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 1.82.6

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

यु॒नज्मि॑ ते॒ ब्रह्म॑णा के॒शिना॒ हरी॒ उप॒ प्र या॑हि दधि॒षे गभ॑स्त्योः । उत्त्वा॑ सु॒तासो॑ रभ॒सा अ॑मन्दिषुः पूष॒ण्वान्व॑ज्रि॒न्त्समु॒ पत्न्या॑मदः ॥
युनज्मि ते ब्रह्मणा केशिना हरी उप प्र याहि दधिषे गभस्त्योः । उत्त्वा सुतासो रभसा अमन्दिषुः पूषण्वान्वज्रिन्त्समु पत्न्यामदः ॥
yunajmi te brahmaṇā keśinā harī upa pra yāhi dadhiṣe gabhastyoḥ | ut tvā sutāso rabhasā amandiṣuḥ pūṣaṇvān vajrin sam u patnyāmadaḥ ||

English translation:

“I harness your long-maned steeds wiht (sacred prayers); depart; take the reins in your hands; the effused and exciting juices have exhilarated you wilder of the thunderbolt; thus filled with nutriment, rejoice with your spouse.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): gotamo rāhūgaṇaḥ [gotama rāhūgaṇa];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): virāḍjagatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

यु॒नज्मि॑ । ते॒ । ब्रह्म॑णा । के॒शिना॑ । हरी॒ इति॑ । उप॑ । प्र । या॒हि॒ । द॒धि॒षे । गभ॑स्त्योः । उत् । त्वा॒ । सु॒तासः॑ । र॒भ॒साः । अ॒म॒न्दि॒षुः॒ । पू॒ष॒ण्ऽवान् । व॒ज्रि॒न् । सम् । ऊँ॒ इति॑ । पत्न्या॑ । अ॒म॒दः॒ ॥
युनज्मि । ते । ब्रह्मणा । केशिना । हरी इति । उप । प्र । याहि । दधिषे । गभस्त्योः । उत् । त्वा । सुतासः । रभसाः । अमन्दिषुः । पूषण्वान् । वज्रिन् । सम् । ऊँ इति । पत्न्या । अमदः ॥
yunajmi | te | brahmaṇā | keśinā | harī iti | upa | pra | yāhi | dadhiṣe | gabhastyoḥ | ut | tvā | sutāsaḥ | rabhasāḥ | amandiṣuḥ | pūṣaṇ-vān | vajrin | sam | oṃ iti | patnyā | amadaḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 1.82.6 English analysis of grammar]

yunajmi < yuj

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“mix; use; endow; yoke; accompany; to practice Yoga; connect; hire; administer; compound; affect; add; concentrate; unite; join; prosecute; combine; supply; compound; attach to; appoint; fill; process; mobilize; mount; complement; eat; join; treat; coincide; affect; challenge.”

te < tvad

[noun], genitive, singular

“you.”

brahmaṇā < brahman

[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter

“brahman; mantra; prayer; spell; Veda; Brahmin; sacred text; final emancipation; hymn; brahman [word]; Brāhmaṇa; study.”

keśinā < keśin

[noun], accusative, dual, masculine

“haired.”

harī < hari

[noun], accusative, dual, masculine

“Vishnu; monkey; Krishna; horse; lion; Indra; Hari; Surya; Hari; haritāla; Hari; snake; frog.”

upa

[adverb]

“towards; on; next.”

pra

[adverb]

“towards; ahead.”

yāhi <

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“go; enter (a state); travel; disappear; reach; come; campaign; elapse; arrive; drive; reach; leave; run; depart; ride.”

dadhiṣe < dhā

[verb], singular, Perfect indicative

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

gabhastyoḥ < gabhasti

[noun], locative, dual, masculine

“beam; hand; sun.”

ut < ud

[adverb]

“up.”

tvā < tvad

[noun], accusative, singular

“you.”

sutāso < sutāsaḥ < suta

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“Soma.”

rabhasā < rabhasāḥ < rabhasa

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“fierce; impetuous; powerful; potent; flamboyant.”

amandiṣuḥ < mad

[verb], plural, Athematic is aor. (Ind.)

“rut; intoxicate; delight; revel; rejoice; drink; ramp; exult.”

pūṣaṇvān < pūṣaṇvat

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

vajrin

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“Indra; vajra; Euphorbia neriifolia L.; abhra; Buddha.”

sam

[adverb]

“sam; together; together; saṃ.”

u

[adverb]

“ukāra; besides; now; indeed; u.”

patnyāmadaḥ < patnyā < patnī

[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine

“wife; mistress; queen.”

patnyāmadaḥ < amadaḥ < mad

[verb], singular, Imperfect

“rut; intoxicate; delight; revel; rejoice; drink; ramp; exult.”

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