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 10.174.3

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अ॒भि त्वा॑ दे॒वः स॑वि॒ताभि सोमो॑ अवीवृतत् । अ॒भि त्वा॒ विश्वा॑ भू॒तान्य॑भीव॒र्तो यथास॑सि ॥
अभि त्वा देवः सविताभि सोमो अवीवृतत् । अभि त्वा विश्वा भूतान्यभीवर्तो यथाससि ॥
abhi tvā devaḥ savitābhi somo avīvṛtat | abhi tvā viśvā bhūtāny abhīvarto yathāsasi ||

English translation:

“May te divine Savitā, may Soma establish you, (rājā), may all beings establish you, so that youmay be supreme.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): abhīvartaḥ [abhīvarta];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): rājñaḥstutiḥ ;
Chandas (meter): virāḍanuṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अ॒भि । त्वा॑ । दे॒वः । स॒वि॒ता । अ॒भि । सोमः॑ । अवीवृतत् । अ॒भि । त्वा॒ । विश्वा॑ । भू॒तानि॑ । अ॒भि॒ऽव॒र्तः । यथा॑ । अस॑सि ॥
अभि । त्वा । देवः । सविता । अभि । सोमः । अवीवृतत् । अभि । त्वा । विश्वा । भूतानि । अभिवर्तः । यथा । अससि ॥
abhi | tvā | devaḥ | savitā | abhi | somaḥ | avīvṛtat | abhi | tvā | viśvā | bhūtāni | abhi-vartaḥ | yathā | asasi

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 10.174.3 English analysis of grammar]

abhi

[adverb]

“towards; on.”

tvā < tvad

[noun], accusative, singular

“you.”

devaḥ < deva

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”

savitābhi < savitā < savitṛ

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“Savitar; sun; Surya; Savitṛ.”

savitābhi < abhi

[adverb]

“towards; on.”

somo < somaḥ < soma

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”

avīvṛtat < vṛt

[verb], singular, Redupl. Aorist (Ind.)

“behave; happen; exist; return; dwell; die; roll; continue; act; exist; feed on; issue; move; travel; proceed; turn; situate; drive; account for; begin; do; inhere; revolve.”

abhi

[adverb]

“towards; on.”

tvā < tvad

[noun], accusative, singular

“you.”

viśvā < viśva

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”

bhūtāny < bhūtāni < bhūta

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“being; ghost; mahābhūta; monster; past; Bhūta; world; bhūta [word]; being; mythical monster; animal; entity.”

abhīvarto < abhīvartaḥ < abhīvarta

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“victorious.”

yathāsasi < yathā

[adverb]

“equally; as; so that; like; how; yathā [word]; that; wherein.”

yathāsasi < asasi < as

[verb], singular, Present conjunctive (subjunctive)

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

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