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 10.7.7
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
भवा॑ नो अग्नेऽवि॒तोत गो॒पा भवा॑ वय॒स्कृदु॒त नो॑ वयो॒धाः । रास्वा॑ च नः सुमहो ह॒व्यदा॑तिं॒ त्रास्वो॒त न॑स्त॒न्वो॒३॒॑ अप्र॑युच्छन् ॥
भवा नो अग्नेऽवितोत गोपा भवा वयस्कृदुत नो वयोधाः । रास्वा च नः सुमहो हव्यदातिं त्रास्वोत नस्तन्वो अप्रयुच्छन् ॥
bhavā no agne 'vitota gopā bhavā vayaskṛd uta no vayodhāḥ | rāsvā ca naḥ sumaho havyadātiṃ trāsvota nas tanvo aprayucchan ||
English translation:
“Be our protector, Agni, (in obvious peril); be our preserver (in unseen danger), be the provider andgiver of sustenance; bestow upon us, nightly Agni, the donation of oblations, and ever attentive, protect ourpersons.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Protector, preserver: avitā and gopā
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): tritaḥ [trita];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): virāṭtrisṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
भव॑ । नः॒ । अ॒ग्ने॒ । अ॒वि॒ता । उ॒त । गो॒पाः । भव॑ । व॒यः॒ऽकृत् । उ॒त । नः॒ । व॒यः॒ऽधाः । रास्व॑ । च॒ । नः॒ । सु॒ऽम॒हः । ह॒व्यऽदा॑तिम् । त्रास्व॑ । उ॒त । नः॒ । त॒न्वः॑ । अप्र॑ऽयुच्छन् ॥
भव । नः । अग्ने । अविता । उत । गोपाः । भव । वयःकृत् । उत । नः । वयःधाः । रास्व । च । नः । सुमहः । हव्यदातिम् । त्रास्व । उत । नः । तन्वः । अप्रयुच्छन् ॥
bhava | naḥ | agne | avitā | uta | gopāḥ | bhava | vayaḥ-kṛt | uta | naḥ | vayaḥ-dhāḥ | rāsva | ca | naḥ | su-mahaḥ | havya-dātim | trāsva | uta | naḥ | tanvaḥ | apra-yucchan
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 10.7.7 English analysis of grammar]
[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.”
[noun], dative, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“favorable.”
[adverb]
“and; besides; uta [indecl.]; similarly; alike; even.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“herder; defender.”
[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.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
[adverb]
“and; besides; uta [indecl.]; similarly; alike; even.”
[noun], dative, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“fortifying.”
[verb], singular, Aorist imperative
“give; impart.”
[adverb]
“and; besides; then; now; even.”
[noun], dative, plural
“I; mine.”
[adverb]
“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“greatness; festival; glory; reward; gladness.”
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“protect; help.”
[adverb]
“and; besides; uta [indecl.]; similarly; alike; even.”
[noun], accusative, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
“body; self; own(a); person; form.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“ceaseless; attentive.”