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 10.9.4
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
शं नो॑ दे॒वीर॒भिष्ट॑य॒ आपो॑ भवन्तु पी॒तये॑ । शं योर॒भि स्र॑वन्तु नः ॥
शं नो देवीरभिष्टय आपो भवन्तु पीतये । शं योरभि स्रवन्तु नः ॥
śaṃ no devīr abhiṣṭaya āpo bhavantu pītaye | śaṃ yor abhi sravantu naḥ ||
English translation:
“May the divine water be propitious to our worship, (may they be good) for our drinking; may they flowround us, and be our health and safety.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
This and previous three ṛcas are repeated at the daily ablutions of thebrāhmaṇas
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): triśirāstvāṣṭraḥ sindhudvīpo vāmbarīṣaḥ [triśirāstvāṣṭra sindhudvīpa vāmbarīṣa];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): āpaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
शम् । नः॒ । दे॒वीः । अ॒भिष्ट॑ये । आपः॑ । भ॒व॒न्तु॒ । पी॒तये॑ । शम् । योः । अ॒भि । स्र॒व॒न्तु॒ । नः॒ ॥
शम् । नः । देवीः । अभिष्टये । आपः । भवन्तु । पीतये । शम् । योः । अभि । स्रवन्तु । नः ॥
śam | naḥ | devīḥ | abhiṣṭaye | āpaḥ | bhavantu | pītaye | śam | yoḥ | abhi | sravantu | naḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 10.9.4 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“luck; well-being; fortune.”
[noun], dative, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“Parvati; queen; goddess; Devi.”
[noun], dative, singular, feminine
“prevalence; protection.”
[noun], nominative, plural, neuter
“water; body of water; water; ap [word]; juice; jala.”
[verb], plural, 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, singular, feminine
“drinking; haritāla.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“luck; well-being; fortune.”
[noun], accusative, singular
“fortune.”
[adverb]
“towards; on.”
[verb], plural, Present imperative
“discharge; issue; run; filter; discharge; liquefy; ejaculate; fail; disappear; leak; fester.”
[noun], dative, plural
“I; mine.”