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 10.141.3
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
सोमं॒ राजा॑न॒मव॑से॒ऽग्निं गी॒र्भिर्ह॑वामहे । आ॒दि॒त्यान्विष्णुं॒ सूर्यं॑ ब्र॒ह्माणं॑ च॒ बृह॒स्पति॑म् ॥
सोमं राजानमवसेऽग्निं गीर्भिर्हवामहे । आदित्यान्विष्णुं सूर्यं ब्रह्माणं च बृहस्पतिम् ॥
somaṃ rājānam avase 'gniṃ gīrbhir havāmahe | ādityān viṣṇuṃ sūryam brahmāṇaṃ ca bṛhaspatim ||
English translation:
“We invoke for our protection the royal Soma, (we invoke) Agni with praises, (we invoke) the Ādityas,Viṣṇu, Sūrya, Brahmā and Bṛhaspati.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): agnistāpasaḥ [agnistāpasa];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): viśvedevā:;
Chandas (meter): virāḍanuṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
सोम॑म् । राजा॑नम् । अव॑से । अ॒ग्निम् । गीः॒ऽभिः । ह॒वा॒म॒हे॒ । आ॒दि॒त्यान् । विष्णु॑म् । सूर्य॑म् । ब्र॒ह्माण॑म् । च॒ । बृह॒स्पति॑म् ॥
सोमम् । राजानम् । अवसे । अग्निम् । गीःभिः । हवामहे । आदित्यान् । विष्णुम् । सूर्यम् । ब्रह्माणम् । च । बृहस्पतिम् ॥
somam | rājānam | avase | agnim | gīḥ-bhiḥ | havāmahe | ādityān | viṣṇum | sūryam | brahmāṇam | ca | bṛhaspatim
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 10.141.3 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“king; Kshatriya; rājan [word]; best; rājāvarta; Yakṣa.”
[verb noun]
“support; help; prefer; prefer; like.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[noun], instrumental, plural
“hymn; praise; voice; words; invocation; command; statement; cry; language.”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“raise; call on; call; summon.”
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
“sun; Aditya; Surya; āditya [word].”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“Vishnu; Krishna; Viṣṇu; Om; Shiva.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“sun; Surya; sūrya [word]; right nostril; twelve; Calotropis gigantea Beng.; sūryakānta; sunlight; best.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“Brahma; Brahmin; dhak; Brahman; brahman [word]; Brahman; Brahmin; Brahmapurāṇa; Vishnu; Brihaspati.”
[adverb]
“and; besides; then; now; even.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“Brihaspati; Jupiter; Bṛhaspati.”