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 1.161.6
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
इन्द्रो॒ हरी॑ युयु॒जे अ॒श्विना॒ रथं॒ बृह॒स्पति॑र्वि॒श्वरू॑पा॒मुपा॑जत । ऋ॒भुर्विभ्वा॒ वाजो॑ दे॒वाँ अ॑गच्छत॒ स्वप॑सो य॒ज्ञियं॑ भा॒गमै॑तन ॥
इन्द्रो हरी युयुजे अश्विना रथं बृहस्पतिर्विश्वरूपामुपाजत । ऋभुर्विभ्वा वाजो देवाँ अगच्छत स्वपसो यज्ञियं भागमैतन ॥
indro harī yuyuje aśvinā ratham bṛhaspatir viśvarūpām upājata | ṛbhur vibhvā vājo devām̐ agacchata svapaso yajñiyam bhāgam aitana ||
English translation:
“Indra has caparisoned his horses; the Aśvins have harnessed their car; Bṛhaspati has accepted the omniform (cow); therefore, Ṛbhu, Vibhva and Vāja, go the gods, doers of good deeds, enjoy your sacrificial portion.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): dīrghatamā aucathyaḥ [dīrghatamas aucathya];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): ṛbhavaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛjjagatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
इन्द्रः॑ । हरी॑ । यु॒यु॒जे । अ॒श्विना॑ । रथ॑म् । बृह॒स्पतिः॑ । वि॒श्वऽरू॑पाम् । उप॑ । आ॒ज॒त॒ । ऋ॒भुः । विऽभ्वा॑ । वाजः॑ । दे॒वान् । अ॒ग॒च्छ॒त॒ । सु॒ऽअप॑सः । य॒ज्ञिय॑म् । भा॒गम् । ऐ॒त॒न॒ ॥
इन्द्रः । हरी । युयुजे । अश्विना । रथम् । बृहस्पतिः । विश्वरूपाम् । उप । आजत । ऋभुः । विभ्वा । वाजः । देवान् । अगच्छत । सुअपसः । यज्ञियम् । भागम् । ऐतन ॥
indraḥ | harī | yuyuje | aśvinā | ratham | bṛhaspatiḥ | viśva-rūpām | upa | ājata | ṛbhuḥ | vi-bhvā | vājaḥ | devān | agacchata | su-apasaḥ | yajñiyam | bhāgam | aitana
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.161.6 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[noun], accusative, dual, masculine
“Vishnu; monkey; Krishna; horse; lion; Indra; Hari; Surya; Hari; haritāla; Hari; snake; frog.”
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
“mix; use; endow; yoke; accompany; to practice Yoga; connect; hire; administer; compound; affect; add; concentrate; unite; join; prosecute; combine; supply; compound; attach to; appoint; fill; process; mobilize; mount; complement; eat; join; treat; coincide; affect; challenge.”
[noun], nominative, dual, masculine
“Asvins; two.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“chariot; warrior; ratha [word]; Dalbergia oojeinensis; rattan.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Brihaspati; Jupiter; Bṛhaspati.”
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
[verb], plural, Imperfect
“drive.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Ribhus.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Vibhvan.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“prize; Vāja; reward; reward; Ribhus; vigor; strength; contest.”
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[verb], plural, Imperfect
“go; situate; enter (a state); travel; disappear; [in]; elapse; leave; reach; vanish; love; walk; approach; issue; hop on; gasify; get; come; die; drain; spread; transform; happen; discharge; ride; to be located; run; detect; refer; go; shall; drive.”
[adverb]
“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“work; deed.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“sacrificial; divine; devoted.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“part; part; part; parcel; quarter; body part; location; region; allotment; part; numerator; division; application; function; outside; bhāga [word]; volume; helping.”
[verb], plural, Imperfect
“go; travel; enter (a state); return; walk; continue; reach; ask.”