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 10.186.1
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
वात॒ आ वा॑तु भेष॒जं श॒म्भु म॑यो॒भु नो॑ हृ॒दे । प्र ण॒ आयूं॑षि तारिषत् ॥
वात आ वातु भेषजं शम्भु मयोभु नो हृदे । प्र ण आयूंषि तारिषत् ॥
vāta ā vātu bheṣajaṃ śambhu mayobhu no hṛde | pra ṇa āyūṃṣi tāriṣat ||
English translation:
“May Vāta breath into our hearts a healinv balm, bringing happiness; may he prolong our lives.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): ulo vātāyanaḥ [ula vātāyana];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): vāyu:;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
वातः॑ । आ । वा॒तु॒ । भे॒ष॒जम् । श॒म्ऽभु । मा॒यः॒ऽभु । नः॒ । हृ॒दे । प्र । नः॒ । आयूं॑षि । ता॒रि॒ष॒त् ॥
वातः । आ । वातु । भेषजम् । शम्भु । मायःभु । नः । हृदे । प्र । नः । आयूंषि । तारिषत् ॥
vātaḥ | ā | vātu | bheṣajam | śam-bhu | māyaḥ-bhu | naḥ | hṛde | pra | naḥ | āyūṃṣi | tāriṣat
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 10.186.1 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“vāta; wind; fart; Vayu; air; draft; vāta [word]; Vāta; rheumatism; Marut.”
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“blow; blow; emit.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“drug; medicine; herb; bheṣaja [word]; remedy; reagent.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“kind; benevolent.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
[noun], genitive, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], dative, singular, neuter
“heart; heart; mind; breast; hṛd [word].”
[adverb]
“towards; ahead.”
[noun], genitive, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“life; longevity; āyus; life; āyus [word]; Āyus.”
[verb], singular, Aorist conj./subj.
“traverse; overcome; float; rescue; reach; satisfy.”