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 1.6.9
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अत॑: परिज्म॒न्ना ग॑हि दि॒वो वा॑ रोच॒नादधि॑ । सम॑स्मिन्नृञ्जते॒ गिर॑: ॥
अतः परिज्मन्ना गहि दिवो वा रोचनादधि । समस्मिन्नृञ्जते गिरः ॥
ataḥ parijmann ā gahi divo vā rocanād adhi | sam asminn ṛñjate giraḥ ||
English translation:
“Therefore, circumambient (troop of Maruts), come hither, whether from the region of the sky or from the solar sphere; for in this rite (the priest) fully recites your praises.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): madhucchandāḥ vaiśvāmitraḥ [madhucchandas vaiśvāmitra];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): marūtaḥ;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अतः॑ । प॒रि॒ज्म॒न् । आ । ग॒हि॒ । दि॒वः । वा॒ । रो॒च॒नात् । अधि॑ । सम् । अ॒स्मि॒न् । ऋ॒ञ्ज॒ते॒ । गिरः॑ ॥
अतः । परिज्मन् । आ । गहि । दिवः । वा । रोचनात् । अधि । सम् । अस्मिन् । ऋञ्जते । गिरः ॥
ataḥ | parijman | ā | gahi | divaḥ | vā | rocanāt | adhi | sam | asmin | ṛñjate | giraḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.6.9 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“now; therefore; then; from there; hence; consequently; then; hence; henceforth.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“encompassing(a).”
[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.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”
[adverb]
“or; optionally; either.”
[noun], ablative, singular, neuter
“light; celestial sphere.”
[adverb]
“on; from; accordingly.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“sam; together; together; saṃ.”
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“hymn; praise; voice; words; invocation; command; statement; cry; language.”