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 1.131.6
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
उ॒तो नो॑ अ॒स्या उ॒षसो॑ जु॒षेत॒ ह्य१॒॑र्कस्य॑ बोधि ह॒विषो॒ हवी॑मभि॒: स्व॑र्षाता॒ हवी॑मभिः । यदि॑न्द्र॒ हन्त॑वे॒ मृधो॒ वृषा॑ वज्रि॒ञ्चिके॑तसि । आ मे॑ अ॒स्य वे॒धसो॒ नवी॑यसो॒ मन्म॑ श्रुधि॒ नवी॑यसः ॥
उतो नो अस्या उषसो जुषेत ह्यर्कस्य बोधि हविषो हवीमभिः स्वर्षाता हवीमभिः । यदिन्द्र हन्तवे मृधो वृषा वज्रिञ्चिकेतसि । आ मे अस्य वेधसो नवीयसो मन्म श्रुधि नवीयसः ॥
uto no asyā uṣaso juṣeta hy arkasya bodhi haviṣo havīmabhiḥ svarṣātā havīmabhiḥ | yad indra hantave mṛdho vṛṣā vajriñ ciketasi | ā me asya vedhaso navīyaso manma śrudhi navīyasaḥ ||
English translation:
“Will (Indra) be present at this our morning rite; be appraised, (Indra), of the oblation offered with (due) observances; offered with (due) observances for the sake of (obtaining) heaven; and since, wielder of the thunderbolt, showerer (of benefits), you know how to destroy the malevolent, do you, therefore, listen to the acceptable (praise) of me, intelligent, though a novice; (hear it from me) a novice.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): parucchepo daivodāsiḥ [parucchepa daivodāsi];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): bhurigaṣṭiḥ ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
उ॒तो इति॑ । नः॒ । अ॒स्याः । उ॒षसः॑ । जु॒षेत॑ । हि । अ॒र्कस्य॑ । बो॒धि॒ । ह॒विषः॑ । हवी॑मऽभिः । स्वः॑ऽसाता । हवी॑मऽभिः । यत् । इ॒न्द्र॒ । हन्त॑वे । मृधः॑ । वृषा॑ । व॒ज्रि॒न् । चिके॑तसि । आ । मे॒ । अ॒स्य । वे॒धसः॑ । नवी॑यसः । मन्म॑ । श्रु॒धि॒ । नवी॑यसः ॥
उतो इति । नः । अस्याः । उषसः । जुषेत । हि । अर्कस्य । बोधि । हविषः । हवीमभिः । स्वःसाता । हवीमभिः । यत् । इन्द्र । हन्तवे । मृधः । वृषा । वज्रिन् । चिकेतसि । आ । मे । अस्य । वेधसः । नवीयसः । मन्म । श्रुधि । नवीयसः ॥
uto iti | naḥ | asyāḥ | uṣasaḥ | juṣeta | hi | arkasya | bodhi | haviṣaḥ | havīma-bh iḥ | svaḥ-sātā | havīma-bhiḥ | yat | indra | hantave | mṛdhaḥ | vṛṣā | vajrin | ciketasi | ā | me | asya | vedhasaḥ | navīyasaḥ | manma | śrudhi | navīyasaḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.131.6 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“and; besides; uta [indecl.]; similarly; alike; even.”
[adverb]
“ukāra; besides; now; indeed; u.”
[noun], accusative, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], genitive, singular, feminine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[noun], genitive, singular, feminine
“Ushas; dawn; uṣas [word]; morning.”
[verb], singular, Present optative
“enjoy; endow; possess; frequent; accompany; induce; consume; approve; affect; attend; befit; blend; contract.”
[adverb]
“because; indeed; for; therefore; hi [word].”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“Calotropis gigantea Beng.; sun; copper; Surya; hymn; twelve; fire; beam.”
[verb], singular, Aorist imperative
“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.”
[noun], genitive, singular, neuter
“Havya; offering; ghee; havis [word].”
[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine
“call; invocation.”
[noun], locative, singular, feminine
[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine
“call; invocation.”
[adverb]
“once [when]; because; that; if; how.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[verb noun]
“kill; cure; māray; remove; destroy; hit; injure; damage; destroy; paralyze; hurt; forge; beat; cut off; stop; overwhelm; kick; hunt; affect; strike; hammer; love; obstruct; shoot.”
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
“enemy; adversary.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“bull; Indra; stallion; Vṛṣan; man.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Indra; vajra; Euphorbia neriifolia L.; abhra; Buddha.”
[verb], singular, Perfect conjunctive (subj.)
“notice; observe; attend to; intend.”
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[noun], genitive, singular
“I; mine.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“Brahma; creator; believer [worshipper]; Vishnu.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“new; fresh; up-to-the-minute.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“hymn; idea; purpose.”
[verb], singular, Aorist imperative
“listen; come to know; hear; hear; listen; study; heed; learn.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“new; fresh; up-to-the-minute.”