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 10.36.11
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
म॒हद॒द्य म॑ह॒तामा वृ॑णीम॒हेऽवो॑ दे॒वानां॑ बृह॒ताम॑न॒र्वणा॑म् । यथा॒ वसु॑ वी॒रजा॑तं॒ नशा॑महै॒ तद्दे॒वाना॒मवो॑ अ॒द्या वृ॑णीमहे ॥
महदद्य महतामा वृणीमहेऽवो देवानां बृहतामनर्वणाम् । यथा वसु वीरजातं नशामहै तद्देवानामवो अद्या वृणीमहे ॥
mahad adya mahatām ā vṛṇīmahe 'vo devānām bṛhatām anarvaṇām | yathā vasu vīrajātaṃ naśāmahai tad devānām avo adyā vṛṇīmahe ||
English translation:
“We impolore today the especial protection of the mighty, the great, the irresistible, gods, that we mayobtain riches, and male progeny; we solicit today this protection of the gods.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): luśo dhānākaḥ [luśa dhānāka];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): viśvedevā:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛjjagatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
म॒हत् । अ॒द्य । म॒ह॒ताम् । आ । वृ॒णी॒म॒हे॒ । अवः॑ । दे॒वाना॑म् । बृ॒ह॒ताम् । अ॒न॒र्वणा॑म् । यथा॑ । वसु॑ । वी॒रऽजा॑तम् । नशा॑महै । तत् । दे॒वाना॑म् । अवः॑ । अ॒द्य । वृ॒णी॒म॒हे॒ ॥
महत् । अद्य । महताम् । आ । वृणीमहे । अवः । देवानाम् । बृहताम् । अनर्वणाम् । यथा । वसु । वीरजातम् । नशामहै । तत् । देवानाम् । अवः । अद्य । वृणीमहे ॥
mahat | adya | mahatām | ā | vṛṇīmahe | avaḥ | devānām | bṛhatām | anarvaṇām | yathā | vasu | vīra-jātam | naśāmahai | tat | devānām | avaḥ | adya | vṛṇīmahe
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 10.36.11 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“large; eminent; great; loud; dangerous; strong; long; high; much(a); mahant [word]; ample; very; great; adult; important; dark; high; abundant; violent; remarkable; mighty; big; long.”
[adverb]
“now; today; then; nowadays; adya [word].”
[noun], genitive, plural, masculine
“large; eminent; great; loud; dangerous; strong; long; high; much(a); mahant [word]; ample; very; great; adult; important; dark; high; abundant; violent; remarkable; mighty; big; long.”
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“choose; ask.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“aid; favor; protection.”
[noun], genitive, plural, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[noun], genitive, plural, masculine
“large; great; loud; high; much(a); exalted; abundant; intensive; strong; huge.”
[adverb]
“not.”
[noun], genitive, plural, masculine
[adverb]
“equally; as; so that; like; how; yathā [word]; that; wherein.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“wealth; property; gold; vasu [word]; ruby; treasure; jewel.”
[noun], masculine
“hero; man; Vīra; vīra; vīra [word]; Vīra.”
[verb noun], accusative, singular
“become; originate; be born; transform; happen; result; grow; beget; produce; create; conceive; separate; cause; give birth; grow; produce; generate; be; become; arise; come on.”
[verb], plural, Present imperative
“reach; achieve; enter (a state); reach.”
[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.”
[noun], genitive, plural, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“aid; favor; protection.”
[adverb]
“now; today; then; nowadays; adya [word].”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“choose; ask.”