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 1.90.7
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
मधु॒ नक्त॑मु॒तोषसो॒ मधु॑म॒त्पार्थि॑वं॒ रज॑: । मधु॒ द्यौर॑स्तु नः पि॒ता ॥
मधु नक्तमुतोषसो मधुमत्पार्थिवं रजः । मधु द्यौरस्तु नः पिता ॥
madhu naktam utoṣaso madhumat pārthivaṃ rajaḥ | madhu dyaur astu naḥ pitā ||
English translation:
“May night and moring be sweet; may the region of the earth (lokā rajāṃsyucyate-Nirukta 4.19) be full of sweetness; may the protecting heaven be sweet to us.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): gotamo rāhūgaṇaḥ [gotama rāhūgaṇa];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): viśvedevā:;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
मधु॑ । नक्त॑म् । उ॒त । उ॒षसः॑ । मधु॑ऽमत् । पार्थि॑वम् । रजः॑ । मधु॑ । द्यौः । अ॒स्तु॒ । नः॒ । पि॒ता ॥
मधु । नक्तम् । उत । उषसः । मधुमत् । पार्थिवम् । रजः । मधु । द्यौः । अस्तु । नः । पिता ॥
madhu | naktam | uta | uṣasaḥ | madhu-mat | pārthivam | rajaḥ | madhu | dyauḥ | astu | naḥ | pitā
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.90.7 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“honey; alcohol; sweet; nectar; madhu [word].”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“night; night.”
[adverb]
“and; besides; uta [indecl.]; similarly; alike; even.”
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
“Ushas; dawn; uṣas [word]; morning.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“sweet; honeyed; sweet; pleasant.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“earthly; earthen; mundane; royal; tellurian; sublunar.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“powder; menorrhea; dust; Rajas; atmosphere; rajas; pollen; passion; rajas [word]; sindūra; rust; tin; impurity; dark; sky.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“honey; alcohol; sweet; nectar; madhu [word].”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”
[noun], dative, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“father; Pitṛ; ancestor; parent; paternal ancestor; pitṛ [word]; forefather.”