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 10.92.9

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

स्तोमं॑ वो अ॒द्य रु॒द्राय॒ शिक्व॑से क्ष॒यद्वी॑राय॒ नम॑सा दिदिष्टन । येभि॑: शि॒वः स्ववाँ॑ एव॒याव॑भिर्दि॒वः सिष॑क्ति॒ स्वय॑शा॒ निका॑मभिः ॥
स्तोमं वो अद्य रुद्राय शिक्वसे क्षयद्वीराय नमसा दिदिष्टन । येभिः शिवः स्ववाँ एवयावभिर्दिवः सिषक्ति स्वयशा निकामभिः ॥
stomaṃ vo adya rudrāya śikvase kṣayadvīrāya namasā didiṣṭana | yebhiḥ śivaḥ svavām̐ evayāvabhir divaḥ siṣakti svayaśā nikāmabhiḥ ||

English translation:

“Address praise today with reverence to Rudra the powerful destroyer of the heroes, (who isaccompanied) by the mounted (Maruts), the granters of wishes, together with whom he, propitious, possessingkinsmen, besprinkles (the worshippers) from heaven.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): śāryāto mānavaḥ [śāryāta mānava];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): viśvedevā:;
Chandas (meter): virāḍjagatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

स्तोम॑म् । वः॒ । अ॒द्य । रु॒द्राय॑ । शिक्व॑से । क्ष॒यत्ऽवी॑राय । नम॑सा । दि॒दि॒ष्ट॒न॒ । येभिः॑ । शि॒वः । स्वऽवा॑न् । ए॒व॒याव॑ऽभिः । दि॒वः । सिस॑क्ति । स्वऽय॑शाः । निका॑मऽभिः ॥
स्तोमम् । वः । अद्य । रुद्राय । शिक्वसे । क्षयत्वीराय । नमसा । दिदिष्टन । येभिः । शिवः । स्ववान् । एवयावभिः । दिवः । सिसक्ति । स्वयशाः । निकामभिः ॥
stomam | vaḥ | adya | rudrāya | śikvase | kṣayat-vīrāya | namasā | didiṣṭana | yebhiḥ | śivaḥ | sva-vān | evayāva-bhiḥ | divaḥ | sisakti | sva-yaśāḥ | nikāma-bhiḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 10.92.9 English analysis of grammar]

stomaṃ < stomam < stoma

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“hymn; Stoma; stoma [word].”

vo < vaḥ < tvad

[noun], genitive, plural

“you.”

adya

[adverb]

“now; today; then; nowadays; adya [word].”

rudrāya < rudra

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

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

śikvase < śikvas

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

kṣayadvīrāya < kṣayadvīra

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

“Shiva.”

namasā < namas

[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter

“adoration; court; namas [word]; bow; salute.”

didiṣṭana < diś

[verb], plural, Perfect imperative

“describe; give; give; teach.”

yebhiḥ < yad

[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

śivaḥ < śiva

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“auspicious; benevolent; benign; good-hearted; dear; śiva [word]; holy; nice.”

svavāṃ < svavat

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“helpful.”

evayāvabhir < eva

[noun]

“fast; rapid; agile.”

evayāvabhir < yāvabhiḥ < yāvan

[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine

“traveler.”

divaḥ < div

[noun], ablative, singular, masculine

“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”

siṣakti < sac

[verb], singular, Present indikative

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

svayaśā < sva

[noun]

“own(a); respective(a); akin(p); sva [word]; individual; present(a); independent.”

svayaśā < yaśāḥ < yaśas

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“fame; Yaśas.”

nikāmabhiḥ < nikāman

[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine

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