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 1.105.6
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
कद्व॑ ऋ॒तस्य॑ धर्ण॒सि कद्वरु॑णस्य॒ चक्ष॑णम् । कद॑र्य॒म्णो म॒हस्प॒थाति॑ क्रामेम दू॒ढ्यो॑ वि॒त्तं मे॑ अ॒स्य रो॑दसी ॥
कद्व ऋतस्य धर्णसि कद्वरुणस्य चक्षणम् । कदर्यम्णो महस्पथाति क्रामेम दूढ्यो वित्तं मे अस्य रोदसी ॥
kad va ṛtasya dharṇasi kad varuṇasya cakṣaṇam | kad aryamṇo mahas pathāti krāmema dūḍhyo vittam me asya rodasī ||
English translation:
“Where, deities, is your observance of the truth, where the (benignant) regard of Varuṇa, where is the path of the mighty Aryaman, (so that) we may overcome the malevolent? Heaven and earth, be conscious of this (my affliction).”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Varuṇa and Aryaman: Varuṇa is the obstructor of evil, which is undesired (aniṣṭanivāraka); Aryaman, is the restrainer of enemies (ariṇām niyantā)
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): āptyastrita āṅgirasaḥ kutso vā [āptyastrita āṅgirasa kutsa vā];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): viśvedevā:;
Chandas (meter): virāṭpaṅkti ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
कत् । वः॒ । ऋ॒तस्य॑ । ध॒र्ण॒सि । कत् । वरु॑णस्य । चक्ष॑णम् । कत् । अ॒र्य॒म्णः । म॒हः । प॒था । अति॑ । क्रा॒मे॒म॒ । दुः॒ऽढ्यः॑ । वि॒त्तम् । मे॒ । अ॒स्य । रो॒द॒सी॒ इति॑ ॥
कत् । वः । ऋतस्य । धर्णसि । कत् । वरुणस्य । चक्षणम् । कत् । अर्यम्णः । महः । पथा । अति । क्रामेम । दुःढ्यः । वित्तम् । मे । अस्य । रोदसी इति ॥
kat | vaḥ | ṛtasya | dharṇasi | kat | varuṇasya | cakṣaṇam | kat | aryamṇaḥ | mahaḥ | pathā | ati | krāmema | duḥ-ḍhyaḥ | vittam | me | asya | rodasī iti
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.105.6 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“what; who; ka [pronoun].”
[noun], genitive, plural
“you.”
[noun], genitive, singular, neuter
“truth; order; fixed order; ṛta [word]; law; custom; custom.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“permanent; firm.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“what; who; ka [pronoun].”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“Varuna; varuṇa [word]; Crataeva religiosa Forst.; Varuṇa; varuṇādi.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“appearance.”
[adverb]
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“Aryaman; aryaman [word]; sun.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“great; great; distinguished; much(a); adult; long; high.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine
“way; road; path [word]; journey; method.”
[adverb]
“very; excessively; beyond; excessively.”
[verb], plural, Present optative
“kram; step; go; continue; proceed; traverse; heat.”
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
“malevolent.”
[verb], dual, Present imperative
“know; diagnose; perceive; know; accord; notice; deem; mind; learn; specify; watch; recognize; detect; call.”
[noun], genitive, singular
“I; mine.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[noun], vocative, dual, neuter
“heaven and earth; Earth.”