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 1.15.6

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

यु॒वं दक्षं॑ धृतव्रत॒ मित्रा॑वरुण दू॒ळभ॑म् । ऋ॒तुना॑ य॒ज्ञमा॑शाथे ॥
युवं दक्षं धृतव्रत मित्रावरुण दूळभम् । ऋतुना यज्ञमाशाथे ॥
yuvaṃ dakṣaṃ dhṛtavrata mitrāvaruṇa dūḻabham | ṛtunā yajñam āśāthe ||

English translation:

Mitra and Varuṇa, propitious to pious acts, be present with Ṛtu at our sacrifice, efficacious and undisturbed (by foes).”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): medhātithiḥ kāṇvaḥ [medhātithi kāṇva];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): mitrāvaruṇau ;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

यु॒वम् । दक्ष॑म् । धृ॒त॒ऽव्र॒ता॒ । मित्रा॑वरुणा । दुः॒ऽदभ॑म् । ऋ॒तुना॑ । य॒ज्ञम् । आ॒शा॒थे॒ इति॑ ॥
युवम् । दक्षम् । धृतव्रता । मित्रावरुणा । दुःदभम् । ऋतुना । यज्ञम् । आशाथे इति ॥
yuvam | dakṣam | dhṛta-vratā | mitrāvaruṇā | duḥ-dabham | ṛtunā | yajñam | āśātheiti

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 1.15.6 English analysis of grammar]

yuvaṃ < yuvam < tvad

[noun], nominative, dual

“you.”

dakṣaṃ < dakṣam < dakṣa

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“Dakṣa; ability; cock; fitness; will; purpose; disposition; cock.”

dhṛtavrata < dhṛta < dhṛ

[verb noun]

“keep; put; hold; assume; wear; take; promise; stay; exist; hold; begin; dip.”

dhṛtavrata < vrata

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“vrata (vote); commandment; law; oath; command; rule; custom; vrata [word]; rule; behavior.”

mitrāvaruṇa

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“Varuna; Mitra.”

dūḍabham < dūḍabha

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

ṛtunā < ṛtu

[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine

“season; turn; menstruation; ṛtu [word]; time period; order; six.”

yajñam < yajña

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“yajña; religious ceremony; Vishnu; yajña [word]; Yajña; Shiva.”

āśāthe <

[verb], dual, Perfect indicative

“get; reach; enter (a state).”

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