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 10.64.7

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

प्र वो॑ वा॒युं र॑थ॒युजं॒ पुरं॑धिं॒ स्तोमै॑: कृणुध्वं स॒ख्याय॑ पू॒षण॑म् । ते हि दे॒वस्य॑ सवि॒तुः सवी॑मनि॒ क्रतुं॒ सच॑न्ते स॒चित॒: सचे॑तसः ॥
प्र वो वायुं रथयुजं पुरंधिं स्तोमैः कृणुध्वं सख्याय पूषणम् । ते हि देवस्य सवितुः सवीमनि क्रतुं सचन्ते सचितः सचेतसः ॥
pra vo vāyuṃ rathayujam puraṃdhiṃ stomaiḥ kṛṇudhvaṃ sakhyāya pūṣaṇam | te hi devasya savituḥ savīmani kratuṃ sacante sacitaḥ sacetasaḥ ||

English translation:

“Importune, (worshippers), with praises, Vāyu, harnessing his chariot, and Purandhi and Pūṣan fortheir friendship, for these considerate and consentient deities, attend the sacrifice upon the birth of Savitā.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): gayaḥ plātaḥ [gaya plāta];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): viśvedevā:;
Chandas (meter): virāḍjagatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

प्र । वः॒ । वा॒युम् । र॒थ॒ऽयुज॑म् । पुर॑म्ऽधिम् । स्तोमैः॑ । कृ॒णु॒ध्व॒म् । स॒ख्याय॑ । पू॒षण॑म् । ते । हि । दे॒वस्य॑ । स॒वि॒तुः । सवी॑मनि । क्रतु॑म् । सच॑न्ते । स॒ऽचितः॑ । सऽचे॑तसः ॥
प्र । वः । वायुम् । रथयुजम् । पुरम्धिम् । स्तोमैः । कृणुध्वम् । सख्याय । पूषणम् । ते । हि । देवस्य । सवितुः । सवीमनि । क्रतुम् । सचन्ते । सचितः । सचेतसः ॥
pra | vaḥ | vāyum | ratha-yujam | puram-dhim | stomaiḥ | kṛṇudhvam | sakhyāya | pūṣaṇam | te | hi | devasya | savituḥ | savīmani | kratum | sacante | sa-citaḥ | sa-cetasaḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 10.64.7 English analysis of grammar]

pra

[adverb]

“towards; ahead.”

vo < vaḥ < tvad

[noun], genitive, plural

“you.”

vāyuṃ < vāyum < vāyu

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“wind; Vayu; vāta; prāṇa (coll.); air; air; fart; breath; northwest; draft; vāyu [word]; Vāyu; Marut.”

rathayujam < ratha

[noun], masculine

“chariot; warrior; ratha [word]; Dalbergia oojeinensis; rattan.”

rathayujam < yujam < yuj

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“amalgamated; harnessed.”

purandhiṃ < purandhim < purandhi

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

stomaiḥ < stoma

[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine

“hymn; Stoma; stoma [word].”

kṛṇudhvaṃ < kṛṇudhvam < kṛ

[verb], plural, Present imperative

“make; perform; cause; produce; shape; construct; do; put; fill into; use; fuel; transform; bore; act; write; create; prepare; administer; dig; prepare; treat; take effect; add; trace; put on; process; treat; heed; hire; act; produce; assume; eat; ignite; chop; treat; obey; manufacture; appoint; evacuate; choose; understand; insert; happen; envelop; weigh; observe; practice; lend; bring; duplicate; plant; kṛ; concentrate; mix; knot; join; take; provide; utter; compose.”

sakhyāya < sakhya

[noun], dative, singular, neuter

“friendship; aid; company.”

pūṣaṇam < pūṣan

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“Pushan; pūṣan [word]; sun.”

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.”

hi

[adverb]

“because; indeed; for; therefore; hi [word].”

devasya < deva

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

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

savituḥ < savitṛ

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“Savitar; sun; Surya; Savitṛ.”

savīmani < savīman

[noun], locative, singular, neuter

“impulse.”

kratuṃ < kratum < kratu

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

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

sacante < sac

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“accompany; follow; company; obey; participate; enter.”

sacitaḥ < sacit

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

sacetasaḥ < sacetas

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“consentaneous.”

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