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 1.55.6

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

स हि श्र॑व॒स्युः सद॑नानि कृ॒त्रिमा॑ क्ष्म॒या वृ॑धा॒न ओज॑सा विना॒शय॑न् । ज्योतीं॑षि कृ॒ण्वन्न॑वृ॒काणि॒ यज्य॒वेऽव॑ सु॒क्रतु॒: सर्त॒वा अ॒पः सृ॑जत् ॥
स हि श्रवस्युः सदनानि कृत्रिमा क्ष्मया वृधान ओजसा विनाशयन् । ज्योतींषि कृण्वन्नवृकाणि यज्यवेऽव सुक्रतुः सर्तवा अपः सृजत् ॥
sa hi śravasyuḥ sadanāni kṛtrimā kṣmayā vṛdhāna ojasā vināśayan | jyotīṃṣi kṛṇvann avṛkāṇi yajyave 'va sukratuḥ sartavā apaḥ sṛjat ||

English translation:

“Ambitious of renown, destroying the well-built dwellings of the asuras, expanding like the earth, and setting the (heavenly) luminaries free from concealment, he, the performer of good deeds, enables the waters to flow for the benefit of his worshippers.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): savya āṅgirasaḥ [savya āṅgirasa];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛjjagatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

सः । हि । श्र॒व॒स्युः । सद॑नानि । कृ॒त्रिमा॑ । क्ष्म॒या । वृ॒धा॒नः । ओज॑सा । वि॒ऽना॒शय॑न् । ज्योतीं॑षि । कृ॒ण्वन् । अ॒वृ॒काणि॑ । यज्य॑वे । अव॑ । सु॒ऽक्रतुः॑ । सर्त॒वै । अ॒पः । सृ॒ज॒त् ॥
सः । हि । श्रवस्युः । सदनानि । कृत्रिमा । क्ष्मया । वृधानः । ओजसा । विनाशयन् । ज्योतींषि । कृण्वन् । अवृकाणि । यज्यवे । अव । सुक्रतुः । सर्तवै । अपः । सृजत् ॥
saḥ | hi | śravasyuḥ | sadanāni | kṛtrimā | kṣmayā | vṛdhānaḥ | ojasā | vi-nāśayan | jyotīṃṣi | kṛṇvan | avṛkāṇi | yajyave | ava | su-kratuḥ | sartavai | apaḥ | sṛjat

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 1.55.6 English analysis of grammar]

sa < tad

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”

hi

[adverb]

“because; indeed; for; therefore; hi [word].”

śravasyuḥ < śravasyu

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“celebrated.”

sadanāni < sadana

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“seat; weakness; inertness; dwelling; exhaustion; numbness; home; residence; seat; inanition; location.”

kṛtrimā < kṛtrima

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“factitious; artificial; fake.”

kṣmayā < kṣmā

[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine

“Earth; Earth; land.”

vṛdhāna < vṛdhānaḥ < vṛdh

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“increase; grow; vṛdh; increase; succeed; strengthen; grow up; spread.”

ojasā < ojas

[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter

“strength; power; ojas; ojas [word]; potency; might.”

vināśayan < vināśay < √naś

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“cure; destroy; kill; remove.”

jyotīṃṣi < jyotis

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“light; star; luminosity; fire; jyotis [word]; digestion; planet; light; sunlight.”

kṛṇvann < kṛṇvan < kṛ

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“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.”

avṛkāṇi < avṛka

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“protective; safe.”

yajyave < yajyu

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

'va < ava

[adverb]

“down.”

sukratuḥ < su

[adverb]

“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”

sukratuḥ < kratuḥ < kratu

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“yajña; decision; plan; deliberation; intelligence; Kratu; will; kratu [word]; desire; resoluteness; ritual.”

sartavā < sartavai < sṛ

[verb noun]

“sṛ; liquefy; run; spread; stretch out.”

apaḥ < ap

[noun], accusative, plural, feminine

“water; body of water; water; ap [word]; juice; jala.”

sṛjat < sṛj

[verb], singular, Imperfect

“create; shoot; discharge; free; cause; throw; emit; send; produce; use; be born; make.”

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