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 3.62.11
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
दे॒वस्य॑ सवि॒तुर्व॒यं वा॑ज॒यन्त॒: पुरं॑ध्या । भग॑स्य रा॒तिमी॑महे ॥
देवस्य सवितुर्वयं वाजयन्तः पुरंध्या । भगस्य रातिमीमहे ॥
devasya savitur vayaṃ vājayantaḥ puraṃdhyā | bhagasya rātim īmahe ||
English translation:
“Desirous of food, we solicit with praise of the divine Savitā, the gift of affluence.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): gopavana ātreyaḥ saptavadhrirvā [gopavana ātreya saptavadhrirvā];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): savitā ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
दे॒वस्य॑ । स॒वि॒तुः । व॒यम् । वा॒ज॒ऽयन्तः॑ । पुर॑म्ऽध्या । भग॑स्य । रा॒तिम् । ई॒म॒हे॒ ॥
देवस्य । सवितुः । वयम् । वाजयन्तः । पुरम्ध्या । भगस्य । रातिम् । ईमहे ॥
devasya | savituḥ | vayam | vāja-yantaḥ | puram-dhyā | bhagasya | rātim | īmahe
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 3.62.11 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“Savitar; sun; Surya; Savitṛ.”
[noun], nominative, plural
“I; mine.”
[verb noun], nominative, plural
“incite.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine
“liberality; Puraṃdhi; munificence.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“Bhaga; vulva; good fortune; vagina; bhaga [word]; sun; well-being; happiness; overlord.”
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
“gift; bounty; favor.”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“beg; solicit.”