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 10.59.5
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
असु॑नीते॒ मनो॑ अ॒स्मासु॑ धारय जी॒वात॑वे॒ सु प्र ति॑रा न॒ आयु॑: । रा॒र॒न्धि न॒: सूर्य॑स्य सं॒दृशि॑ घृ॒तेन॒ त्वं त॒न्वं॑ वर्धयस्व ॥
असुनीते मनो अस्मासु धारय जीवातवे सु प्र तिरा न आयुः । रारन्धि नः सूर्यस्य संदृशि घृतेन त्वं तन्वं वर्धयस्व ॥
asunīte mano asmāsu dhāraya jīvātave su pra tirā na āyuḥ | rārandhi naḥ sūryasya saṃdṛśi ghṛtena tvaṃ tanvaṃ vardhayasva ||
English translation:
“Asunīti, give us back the (departed) spirit; extend our life that we may live (long); establish us that wemay (long) behold the sun; do you cherish the body with the ghī (that we have offered).”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Asunīti: liṭ,conductress of breath or souls, i.e., who prolongs life
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): bandhvādayo gaupāyanāḥ [bandhvādaya gaupāyanāḥ];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): asunītiḥ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
असु॑ऽनीते । मनः॑ । अ॒स्मासु॑ । धा॒र॒य॒ । जी॒वात॑वे । सु । प्र । ति॒र॒ । नः॒ । आयुः॑ । र॒र॒न्धि । नः॒ । सूर्य॑स्य । स॒म्ऽदृशि॑ । घृ॒तेन॑ । त्वम् । त॒न्व॑म् । व॒र्ध॒य॒स्व॒ ॥
असुनीते । मनः । अस्मासु । धारय । जीवातवे । सु । प्र । तिर । नः । आयुः । ररन्धि । नः । सूर्यस्य । सम्दृशि । घृतेन । त्वम् । तन्वम् । वर्धयस्व ॥
asu-nīte | manaḥ | asmāsu | dhāraya | jīvātave | su | pra | tira | naḥ | āyuḥ | rarandhi | naḥ | sūryasya | sam-dṛśi | ghṛtena | tvam | tanvam | vardhayasva
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 10.59.5 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], vocative, singular, feminine
“afterworld.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“mind; Manas; purpose; idea; attention; heart; decision; manas [word]; manas [indecl.]; spirit; temper; intelligence.”
[noun], locative, plural
“I; mine.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“keep; sustain; put; hold; wear; hold; carry; keep alive; suppress; preserve; remember; stow; stop; have; fill into; endure; support; understand; fixate; govern; restrain.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
[adverb]
“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”
[adverb]
“towards; ahead.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“traverse; overcome; float; rescue; reach; satisfy.”
[noun], dative, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“life; longevity; āyus; life; āyus [word]; Āyus.”
[verb], singular, Perfect imperative
“rejoice.”
[noun], genitive, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“sun; Surya; sūrya [word]; right nostril; twelve; Calotropis gigantea Beng.; sūryakānta; sunlight; best.”
[noun], locative, singular, feminine
“appearance; view; view.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter
“ghee; fat.”
[noun], nominative, singular
“you.”
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
“body; self; own(a); person; form.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“increase; strengthen; promote; rear; add; greet; laud.”