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 2.6.6
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
ईळा॑नायाव॒स्यवे॒ यवि॑ष्ठ दूत नो गि॒रा । यजि॑ष्ठ होत॒रा ग॑हि ॥
ईळानायावस्यवे यविष्ठ दूत नो गिरा । यजिष्ठ होतरा गहि ॥
īḻānāyāvasyave yaviṣṭha dūta no girā | yajiṣṭha hotar ā gahi ||
English translation:
“Youngest (of the gods), their messenger, their invoker, most deserving of worship, come, upon our praise, to him who offers (you) adoration, and is desirous of (your) protection.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
To him who offers: iḷānāya = pūjayitre, to the worshipper;
Avasyave = svarakṣaṇam icchate, to him who wishes his own preservation
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): somāhutirbhārgavaḥ [somāhutirbhārgava];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
ईळा॑नाय । अ॒व॒स्यवे॑ । यवि॑ष्ठ । दू॒त॒ । नः॒ । गि॒रा । यजि॑ष्ठ । हो॒तः॒ । आ । ग॒हि॒ ॥
ईळानाय । अवस्यवे । यविष्ठ । दूत । नः । गिरा । यजिष्ठ । होतः । आ । गहि ॥
īḷānāya | avasyave | yaviṣṭha | dūta | naḥ | girā | yajiṣṭha | hotaḥ | ā | gahi
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 2.6.6 English analysis of grammar]
[verb noun], dative, singular
“praise; invite; raise.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“seeking protection; helpless.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“youngest.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“messenger; emissary; dūta [word].”
[noun], accusative, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
“mountain; adri; rock; giri [word]; hill; śilājatu.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Hotṛ.”
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[verb], singular, Aorist imperative
“go; situate; enter (a state); travel; disappear; [in]; elapse; leave; reach; vanish; love; walk; approach; issue; hop on; gasify; get; come; die; drain; spread; transform; happen; discharge; ride; to be located; run; detect; refer; go; shall; drive.”