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 10.138.6

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

ए॒ता त्या ते॒ श्रुत्या॑नि॒ केव॑ला॒ यदेक॒ एक॒मकृ॑णोरय॒ज्ञम् । मा॒सां वि॒धान॑मदधा॒ अधि॒ द्यवि॒ त्वया॒ विभि॑न्नं भरति प्र॒धिं पि॒ता ॥
एता त्या ते श्रुत्यानि केवला यदेक एकमकृणोरयज्ञम् । मासां विधानमदधा अधि द्यवि त्वया विभिन्नं भरति प्रधिं पिता ॥
etā tyā te śrutyāni kevalā yad eka ekam akṛṇor ayajñam | māsāṃ vidhānam adadhā adhi dyavi tvayā vibhinnam bharati pradhim pitā ||

English translation:

“These wondrous exploits are yours alone, in that you unaided have injured the chief neglector ofsacrifice; you have plural ced in the sky the regulator of the months through your aid the paternal (heaven) upholdsthe circumference of the wheel (of the Sun's car) which has been shattered (by Vṛtra).”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): aṅga auravaḥ [aṅga aurava];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): pādanicṛjjgatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

ए॒ता । त्या । ते॒ । श्रुत्या॑नि । केव॑ला । यत् । एकः॑ । एक॑म् । अकृ॑णोः । अ॒य॒ज्ञम् । मा॒साम् । वि॒ऽधान॑म् । अ॒द॒धाः॒ । अधि॑ । द्यवि॑ । त्वया॑ । विऽभि॑न्नम् । भ॒र॒ति॒ । प्र॒ऽघि॑म् । पि॒ता ॥
एता । त्या । ते । श्रुत्यानि । केवला । यत् । एकः । एकम् । अकृणोः । अयज्ञम् । मासाम् । विधानम् । अदधाः । अधि । द्यवि । त्वया । विभिन्नम् । भरति । प्रघिम् । पिता ॥
etā | tyā | te | śrutyāni | kevalā | yat | ekaḥ | ekam | akṛṇoḥ | ayajñam | māsām | vi-dhānam | adadhāḥ | adhi | dyavi | tvayā | vi-bhinnam | bharati | pra-ghim | pitā

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 10.138.6 English analysis of grammar]

etā < etad

[noun], nominative, plural, neuter

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); etad [word].”

tyā < tya

[noun], nominative, plural, neuter

“that.”

te < tvad

[noun], genitive, singular

“you.”

śrutyāni < śrutya

[noun], nominative, plural, neuter

kevalā < kevala

[noun], nominative, plural, neuter

“pure; alone(p); whole; all(a); pure; entire; kevala [word]; alone(p); single(a); white; absolute.”

yad < yat

[adverb]

“once [when]; because; that; if; how.”

eka < ekaḥ < eka

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“one; single(a); alone(p); some(a); single(a); eka [word]; alone(p); excellent; each(a); some(a); one; same; alone(p); some(a); consistent; any(a); undifferentiated; disjunct.”

ekam < eka

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“one; single(a); alone(p); some(a); single(a); eka [word]; alone(p); excellent; each(a); some(a); one; same; alone(p); some(a); consistent; any(a); undifferentiated; disjunct.”

akṛṇor < akṛṇoḥ < kṛ

[verb], singular, Imperfect

“make; perform; cause; produce; shape; construct; do; put; fill into; use; fuel; transform; bore; act; write; create; prepare; administer; dig; prepare; treat; take effect; add; trace; put on; process; treat; heed; hire; act; produce; assume; eat; ignite; chop; treat; obey; manufacture; appoint; evacuate; choose; understand; insert; happen; envelop; weigh; observe; practice; lend; bring; duplicate; plant; kṛ; concentrate; mix; knot; join; take; provide; utter; compose.”

ayajñam < a

[adverb]

“not; akāra; a [taddhita]; a [word]; a; a.”

ayajñam < yajñam < yajña

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

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

māsāṃ < māsām < mās

[noun], genitive, plural, masculine

“month; lunar month.”

vidhānam < vidhāna

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

adadhā < adadhāḥ < dhā

[verb], singular, Imperfect

“put; give; cause; get; hold; make; provide; lend; wear; install; have; enter (a state); supply; hold; take; show.”

adhi

[adverb]

“on; from; accordingly.”

dyavi < div

[noun], locative, singular

“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”

tvayā < tvad

[noun], instrumental, singular

“you.”

vibhinnam < vibhid < √bhid

[verb noun], accusative, singular

“cleave; incise.”

bharati < bhṛ

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“bring; hold; fill; support; wear; possess; carry; nourish; keep; hire; have; satiate; follow; bear.”

pradhim < pradhi

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“disk.”

pitā < pitṛ

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“father; Pitṛ; ancestor; parent; paternal ancestor; pitṛ [word]; forefather.”

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