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 9.61.24

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

त्वोता॑स॒स्तवाव॑सा॒ स्याम॑ व॒न्वन्त॑ आ॒मुर॑: । सोम॑ व्र॒तेषु॑ जागृहि ॥
त्वोतासस्तवावसा स्याम वन्वन्त आमुरः । सोम व्रतेषु जागृहि ॥
tvotāsas tavāvasā syāma vanvanta āmuraḥ | soma vrateṣu jāgṛhi ||

English translation:

“Protected by you, through your protection may we be victorious, slaying (our enemies); be vigilant Soma, at our sacrifices.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): amahīyuḥ;
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): pavamānaḥ somaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

त्वाऽऊ॑तासः । तव॑ । अव॑सा । स्याम॑ । व॒न्वन्तः॑ । आ॒ऽमुरः॑ । सोम॑ । व्र॒तेषु॑ । जा॒गृ॒हि॒ ॥
त्वाऊतासः । तव । अवसा । स्याम । वन्वन्तः । आमुरः । सोम । व्रतेषु । जागृहि ॥
tvā-ūtāsaḥ | tava | avasā | syāma | vanvantaḥ | āmuraḥ | soma | vrateṣu | jāgṛhi

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 9.61.24 English analysis of grammar]

tvotāsas < tvotāsaḥ < tvota

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

tavāvasā < tava < tvad

[noun], genitive, singular

“you.”

tavāvasā < avasā < avas

[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter

“aid; favor; protection.”

syāma < as

[verb], plural, Present optative

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

vanvanta < vanvantaḥ < van

[verb noun], nominative, plural

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

āmuraḥ < āmur

[noun], accusative, plural, masculine

soma

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”

vrateṣu < vrata

[noun], locative, plural, neuter

“vrata (vote); commandment; law; oath; command; rule; custom; vrata [word]; rule; behavior.”

jāgṛhi < jāgṛ

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“wake; watch; awaken; wake up; oversee.”

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