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 1.90.6

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

मधु॒ वाता॑ ऋताय॒ते मधु॑ क्षरन्ति॒ सिन्ध॑वः । माध्वी॑र्नः स॒न्त्वोष॑धीः ॥
मधु वाता ऋतायते मधु क्षरन्ति सिन्धवः । माध्वीर्नः सन्त्वोषधीः ॥
madhu vātā ṛtāyate madhu kṣaranti sindhavaḥ | mādhvīr naḥ santv oṣadhīḥ ||

English translation:

“The winds bring sweet (rewards) to the sacrificer; the rivers bring sweet (waters); may the herbs yield sweetness to us.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

Evayavaḥ, the winds, i.e. the troops of Maruts, because of ther going with horses, evaiḥ

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

मधु॑ । वाताः॑ । ऋ॒त॒य॒ते । मधु॑ । क्ष॒र॒न्ति॒ । सिन्ध॑वः । माध्वीः॑ । नः॒ । स॒न्तु॒ । ओष॑धीः ॥
मधु । वाताः । ऋतयते । मधु । क्षरन्ति । सिन्धवः । माध्वीः । नः । सन्तु । ओषधीः ॥
madhu | vātāḥ | ṛtayate | madhu | kṣaranti | sindhavaḥ | mādhvīḥ | naḥ | santu | oṣadhīḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 1.90.6 English analysis of grammar]

madhu

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“honey; alcohol; sweet; nectar; madhu [word].”

vātā < vātāḥ < vāta

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“vāta; wind; fart; Vayu; air; draft; vāta [word]; Vāta; rheumatism; Marut.”

ṛtāyate < ṛtāy

[verb noun], dative, singular

madhu

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“honey; alcohol; sweet; nectar; madhu [word].”

kṣaranti < kṣar

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“run; melt.”

sindhavaḥ < sindhu

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“river; Indus; sindhu [word].”

mādhvīr < mādhvīḥ < mādhvī

[noun], nominative, plural, feminine

“Mādhvī; sweet; mādhvī [word]; Hiptage benghalensis.”

naḥ < mad

[noun], dative, plural

“I; mine.”

santv < santu < as

[verb], plural, Present imperative

“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”

oṣadhīḥ < oṣadhī

[noun], nominative, plural, feminine

“herb; plant; drug; herb.”

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