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 9.61.29
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अस्य॑ ते स॒ख्ये व॒यं तवे॑न्दो द्यु॒म्न उ॑त्त॒मे । सा॒स॒ह्याम॑ पृतन्य॒तः ॥
अस्य ते सख्ये वयं तवेन्दो द्युम्न उत्तमे । सासह्याम पृतन्यतः ॥
asya te sakhye vayaṃ tavendo dyumna uttame | sāsahyāma pṛtanyataḥ ||
English translation:
“(Enjoying) the friendship of you here and you excellent food, Indu, may we overcome our assailants.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Food: dyumnam dyotate'ryaśo vānnam vā (Nirukta. 5.5)
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): amahīyuḥ;Devatā (deity/subject-matter): pavamānaḥ somaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अस्य॑ । ते॒ । स॒ख्ये । व॒यम् । तव॑ । इ॒न्दो॒ इति॑ । द्यु॒म्ने । उ॒त्ऽत॒मे । स॒स॒ह्याम॑ । पृ॒त॒न्य॒तः ॥
अस्य । ते । सख्ये । वयम् । तव । इन्दो इति । द्युम्ने । उत्तमे । ससह्याम । पृतन्यतः ॥
asya | te | sakhye | vayam | tava | indo iti | dyumne | ut-tame | sasahyāma | pṛtanyataḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 9.61.29 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[noun], genitive, singular
“you.”
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“friendship; aid; company.”
[noun], nominative, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], genitive, singular
“you.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“moon; Soma; drop; anusvāra; one; Candra; silver; camphor; point; juice.”
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“magnificence.”
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“best; excellent; highest; better; extreme; last; first; topmost; chief(a); higher; highest; maximal; uttama [word]; prevailing; finest.”
[verb], plural, Perfect optative
“endure; overcome; habituate.”
[verb noun], accusative, plural
“attack.”