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 10.35.13

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

विश्वे॑ अ॒द्य म॒रुतो॒ विश्व॑ ऊ॒ती विश्वे॑ भवन्त्व॒ग्नय॒: समि॑द्धाः । विश्वे॑ नो दे॒वा अव॒सा ग॑मन्तु॒ विश्व॑मस्तु॒ द्रवि॑णं॒ वाजो॑ अ॒स्मे ॥
विश्वे अद्य मरुतो विश्व ऊती विश्वे भवन्त्वग्नयः समिद्धाः । विश्वे नो देवा अवसा गमन्तु विश्वमस्तु द्रविणं वाजो अस्मे ॥
viśve adya maruto viśva ūtī viśve bhavantv agnayaḥ samiddhāḥ | viśve no devā avasā gamantu viśvam astu draviṇaṃ vājo asme ||

English translation:

“This day, may all the Maruts, all the (deities), be for our protection; and may all the fires be kindleḍMay all the gods come for our preservation, and may all wealth and food be ours.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

Protection: ūtī, avasā =rakṣaṇam;

Alternative: ūtī = tarpaṇam, satisfaction;

Avasā = tuṣṭi, plural asure

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): luśo dhānākaḥ [luśa dhānāka];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): viśvedevā:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

विश्वे॑ । अ॒द्य । म॒रुतः॑ । विश्वे॑ । ऊ॒ती । विश्वे॑ । भ॒व॒न्तु॒ । अ॒ग्नयः॑ । सम्ऽइ॑द्धाः । विश्वे॑ । नः॒ । दे॒वाः । अ॒व॒सा । आ । ग॒म॒न्तु॒ । विश्व॑म् । अ॒स्तु॒ । द्रवि॑णम् । वाजः॑ । अ॒स्मे इति॑ ॥
विश्वे । अद्य । मरुतः । विश्वे । ऊती । विश्वे । भवन्तु । अग्नयः । सम्इद्धाः । विश्वे । नः । देवाः । अवसा । आ । गमन्तु । विश्वम् । अस्तु । द्रविणम् । वाजः । अस्मे इति ॥
viśve | adya | marutaḥ | viśve | ūtī | viśve | bhavantu | agnayaḥ | sam-iddhāḥ | vi śve | naḥ | devāḥ | avasā | ā | gamantu | viśvam | astu | draviṇam | vājaḥ | asme iti

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 10.35.13 English analysis of grammar]

viśve < viśva

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”

adya

[adverb]

“now; today; then; nowadays; adya [word].”

maruto < marutaḥ < marut

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“Marut; vāta; wind; Vayu.”

viśva < viśve < viśva

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”

ūtī < ūti

[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine

“aid; favor; ūti [word].”

viśve < viśva

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”

bhavantv < bhavantu < bhū

[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.”

agnayaḥ < agni

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”

sam

[adverb]

“sam; together; together; saṃ.”

iddhāḥ < indh

[verb noun], nominative, plural

“kindle; ignite; set ablaze.”

viśve < viśva

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”

no < naḥ < mad

[noun], accusative, plural

“I; mine.”

devā < devāḥ < deva

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”

avasā < avas

[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter

“aid; favor; protection.”

gamantu < gam

[verb], plural, Present imperative

“go; situate; enter (a state); travel; disappear; [in]; elapse; leave; reach; vanish; love; walk; approach; issue; hop on; gasify; get; come; die; drain; spread; transform; happen; discharge; ride; to be located; run; detect; refer; go; shall; drive.”

viśvam < viśva

[noun], nominative, singular, neuter

“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”

astu < as

[verb], singular, Present imperative

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

draviṇaṃ < draviṇam < draviṇa

[noun], nominative, singular, neuter

“wealth; property; money; jewel.”

vājo < vājaḥ < vāja

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“prize; Vāja; reward; reward; Ribhus; vigor; strength; contest.”

asme < mad

[noun], locative, plural

“I; mine.”

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