhārgava];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): somaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

सु॒ऽशेवः॑ । नः॒ । मृ॒ळ॒याकुः॑ । अदृ॑प्तऽक्रतुः । अ॒वा॒तः । भव॑ । नः॒ । सो॒म॒ । शम् । हृ॒दे ॥
सुशेवः । नः । मृळयाकुः । अदृप्तक्रतुः । अवातः । भव । नः । सोम । शम् । हृदे ॥
su-śevaḥ | naḥ | mṛḷayākuḥ | adṛpta-kratuḥ | avātaḥ | bhava | naḥ | soma | śam | hṛde

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.79.7 English analysis of grammar]

suśevo < su

[adverb]

“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”

suśevo < śevaḥ < śeva

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“friendly; favorable; dear.”

no < naḥ < mad

[noun], dative, plural

“I; mine.”

mṛᄆayākur < mṛḍayākuḥ < mṛḍayāku

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

adṛptakratur < a

[adverb]

“not; akāra; a [taddhita]; a [word]; a; a.”

adṛptakratur < dṛpta < dṛp

[verb noun]

adṛptakratur < kratuḥ < kratu

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“yajña; decision; plan; deliberation; intelligence; Kratu; will; kratu [word]; desire; resoluteness; ritual.”

avātaḥ < a

[adverb]

“not; akāra; a [taddhita]; a [word]; a; a.”

avātaḥ < vātaḥ < van

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“obtain; gain; desire; get; like; love; overcome.”

bhavā < bhava < bhū

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“become; be; originate; transform; happen; result; exist; be born; be; be; come to life; grow; elapse; come to mind; thrive; become; impend; show; conceive; understand; stand; constitute; serve; apply; behave.”

naḥ < mad

[noun], dative, plural

“I; mine.”

soma

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”

śaṃ < śam

[noun], nominative, singular, neuter

“luck; well-being; fortune.”

hṛde < hṛd

[noun], dative, singular, neuter

“heart; heart; mind; breast; hṛd [word].”

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