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 10.69.5
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
भवा॑ द्यु॒म्नी वा॑ध्र्यश्वो॒त गो॒पा मा त्वा॑ तारीद॒भिमा॑ति॒र्जना॑नाम् । शूर॑ इव धृ॒ष्णुश्च्यव॑नः सुमि॒त्रः प्र नु वो॑चं॒ वाध्र्य॑श्वस्य॒ नाम॑ ॥
भवा द्युम्नी वाध्र्यश्वोत गोपा मा त्वा तारीदभिमातिर्जनानाम् । शूर इव धृष्णुश्च्यवनः सुमित्रः प्र नु वोचं वाध्र्यश्वस्य नाम ॥
bhavā dyumnī vādhryaśvota gopā mā tvā tārīd abhimātir janānām | śūra iva dhṛṣṇuś cyavanaḥ sumitraḥ pra nu vocaṃ vādhryaśvasya nāma ||
English translation:
“Kinsman of Vadhryaśva, be the possessor of food and our protector; let no one assail you, (for youare) the overcomer of men; like a resolute warrior (you are) the overthrower (of enemies); I, Sumitra, celebratethe names of the kinsmen of Vadhyaśva.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): sumitro vādhryaścaḥ [sumitra vādhryaśca];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
भव॑ । द्यु॒म्नी । वा॒ध्रि॒ऽअ॒श्व॒ । उ॒त । गो॒पाः । मा । त्वा॒ । ता॒री॒त् । अ॒भिऽमा॑तिः । जना॑नाम् । शूरः॑ऽइव । घृ॒ष्णुः । च्यव॑नः । सु॒ऽमि॒त्रः । प्र । नु । वो॒च॒म् । वाध्रि॑ऽअश्वस्य । नाम॑ ॥
भव । द्युम्नी । वाध्रिअश्व । उत । गोपाः । मा । त्वा । तारीत् । अभिमातिः । जनानाम् । शूरःइव । घृष्णुः । च्यवनः । सुमित्रः । प्र । नु । वोचम् । वाध्रिअश्वस्य । नाम ॥
bhava | dyumnī | vādhri-aśva | uta | gopāḥ | mā | tvā | tārīt | abhi-mātiḥ | janānām | śūraḥ-iva | ghṛṣṇuḥ | cyavanaḥ | su-mitraḥ | pra | nu | vocam | vādhri-aśvasya | nāma
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 10.69.5 English analysis of grammar]
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“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.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“powerful; imperial.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
[adverb]
“and; besides; uta [indecl.]; similarly; alike; even.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“herder; defender.”
[adverb]
“not.”
[noun], accusative, singular
“you.”
[verb], singular, Aorist inj. (proh.)
“traverse; overcome; float; rescue; reach; satisfy.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“aggression; hostility.”
[noun], genitive, plural, masculine
“people; national; man; relative; jan; Janaloka; person; jana [word]; man; attendant; Jana; foreigner; inhabitant; group.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“hero; cock; śūra; Śūra; Vatica robusta; Plumbago zeylanica; warrior; hero; attacker; lentil; wild boar; lion; dog.”
[adverb]
“like; as it were; somehow; just so.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“brave; ferocious; strong.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Cyavana; Cyavana.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Sumitra; Sumitra.”
[adverb]
“towards; ahead.”
[adverb]
“now; already.”
[verb], singular, Aorist inj. (proh.)
“say; describe; name; tell; address; enumerate; call; state; teach; explain; say; declare; speak; define; declare; order; address; recommend; answer; deem; recite; approve; proclaim; indicate; determine; mention; designate.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“name; appellation; nāman [word]; nāmakaraṇa; surname; noun; word.”