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 10.56.2
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
त॒नूष्टे॑ वाजिन्त॒न्वं१॒॑ नय॑न्ती वा॒मम॒स्मभ्यं॒ धातु॒ शर्म॒ तुभ्य॑म् । अह्रु॑तो म॒हो ध॒रुणा॑य दे॒वान्दि॒वी॑व॒ ज्योति॒: स्वमा मि॑मीयाः ॥
तनूष्टे वाजिन्तन्वं नयन्ती वाममस्मभ्यं धातु शर्म तुभ्यम् । अह्रुतो महो धरुणाय देवान्दिवीव ज्योतिः स्वमा मिमीयाः ॥
tanūṣ ṭe vājin tanvaṃ nayantī vāmam asmabhyaṃ dhātu śarma tubhyam | ahruto maho dharuṇāya devān divīva jyotiḥ svam ā mimīyāḥ ||
English translation:
“May this body (the earth) conveying your body, Vājin, give precious wealth to us and happiness toyou; an ddo you, without stumbling, enter among the great gods for their support; and the light that is in heaven(the sun) and your own (light).”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vṛhaduktho vāmadevyaḥ [vṛhaduktha vāmadevya];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): viśvedevā:;
Chandas (meter): virāṭtrisṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
त॒नूः । ते॒ । वा॒जि॒न् । त॒न्व॑म् । नय॑न्ती । वा॒मम् । अ॒स्मभ्य॑म् । धातु॑ । शर्म॑ । तुभ्य॑म् । अह्रु॑तः । म॒हः । ध॒रुणा॑य । दे॒वान् । दि॒विऽइ॑व । ज्योतिः॑ । स्वम् । आ । मि॒मी॒याः॒ ॥
तनूः । ते । वाजिन् । तन्वम् । नयन्ती । वामम् । अस्मभ्यम् । धातु । शर्म । तुभ्यम् । अह्रुतः । महः । धरुणाय । देवान् । दिविइव । ज्योतिः । स्वम् । आ । मिमीयाः ॥
tanūḥ | te | vājin | tanvam | nayantī | vāmam | asmabhyam | dhātu | śarma | tubhyam | ahrutaḥ | mahaḥ | dharuṇāya | devān | divi-iva | jyotiḥ | svam | ā | mimīyāḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 10.56.2 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“body; self; own(a); person; form.”
[noun], genitive, singular
“you.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“horse; bird; seven; hero; achiever; aphrodisiac.”
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
“body; self; own(a); person; form.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“bring; lead; spend; decant; enter (a state); remove; take out; take away; enforce; marry; carry; fill into; bring; learn; go out; add.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“agreeable; vāma [word]; beautiful.”
[noun], dative, plural
“I; mine.”
[verb], singular, Aorist imperative
“put; give; cause; get; hold; make; provide; lend; wear; install; have; enter (a state); supply; hold; take; show.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“protection; protective covering; refuge; joy.”
[noun], dative, singular
“you.”
[adverb]
“not; akāra; a [taddhita]; a [word]; a; a.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
“great; great; distinguished; much(a); adult; long; high.”
[noun], dative, singular, neuter
“prop; foundation.”
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”
[adverb]
“like; as it were; somehow; just so.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“light; star; luminosity; fire; jyotis [word]; digestion; planet; light; sunlight.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“own(a); respective(a); akin(p); sva [word]; individual; present(a); independent.”
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[verb], singular, Present optative
“transgress; damage.”