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 10.65.1

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अ॒ग्निरिन्द्रो॒ वरु॑णो मि॒त्रो अ॑र्य॒मा वा॒युः पू॒षा सर॑स्वती स॒जोष॑सः । आ॒दि॒त्या विष्णु॑र्म॒रुत॒: स्व॑र्बृ॒हत्सोमो॑ रु॒द्रो अदि॑ति॒र्ब्रह्म॑ण॒स्पति॑: ॥
अग्निरिन्द्रो वरुणो मित्रो अर्यमा वायुः पूषा सरस्वती सजोषसः । आदित्या विष्णुर्मरुतः स्वर्बृहत्सोमो रुद्रो अदितिर्ब्रह्मणस्पतिः ॥
agnir indro varuṇo mitro aryamā vāyuḥ pūṣā sarasvatī sajoṣasaḥ | ādityā viṣṇur marutaḥ svar bṛhat somo rudro aditir brahmaṇas patiḥ ||

English translation:

Agni, Inda, Varuṇa, Mitra, Aryaman, Vāyu, Pūṣan, Sarasvatī, the Ādityas, Viṣṇu, the Maruts,the mighty heaven, Soma, Rudra, Aditi, Brahmaṇaspati with one consent.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vasukarṇo vāsukraḥ [vasukarṇa vāsukra];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): viśvedevā:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛjjagatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अ॒ग्निः । इन्द्रः॑ । वरु॑णः । मि॒त्रः । आ॒र्य॒मा । वा॒युः । पू॒षा । सर॑स्वती । स॒ऽजोष॑सः । आ॒दि॒त्याः । विष्णुः॑ । म॒रुतः॑ । स्वः॑ । बृ॒हत् । सोमः॑ । रु॒द्रः । अदि॑तिः । ब्रह्म॑णः । पतिः॑ ॥
अग्निः । इन्द्रः । वरुणः । मित्रः । आर्यमा । वायुः । पूषा । सरस्वती । सजोषसः । आदित्याः । विष्णुः । मरुतः । स्वः । बृहत् । सोमः । रुद्रः । अदितिः । ब्रह्मणः । पतिः ॥
agniḥ | indraḥ | varuṇaḥ | mitraḥ | āryamā | vāyuḥ | pūṣā | sarasvatī | sa-joṣasaḥ | ādityāḥ | viṣṇuḥ | marutaḥ | svaḥ | bṛhat | somaḥ | rudraḥ | aditiḥ | brahmaṇaḥ | patiḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 10.65.1 English analysis of grammar]

agnir < agniḥ < agni

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”

indro < indraḥ < indra

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

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

varuṇo < varuṇaḥ < varuṇa

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“Varuna; varuṇa [word]; Crataeva religiosa Forst.; Varuṇa; varuṇādi.”

mitro < mitraḥ < mitra

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“friend; Mitra; mitra [word]; sun; ally.”

aryamā < aryaman

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“Aryaman; aryaman [word]; sun.”

vāyuḥ < vāyu

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

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

pūṣā < pūṣan

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“Pushan; pūṣan [word]; sun.”

sarasvatī

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“Sarasvati; Sarasvatī; language; voice; speech; eloquence; balloon vine; river.”

sajoṣasaḥ < sajoṣas

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“consentaneous; combined; associated; united.”

ādityā < ādityāḥ < āditya

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“sun; Aditya; Surya; āditya [word].”

viṣṇur < viṣṇuḥ < viṣṇu

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“Vishnu; Krishna; Viṣṇu; Om; Shiva.”

marutaḥ < marut

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“Marut; vāta; wind; Vayu.”

svar

[noun], nominative, singular, neuter

“sun; sky; sunlight.”

bṛhat

[noun], nominative, singular, neuter

“large; great; loud; high; much(a); exalted; abundant; intensive; strong; huge.”

somo < somaḥ < soma

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”

rudro < rudraḥ < rudra

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“Shiva; Rudra; eleven; rudra [word]; eleventh.”

aditir < aditiḥ < aditi

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“Aditi; aditi [word].”

brahmaṇaspatiḥ < brahmaṇaspati

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“Brahmaṇaspati.”

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