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 7.66.9
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
ते स्या॑म देव वरुण॒ ते मि॑त्र सू॒रिभि॑: स॒ह । इष॒॒ स्व॑श्च धीमहि ॥
ते स्याम देव वरुण ते मित्र सूरिभिः सह । इषं स्वश्च धीमहि ॥
te syāma deva varuṇa te mitra sūribhiḥ saha | iṣaṃ svaś ca dhīmahi ||
English translation:
“May we be thine, divine Varuṇa; may we, along with pious worshippers, be, Mitra, thine; may we obtainfood and water.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Iṣam svas ca dhīmahi = annam udakam ca dhārayāmahe, may we retain food and water;the tṛca, i.e. this and the two preceding ṛca's are repeated at the morning sacrifice
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vasiṣṭhaḥ [vasiṣṭha];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): ādityāḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
ते । स्या॒म॒ । दे॒व॒ । व॒रु॒ण॒ । ते । मि॒त्र॒ । सू॒रिऽभिः॑ । स॒ह । इष॑म् । स्वरिति॑ स्वः॑ । च॒ । धी॒म॒हि॒ ॥
ते । स्याम । देव । वरुण । ते । मित्र । सूरिभिः । सह । इषम् । स्वरिति स्वः । च । धीमहि ॥
te | syāma | deva | varuṇa | te | mitra | sūri-bhiḥ | saha | iṣam | svar iti svaḥ | ca | dhīmahi
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 7.66.9 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[verb], plural, Present optative
“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Varuna; varuṇa [word]; Crataeva religiosa Forst.; Varuṇa; varuṇādi.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“friend; Mitra; mitra [word]; sun; ally.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine
“patron.”
[adverb]
“together; together; with; jointly; together; saha [word]; along.”
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
“refreshment; enjoyment; stores.”
[adverb]
“sun; sky; sunlight.”
[adverb]
“and; besides; then; now; even.”
[verb], plural, Aorist inj. (proh.)
“put; give; cause; get; hold; make; provide; lend; wear; install; have; enter (a state); supply; hold; take; show.”