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 8.83.2

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

ते न॑: सन्तु॒ युज॒: सदा॒ वरु॑णो मि॒त्रो अ॑र्य॒मा । वृ॒धास॑श्च॒ प्रचे॑तसः ॥
ते नः सन्तु युजः सदा वरुणो मित्रो अर्यमा । वृधासश्च प्रचेतसः ॥
te naḥ santu yujaḥ sadā varuṇo mitro aryamā | vṛdhāsaś ca pracetasaḥ ||

English translation:

“May those (deities) Varuṇa, Mitra and Aryaman, be ever our allies and supremeley wise helpers.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): kusīdī kāṇvaḥ [kusīdī kāṇva];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): viśvedevā:;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

ते । नः॒ । स॒न्तु॒ । युजः॑ । सदा॑ । वरु॑णः । मि॒त्रः । अ॒र्य॒मा । वृ॒धासः॑ । च॒ । प्रऽचे॑तसः ॥
ते । नः । सन्तु । युजः । सदा । वरुणः । मित्रः । अर्यमा । वृधासः । च । प्रचेतसः ॥
te | naḥ | santu | yujaḥ | sadā | varuṇaḥ | mitraḥ | aryamā | vṛdhāsaḥ | ca | pra-cetasaḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.83.2 English analysis of grammar]

te < tad

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

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

naḥ < mad

[noun], genitive, plural

“I; mine.”

santu < as

[verb], plural, Present imperative

“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”

yujaḥ < yuj

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“ally; friend; pair; two; companion.”

sadā

[adverb]

“always; continually; always; perpetually.”

varuṇo < varuṇaḥ < varuṇa

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“Varuna; varuṇa [word]; Crataeva religiosa Forst.; Varuṇa; varuṇādi.”

mitro < mitraḥ < mitra

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“friend; Mitra; mitra [word]; sun; ally.”

aryamā < aryaman

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“Aryaman; aryaman [word]; sun.”

vṛdhāsaś < vṛdhāsaḥ < vṛdha

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“increasing; promotive.”

ca

[adverb]

“and; besides; then; now; even.”

pracetasaḥ < pracetas

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“intelligent; mindful; attentive; wise; apt; observant.”

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