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 7.66.6

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

उ॒त स्व॒राजो॒ अदि॑ति॒रद॑ब्धस्य व्र॒तस्य॒ ये । म॒हो राजा॑न ईशते ॥
उत स्वराजो अदितिरदब्धस्य व्रतस्य ये । महो राजान ईशते ॥
uta svarājo aditir adabdhasya vratasya ye | maho rājāna īśate ||

English translation:

“And who are sovereign over all, and, with Aditi, preside over this unobstructed and great ceremony.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

Utasvarājo aditiradabdhasya vratasya ye maho rājāna iśate: aditis teṣām mātā, of them Aditi is the mother,or mitrādayo aditiśca = Mitra and the rest and Aditi

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vasiṣṭhaḥ [vasiṣṭha];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): ādityāḥ ;
Chandas (meter): ārṣīgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

उ॒त । स्व॒ऽराजः॑ । अदि॑तिः । अद॑ब्धस्य । व्र॒तस्य॑ । ये । म॒हः । राजा॑नः । ई॒श॒ते॒ ॥
उत । स्वराजः । अदितिः । अदब्धस्य । व्रतस्य । ये । महः । राजानः । ईशते ॥
uta | sva-rājaḥ | aditiḥ | adabdhasya | vratasya | ye | mahaḥ | rājānaḥ | īśate

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 7.66.6 English analysis of grammar]

uta

[adverb]

“and; besides; uta [indecl.]; similarly; alike; even.”

svarājo < sva

[noun]

“own(a); respective(a); akin(p); sva [word]; individual; present(a); independent.”

svarājo < rājaḥ < rāj

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“king; best; rāj; rāj [word].”

aditir < aditiḥ < aditi

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“Aditi; aditi [word].”

adabdhasya < adabdha

[noun], genitive, singular, neuter

“unfailing; unimpaired.”

vratasya < vrata

[noun], genitive, singular, neuter

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

ye < yad

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

maho < mahaḥ < mah

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“great; great; distinguished; much(a); adult; long; high.”

rājāna < rājānaḥ < rājan

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“king; Kshatriya; rājan [word]; best; rājāvarta; Yakṣa.”

īśate < īś

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“govern; command; master; dominate; can; reign; control; own.”

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