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 10.85.23
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अ॒नृ॒क्ष॒रा ऋ॒जव॑: सन्तु॒ पन्था॒ येभि॒: सखा॑यो॒ यन्ति॑ नो वरे॒यम् । सम॑र्य॒मा सं भगो॑ नो निनीया॒त्सं जा॑स्प॒त्यं सु॒यम॑मस्तु देवाः ॥
अनृक्षरा ऋजवः सन्तु पन्था येभिः सखायो यन्ति नो वरेयम् । समर्यमा सं भगो नो निनीयात्सं जास्पत्यं सुयममस्तु देवाः ॥
anṛkṣarā ṛjavaḥ santu panthā yebhiḥ sakhāyo yanti no vareyam | sam aryamā sam bhago no ninīyāt saṃ jāspatyaṃ suyamam astu devāḥ ||
English translation:
“Smooth and straight be the paths by which our friends repair to the bride's father; may Aryaman, mayBhaga conduct us, and may the union of the wife and husband be easily accomplished, O gods.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): sūryā sāvitrī;Devatā (deity/subject-matter): nṛrṇā vivāhamantrā āśīḥ prāyāḥ ;
Chandas (meter): triṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अ॒नृ॒क्ष॒राः । ऋ॒जवः॑ । स॒न्तु॒ । पन्थाः॑ । येभिः॑ । सखा॑यः । यन्ति॑ । नः॒ । व॒रे॒ऽयम् । सम् । अ॒र्य॒मा । सम् । भगः॑ । नः॒ । नि॒नी॒या॒त् । सम् । जाः॒ऽप॒त्यम् । सु॒ऽयम॑म् । अ॒स्तु॒ । दे॒वाः॒ ॥
अनृक्षराः । ऋजवः । सन्तु । पन्थाः । येभिः । सखायः । यन्ति । नः । वरेयम् । सम् । अर्यमा । सम् । भगः । नः । निनीयात् । सम् । जाःपत्यम् । सुयमम् । अस्तु । देवाः ॥
anṛkṣarāḥ | ṛjavaḥ | santu | panthāḥ | yebhiḥ | sakhāyaḥ | yanti | naḥ | vare--yam | sam | aryamā | sam | bhagaḥ | naḥ | ninīyāt | sam | jāḥ-patyam | su-yamam | astu | devāḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 10.85.23 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“thornless.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“honest; straight; straight; ṛju [word]; sincere; erect; upright.”
[verb], plural, Present imperative
“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”
[noun], nominative, plural
“way; road; path [word]; journey; method.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], nominative, plural
“friend; companion; sakhi [word].”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“go; travel; enter (a state); return; walk; continue; reach; ask.”
[noun], genitive, plural
“I; mine.”
[verb noun]
[adverb]
“sam; together; together; saṃ.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Aryaman; aryaman [word]; sun.”
[adverb]
“sam; together; together; saṃ.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Bhaga; vulva; good fortune; vagina; bhaga [word]; sun; well-being; happiness; overlord.”
[noun], accusative, plural
“I; mine.”
[verb], singular, Perfect optative
“bring; lead; spend; decant; enter (a state); remove; take out; take away; enforce; marry; carry; fill into; bring; learn; go out; add.”
[adverb]
“sam; together; together; saṃ.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”
[noun], vocative, plural, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”