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 10.37.6

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

तं नो॒ द्यावा॑पृथि॒वी तन्न॒ आप॒ इन्द्र॑: शृण्वन्तु म॒रुतो॒ हवं॒ वच॑: । मा शूने॑ भूम॒ सूर्य॑स्य सं॒दृशि॑ भ॒द्रं जीव॑न्तो जर॒णाम॑शीमहि ॥
तं नो द्यावापृथिवी तन्न आप इन्द्रः शृण्वन्तु मरुतो हवं वचः । मा शूने भूम सूर्यस्य संदृशि भद्रं जीवन्तो जरणामशीमहि ॥
taṃ no dyāvāpṛthivī tan na āpa indraḥ śṛṇvantu maruto havaṃ vacaḥ | mā śūne bhūma sūryasya saṃdṛśi bhadraṃ jīvanto jaraṇām aśīmahi ||

English translation:

“May heaven and earth, may the waters, may Indra, and the Maruts, hear this our invocation and thisour praise; may we not be in sorrow at the sight of the Sun; diving long, may we attain a prosperous old age.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): abhitapāḥ sauryaḥ [abhitapas saurya];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): sūryaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): virāḍjagatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

तम् । नः॒ । द्यावा॑पृथि॒वी इति॑ । तत् । नः॒ । आपः॑ । इन्द्रः॑ । शृ॒ण्व॒न्तु॒ । म॒रुतः॑ । हव॑म् । वचः॑ । मा । शूने॑ । भू॒म॒ । सूर्य॑स्य । स॒म्ऽदृशि॑ । भ॒द्रम् । जीव॑न्तः । ज॒र॒णाम् । अ॒शी॒म॒हि॒ ॥
तम् । नः । द्यावापृथिवी इति । तत् । नः । आपः । इन्द्रः । शृण्वन्तु । मरुतः । हवम् । वचः । मा । शूने । भूम । सूर्यस्य । सम्दृशि । भद्रम् । जीवन्तः । जरणाम् । अशीमहि ॥
tam | naḥ | dyāvāpṛthivī iti | tat | naḥ | āpaḥ | indraḥ | śṛṇvantu | marutaḥ | havam | vacaḥ | mā | śūne | bhūma | sūryasya | sam-dṛśi | bhadram | jīvantaḥ | jaraṇām | aśīmahi

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 10.37.6 English analysis of grammar]

taṃ < tam < tad

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

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

no < naḥ < mad

[noun], genitive, plural

“I; mine.”

dyāvāpṛthivī

[noun], nominative, dual, feminine

“heaven and earth; dyāvāpṛthivī [word].”

tan < 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.”

na < naḥ < mad

[noun], genitive, plural

“I; mine.”

āpa < āpaḥ < ap

[noun], nominative, plural, feminine

“water; body of water; water; ap [word]; juice; jala.”

indraḥ < indra

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”

śṛṇvantu < śru

[verb], plural, Present imperative

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

maruto < marutaḥ < marut

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“Marut; vāta; wind; Vayu.”

havaṃ < havam < hava

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“invocation.”

vacaḥ < vacas

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“statement; command; speech; words; advice; word; voice.”

[adverb]

“not.”

śūne < śūna

[noun], locative, singular, neuter

“lack; absence.”

bhūma < bhū

[verb], plural, Aorist inj. (proh.)

“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.”

sūryasya < sūrya

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“sun; Surya; sūrya [word]; right nostril; twelve; Calotropis gigantea Beng.; sūryakānta; sunlight; best.”

saṃdṛśi < saṃdṛś

[noun], locative, singular, feminine

“appearance; view; view.”

bhadraṃ < bhadram < bhadra

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“auspicious; lovely; good; happy; bhadra [word]; lucky; fine-looking; beautiful.”

jīvanto < jīvantaḥ < jīv

[verb noun], nominative, plural

“survive; be; exist; live on; dwell.”

jaraṇām < jaraṇā

[noun], accusative, singular, feminine

“old age.”

aśīmahi <

[verb], plural, Aorist optative

“get; reach; enter (a state).”

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