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 3.10.8
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
स न॑: पावक दीदिहि द्यु॒मद॒स्मे सु॒वीर्य॑म् । भवा॑ स्तो॒तृभ्यो॒ अन्त॑मः स्व॒स्तये॑ ॥
स नः पावक दीदिहि द्युमदस्मे सुवीर्यम् । भवा स्तोतृभ्यो अन्तमः स्वस्तये ॥
sa naḥ pāvaka dīdihi dyumad asme suvīryam | bhavā stotṛbhyo antamaḥ svastaye ||
English translation:
“Do you, our purifier, light up for us a brilliant progeny; be ever nigh to those who praise you for their well-being.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): gāthino viśvāmitraḥ [gāthina viśvāmitra];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): virāḍuṣnik ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
सः । नः॒ । पा॒व॒क॒ । दी॒दि॒हि॒ । द्यु॒ऽमत् । अ॒स्मे इति॑ । सु॒ऽवीर्य॑म् । भव॑ । स्तो॒तृऽभ्यः॑ । अन्त॑मः । स्व॒स्तये॑ ॥
सः । नः । पावक । दीदिहि । द्युमत् । अस्मे इति । सुवीर्यम् । भव । स्तोतृभ्यः । अन्तमः । स्वस्तये ॥
saḥ | naḥ | pāvaka | dīdihi | dyu-mat | asme iti | su-vīryam | bhava | stotṛ-bhyaḥ | antamaḥ | svastaye
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 3.10.8 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“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], vocative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; Plumbago zeylanica; vahni.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“shine; glitter.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“bright; brilliant; brilliant; loud.”
[noun], dative, plural
“I; mine.”
[adverb]
“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“potency; vīrya; heroism; potency; strength; semen; power; deed; active agent; efficacy; vīryapāramitā; gold; vigor; vīrya [word]; virility; manfulness; jewel; force.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“become; be; originate; transform; happen; result; exist; be born; be; be; come to life; grow; elapse; come to mind; thrive; become; impend; show; conceive; understand; stand; constitute; serve; apply; behave.”
[noun], dative, plural, masculine
“laudatory; worshiping.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“intimate; bosom(a).”
[noun], dative, singular, feminine
“prosperity; well-being; fortune; benediction; svasti [word]; well; luck.”