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 10.36.10

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

ये स्था मनो॑र्य॒ज्ञिया॒स्ते शृ॑णोतन॒ यद्वो॑ देवा॒ ईम॑हे॒ तद्द॑दातन । जैत्रं॒ क्रतुं॑ रयि॒मद्वी॒रव॒द्यश॒स्तद्दे॒वाना॒मवो॑ अ॒द्या वृ॑णीमहे ॥
ये स्था मनोर्यज्ञियास्ते शृणोतन यद्वो देवा ईमहे तद्ददातन । जैत्रं क्रतुं रयिमद्वीरवद्यशस्तद्देवानामवो अद्या वृणीमहे ॥
ye sthā manor yajñiyās te śṛṇotana yad vo devā īmahe tad dadātana | jaitraṃ kratuṃ rayimad vīravad yaśas tad devānām avo adyā vṛṇīmahe ||

English translation:

“Gods, who are entitled to the worship of men, hear (our prayers), and grant us that which we request;(bestow upon us) the intelligence requisite for victory, and fame with wealth, and male progeny; we solicit todaythis protection of the gods.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

ये । स्थाः । मनोः॑ । य॒ज्ञियाः॑ । ते । शृ॒णो॒त॒न॒ । यत् । वः॒ । दे॒वाः॒ । ईम॑हे । तत् । द॒दा॒त॒न॒ । जैत्र॑म् । क्रतु॑म् । र॒यि॒मत् । वी॒रऽव॑त् । यशः॑ । तत् । दे॒वाना॑म् । अवः॑ । अ॒द्य । वृ॒णी॒म॒हे॒ ॥
ये । स्थाः । मनोः । यज्ञियाः । ते । शृणोतन । यत् । वः । देवाः । ईमहे । तत् । ददातन । जैत्रम् । क्रतुम् । रयिमत् । वीरवत् । यशः । तत् । देवानाम् । अवः । अद्य । वृणीमहे ॥
ye | sthāḥ | manoḥ | yajñiyāḥ | te | śṛṇotana | yat | vaḥ | devāḥ | īmahe | tat | dadātana | jaitram | kratum | rayimat | vīra-vat | yaśaḥ | tat | devānām | avaḥ | adya | vṛṇīmahe

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 10.36.10 English analysis of grammar]

ye < yad

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

sthā < stha < as

[verb], plural, Present indikative

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

manor < manoḥ < manu

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“Manu; mantra; Manusmṛti; fourteen; man; manu [word]; Vaivasvata; incantation; sacred text.”

yajñiyās < yajñiyāḥ < yajñiya

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“sacrificial; divine; devoted.”

te < tad

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”

śṛṇotana < śru

[verb], plural, Present imperative

“listen; come to know; hear; hear; listen; study; heed; learn.”

yad < yat < yad

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

vo < vaḥ < tvad

[noun], genitive, plural

“you.”

devā < devāḥ < deva

[noun], vocative, plural, masculine

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

īmahe < ī < √i

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“beg; solicit.”

tad < tat < tad

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”

dadātana <

[verb], plural, Present imperative

“give; add; perform; put; administer; fill into; give; ignite; put on; offer; use; fuel; pour; grant; feed; teach; construct; insert; drip; wrap; pay; hand over; lend; inflict; concentrate; sacrifice; splint; poultice; create.”

jaitraṃ < jaitram < jaitra

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

kratuṃ < kratum < kratu

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“yajña; decision; plan; deliberation; intelligence; Kratu; will; kratu [word]; desire; resoluteness; ritual.”

rayimad < rayimat

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“rich; affluent.”

vīravad < vīravat

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“rich in men.”

yaśas < yaśaḥ < yaśas

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“fame; Yaśas.”

tad < tat < tad

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”

devānām < deva

[noun], genitive, plural, masculine

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

avo < avaḥ < avas

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“aid; favor; protection.”

adyā < adya

[adverb]

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

vṛṇīmahe < vṛ

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“choose; ask.”

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