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 1.95.6
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
उ॒भे भ॒द्रे जो॑षयेते॒ न मेने॒ गावो॒ न वा॒श्रा उप॑ तस्थु॒रेवै॑: । स दक्षा॑णां॒ दक्ष॑पतिर्बभूवा॒ञ्जन्ति॒ यं द॑क्षिण॒तो ह॒विर्भि॑: ॥
उभे भद्रे जोषयेते न मेने गावो न वाश्रा उप तस्थुरेवैः । स दक्षाणां दक्षपतिर्बभूवाञ्जन्ति यं दक्षिणतो हविर्भिः ॥
ubhe bhadre joṣayete na mene gāvo na vāśrā upa tasthur evaiḥ | sa dakṣāṇāṃ dakṣapatir babhūvāñjanti yaṃ dakṣiṇato havirbhiḥ ||
English translation:
“Both the auspicious ones (day and night or two pieces of wood rubbed together to produce flame) wait upon him like two feminine le attendants, as lowing kine (follow their calves) by the paths (that they have gone); he has been the lord of might among the mighty, whom (the priests) on the right (of the altar) anoint.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): kutsaḥ āṅgirasaḥ [kutsa āṅgirasa];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): satyaguṇaviśiṣṭo'gniḥ śuddho'gnirvā;
Chandas (meter): nicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
उ॒भे इति॑ । भ॒द्रे इति॑ । जो॒ष॒ये॒ते॒ इति॑ । न । मेने॑ । गावः॑ । न । वा॒श्राः । उप॑ । त॒स्थुः॒ । एवैः॑ । सः । दक्षा॑णाम् । दक्ष॑ऽपतिः । ब॒भू॒व॒ । अ॒ञ्जन्ति॑ । यम् । द॒क्षि॒ण॒तः । ह॒विःऽभिः॑ ॥
उभे इति । भद्रे इति । जोषयेते इति । न । मेने । गावः । न । वाश्राः । उप । तस्थुः । एवैः । सः । दक्षाणाम् । दक्षपतिः । बभूव । अञ्जन्ति । यम् । दक्षिणतः । हविःभिः ॥
ubhe iti | bhadre iti | joṣayeteiti | na | mene | gāvaḥ | na | vāśrāḥ | upa | tasthuḥ | evaiḥ | saḥ | dakṣāṇām | dakṣa-patiḥ | babhūva | añjanti | yam | dakṣiṇataḥ | haviḥ-bhiḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.95.6 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, dual, feminine
“both(a).”
[noun], nominative, dual, feminine
“auspicious; lovely; good; happy; bhadra [word]; lucky; fine-looking; beautiful.”
[verb], dual, Present indikative
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[noun], nominative, dual, feminine
“Menā; woman; Menā; Durga.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“cow; cattle; go [word]; Earth; bull; floor; milk; beam; sunbeam; leather; hide; horn; language; bowstring; earth; ox; Svarga.”
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
[adverb]
“towards; on; next.”
[verb], plural, Perfect indicative
“stay; stand; situate; exist; [in]; resist; endure; put; soak; be; stop; adhere; get stale; concentrate; grow; trust; wake; consociate; last; dwell; lie; stand; stop.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine
“eva [word]; habit; manner; behavior; custom.”
[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.”
[noun], genitive, plural, masculine
“Dakṣa; ability; cock; fitness; will; purpose; disposition; cock.”
[noun], masculine
“Dakṣa; ability; cock; fitness; will; purpose; disposition; cock.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“husband; overlord; king; deity; īśvara; ruler; pati [word]; commanding officer; leader; owner; mayor; lord.”
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
“become; be; originate; transform; happen; result; exist; be born; be; be; come to life; grow; elapse; come to mind; thrive; become; impend; show; conceive; understand; stand; constitute; serve; apply; behave.”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“smear; anoint; mix; color.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[adverb]
“right; southward.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, neuter
“Havya; offering; ghee; havis [word].”