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 1.122.6

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

श्रु॒तं मे॑ मित्रावरुणा॒ हवे॒मोत श्रु॑तं॒ सद॑ने वि॒श्वत॑: सीम् । श्रोतु॑ न॒: श्रोतु॑रातिः सु॒श्रोतु॑: सु॒क्षेत्रा॒ सिन्धु॑र॒द्भिः ॥
श्रुतं मे मित्रावरुणा हवेमोत श्रुतं सदने विश्वतः सीम् । श्रोतु नः श्रोतुरातिः सुश्रोतुः सुक्षेत्रा सिन्धुरद्भिः ॥
śrutam me mitrāvaruṇā havemota śrutaṃ sadane viśvataḥ sīm | śrotu naḥ śroturātiḥ suśrotuḥ sukṣetrā sindhur adbhiḥ ||

English translation:

Mitra and Varuṇa, hear these my invocations, and moreover listen to those (that are) everywhere (uttered) in the chamber of sacrifice; and may Sindhu, the renowned bestower of wealth, hear us, (fertilizing our) broad fields with water.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

Sindhu: deity presiding over water, jalābhimāni devaḥ

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): kakṣīvān;
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): viśvedevā:;
Chandas (meter): virāṭpaṅkti ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

श्रु॒तम् । मे॒ । मि॒त्रा॒व॒रु॒णा॒ । हवा॑ । इ॒मा । उ॒त । श्रु॒त॒म् । सद॑ने । वि॒श्वतः॑ । सी॒म् । श्रोतु॑ । नः॒ । श्रोतु॑ऽरातिः । सु॒ऽश्रोतुः॑ । सु॒ऽक्षेत्रा॑ । सिन्धुः॑ । अ॒त्ऽभिः ॥
श्रुतम् । मे । मित्रावरुणा । हवा । इमा । उत । श्रुतम् । सदने । विश्वतः । सीम् । श्रोतु । नः । श्रोतुरातिः । सुश्रोतुः । सुक्षेत्रा । सिन्धुः । अत्भिः ॥
śrutam | me | mitrāvaruṇā | havā | imā | uta | śrutam | sadane | viśvataḥ | sīm | śrotu | naḥ | śrotu-rātiḥ | su-śrotuḥ | su-kṣetrā | sindhuḥ | at-bhiḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 1.122.6 English analysis of grammar]

śrutam < śru

[verb], dual, Aorist imperative

“listen; come to know; hear; hear; listen; study; heed; learn.”

me < mad

[noun], genitive, singular

“I; mine.”

mitrāvaruṇā < mitrāvaruṇa

[noun], vocative, dual, masculine

“Varuna; Mitra.”

havemota < havā < hava

[noun], ablative, plural, neuter

“invocation.”

havemota < imā < idam

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”

havemota < uta

[adverb]

“and; besides; uta [indecl.]; similarly; alike; even.”

śrutaṃ < śrutam < śru

[verb], dual, Aorist imperative

“listen; come to know; hear; hear; listen; study; heed; learn.”

sadane < sadana

[noun], locative, singular, neuter

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

viśvataḥ < viśvatas

[adverb]

“everywhere; around; about.”

sīm

[adverb]

śrotu < śru

[verb], singular, Aorist imperative

“listen; come to know; hear; hear; listen; study; heed; learn.”

naḥ < mad

[noun], accusative, plural

“I; mine.”

śroturātiḥ < śrotu

[noun], masculine

“listening.”

śroturātiḥ < rātiḥ < rāti

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“gift; bounty; favor.”

suśrotuḥ < su

[adverb]

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

suśrotuḥ < śrotuḥ < śrotu

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“listening.”

sukṣetrā < su

[adverb]

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

sukṣetrā < kṣetrā < kṣetra

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“field; location; habitat; country; area; earth; region; estate; body; kṣetra [word]; kṣetradoṣa; seat; reincarnation; uterus.”

sindhur < sindhuḥ < sindhu

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“river; Indus; sindhu [word].”

adbhiḥ < ap

[noun], instrumental, plural, feminine

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

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