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 7.96.5
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
ये ते॑ सरस्व ऊ॒र्मयो॒ मधु॑मन्तो घृत॒श्चुत॑: । तेभि॑र्नोऽवि॒ता भ॑व ॥
ये ते सरस्व ऊर्मयो मधुमन्तो घृतश्चुतः । तेभिर्नोऽविता भव ॥
ye te sarasva ūrmayo madhumanto ghṛtaścutaḥ | tebhir no 'vitā bhava ||
English translation:
“With those your waves Sarasvat, which are sweet-tasted, the distributors of water, be our protector.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vasiṣṭhaḥ [vasiṣṭha];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): sarasvān;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
ये । ते॒ । स॒र॒स्वः॒ । ऊ॒र्मयः॑ । मधु॑ऽमन्तः । घृ॒त॒ऽश्चुतः॑ । तेभिः॑ । नः॒ । अ॒वि॒ता । भ॒व॒ ॥
ये । ते । सरस्वः । ऊर्मयः । मधुमन्तः । घृतश्चुतः । तेभिः । नः । अविता । भव ॥
ye | te | sarasvaḥ | ūrmayaḥ | madhu-mantaḥ | ghṛta-ścutaḥ | tebhiḥ | naḥ | avitā | bhava
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 7.96.5 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], genitive, singular
“you.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“wave; billow.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“sweet; honeyed; sweet; pleasant.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“ghee-dripping.”
[noun], instrumental, 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], dative, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“favorable.”
[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.”