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 1.111.5
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
ऋ॒भुर्भरा॑य॒ सं शि॑शातु सा॒तिं स॑मर्य॒जिद्वाजो॑ अ॒स्माँ अ॑विष्टु । तन्नो॑ मि॒त्रो वरु॑णो मामहन्ता॒मदि॑ति॒: सिन्धु॑: पृथि॒वी उ॒त द्यौः ॥
ऋभुर्भराय सं शिशातु सातिं समर्यजिद्वाजो अस्माँ अविष्टु । तन्नो मित्रो वरुणो मामहन्तामदितिः सिन्धुः पृथिवी उत द्यौः ॥
ṛbhur bharāya saṃ śiśātu sātiṃ samaryajid vājo asmām̐ aviṣṭu | tan no mitro varuṇo māmahantām aditiḥ sindhuḥ pṛthivī uta dyauḥ ||
English translation:
“May Ṛbhu supply us with wealth for war; may Vāja, victorious in battle, protect us, and may Mitra, Varuṇa, Aditi--ocean, earth, and heaven, be propitious ot this our prayer.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): kutsaḥ āṅgirasaḥ [kutsa āṅgirasa];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): ṛbhavaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): triṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
ऋ॒भुः । भरा॑य । सम् । शि॒शा॒तु॒ । सा॒तिम् । स॒म॒र्य॒ऽजित् । वाजः॑ । अ॒स्मान् । अ॒वि॒ष्टु॒ । तत् । नः॒ । मि॒त्रः । वरु॑णः । म॒म॒ह॒न्ता॒म् । अदि॑तिः । सिन्धुः॑ । पृ॒थि॒वी । उ॒त । द्यौः ॥
ऋभुः । भराय । सम् । शिशातु । सातिम् । समर्यजित् । वाजः । अस्मान् । अविष्टु । तत् । नः । मित्रः । वरुणः । ममहन्ताम् । अदितिः । सिन्धुः । पृथिवी । उत । द्यौः ॥
ṛbhuḥ | bharāya | sam | śiśātu | sātim | samarya-jit | vājaḥ | asmān | aviṣṭu | tat | naḥ | mi traḥ | varuṇaḥ | mamahantām | aditiḥ | sindhuḥ | pṛthivī | uta | dyauḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.111.5 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Ribhus.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“battle; weight; foray; bhṛ; load.”
[adverb]
“sam; together; together; saṃ.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“sharpen; whet; strengthen.”
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
“victory; acquisition; contest.”
[noun], neuter
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“curative; removing; victorious; winning.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“prize; Vāja; reward; reward; Ribhus; vigor; strength; contest.”
[noun], accusative, plural
“I; mine.”
[verb], singular, Aorist imperative
“support; help; prefer; prefer; like.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[noun], dative, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“friend; Mitra; mitra [word]; sun; ally.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Varuna; varuṇa [word]; Crataeva religiosa Forst.; Varuṇa; varuṇādi.”
[verb], plural, Perfect imperative
“give; accord.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“Aditi; aditi [word].”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“river; Indus; sindhu [word].”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“Earth; pṛthivī; floor; Earth; earth; pṛthivī [word]; land.”
[adverb]
“and; besides; uta [indecl.]; similarly; alike; even.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”