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 10.100.5

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

इन्द्र॑ उ॒क्थेन॒ शव॑सा॒ परु॑र्दधे॒ बृह॑स्पते प्रतरी॒तास्यायु॑षः । य॒ज्ञो मनु॒: प्रम॑तिर्नः पि॒ता हि क॒मा स॒र्वता॑ति॒मदि॑तिं वृणीमहे ॥
इन्द्र उक्थेन शवसा परुर्दधे बृहस्पते प्रतरीतास्यायुषः । यज्ञो मनुः प्रमतिर्नः पिता हि कमा सर्वतातिमदितिं वृणीमहे ॥
indra ukthena śavasā parur dadhe bṛhaspate pratarītāsy āyuṣaḥ | yajño manuḥ pramatir naḥ pitā hi kam ā sarvatātim aditiṃ vṛṇīmahe ||

English translation:

“By his laudable strength Indra supports my limb; you, Bṛhaspati, are the prolonger of my life. May thesacrifice, the sage Manu, (being) our protector, (grant) us happiness. We long for the universal Aditi.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): duvasyurvāndanaḥ [duvasyurvāndana];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): viśvedevā:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛjjagatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

इन्द्रः॑ । उ॒क्थेन॑ । शव॑सा । परुः॑ । द॒धे॒ । बृह॑स्पते । प्र॒ऽत॒री॒ता । अ॒सि॒ । आयु॑षः । य॒ज्ञः । मनुः॑ । प्रऽम॑तिः । नः॒ । पि॒ता । हि । क॒म् । आ । स॒र्वऽता॑तिम् । अदि॑तिम् । वृ॒णी॒म॒हे॒ ॥
इन्द्रः । उक्थेन । शवसा । परुः । दधे । बृहस्पते । प्रतरीता । असि । आयुषः । यज्ञः । मनुः । प्रमतिः । नः । पिता । हि । कम् । आ । सर्वतातिम् । अदितिम् । वृणीमहे ॥
indraḥ | ukthena | śavasā | paruḥ | dadhe | bṛhaspate | pra-tarītā | asi | āyuṣaḥ | yajñaḥ | manuḥ | pra-matiḥ | naḥ | pitā | hi | kam | ā | sarva-tātim | aditim | vṛṇīmahe

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 10.100.5 English analysis of grammar]

indra < indraḥ < indra

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

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

ukthena < uktha

[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter

“hymn; praise; uktha [word]; encomium.”

śavasā < śavas

[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter

“strength; power; superiority.”

parur < paruḥ < parus

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“joint.”

dadhe < dhā

[verb], singular, Perfect indicative

“put; give; cause; get; hold; make; provide; lend; wear; install; have; enter (a state); supply; hold; take; show.”

bṛhaspate < bṛhaspati

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“Brihaspati; Jupiter; Bṛhaspati.”

pratarītāsy < pratarītā < pratarītṛ

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

pratarītāsy < asi < as

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”

āyuṣaḥ < āyus

[noun], genitive, singular, neuter

“life; longevity; āyus; life; āyus [word]; Āyus.”

yajño < yajñaḥ < yajña

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“yajña; religious ceremony; Vishnu; yajña [word]; Yajña; Shiva.”

manuḥ < manu

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“Manu; mantra; Manusmṛti; fourteen; man; manu [word]; Vaivasvata; incantation; sacred text.”

pramatir < pramatiḥ < pramati

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“care; solicitude; caution; providence.”

naḥ < mad

[noun], genitive, plural

“I; mine.”

pitā < pitṛ

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“father; Pitṛ; ancestor; parent; paternal ancestor; pitṛ [word]; forefather.”

hi

[adverb]

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

kam < kaṃ

[adverb]

“kaṃ [word].”

ā

[adverb]

“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”

sarvatātim < sarvatāti

[noun], accusative, singular, feminine

“completeness; prosperity; sum.”

aditiṃ < aditim < aditi

[noun], accusative, singular, feminine

“Aditi; aditi [word].”

vṛṇīmahe < vṛ

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“choose; ask.”

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