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 2.13.6

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

यो भोज॑नं च॒ दय॑से च॒ वर्ध॑नमा॒र्द्रादा शुष्कं॒ मधु॑मद्दु॒दोहि॑थ । स शे॑व॒धिं नि द॑धिषे वि॒वस्व॑ति॒ विश्व॒स्यैक॑ ईशिषे॒ सास्यु॒क्थ्य॑: ॥
यो भोजनं च दयसे च वर्धनमार्द्रादा शुष्कं मधुमद्दुदोहिथ । स शेवधिं नि दधिषे विवस्वति विश्वस्यैक ईशिषे सास्युक्थ्यः ॥
yo bhojanaṃ ca dayase ca vardhanam ārdrād ā śuṣkam madhumad dudohitha | sa śevadhiṃ ni dadhiṣe vivasvati viśvasyaika īśiṣe sāsy ukthyaḥ ||

English translation:

“(You are he) who bestows both food and increase, and milk the dry nutritious (grain) from out of the humid stalk; he, who gives wealth to the worshipper, and are sole sovereign of the universe you are he, (Indra), who is to be praised.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): gṛtsamadaḥ śaunakaḥ [gṛtsamada śaunaka];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): virāḍjagatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

यः । भोज॑नम् । च॒ । दय॑से । च॒ । वर्ध॑नम् । आ॒र्द्रात् । आ । शुष्क॑म् । मधु॑ऽमत् । दु॒दोहि॑थ । सः । शे॒व॒धिम् । नि । द॒धि॒षे॒ । वि॒वस्व॑ति । विश्व॑स्य । एकः॑ । ई॒शि॒षे॒ । सः । अ॒सि॒ । उ॒क्थ्यः॑ ॥
यः । भोजनम् । च । दयसे । च । वर्धनम् । आर्द्रात् । आ । शुष्कम् । मधुमत् । दुदोहिथ । सः । शेवधिम् । नि । दधिषे । विवस्वति । विश्वस्य । एकः । ईशिषे । सः । असि । उक्थ्यः ॥
yaḥ | bhojanam | ca | dayase | ca | vardhanam | ārdrāt | ā | śuṣkam | madhu-mat | dudohitha | saḥ | śevadhim | ni | dadhiṣe | vivasvati | viśvasya | ekaḥ | īśiṣe | saḥ | asi | ukthyaḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 2.13.6 English analysis of grammar]

yo < yaḥ < yad

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

bhojanaṃ < bhojanam < bhojana

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“food; eating; foodstuff; meal; property; sevana; enjoyment.”

ca

[adverb]

“and; besides; then; now; even.”

dayase < day

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“share.”

ca

[adverb]

“and; besides; then; now; even.”

vardhanam < vardhana

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“increase; increase.”

ārdrād < ārdrāt < ārdra

[noun], ablative, singular, neuter

“wet; damp; fresh; green; affectionate; green; new.”

ā

[adverb]

“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”

śuṣkam < śuṣka

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“dried; dry; dried-up; śuṣka [word]; baseless; arid.”

madhumad < madhumat

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“sweet; honeyed; sweet; pleasant.”

dudohitha < duh

[verb], singular, Perfect indicative

“milk.”

sa < tad

[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.”

śevadhiṃ < śevadhim < śevadhi

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

ni

[adverb]

“back; down.”

dadhiṣe < dhā

[verb], singular, Perfect indicative

“put; give; cause; get; hold; make; provide; lend; wear; install; have; enter (a state); supply; hold; take; show.”

vivasvati < vivasvant

[noun], locative, singular, masculine

“Surya; sun; Vivasvant; Vivasvant.”

viśvasyaika < viśvasya < viśva

[noun], genitive, singular, neuter

“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”

viśvasyaika < ekaḥ < eka

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“one; single(a); alone(p); some(a); single(a); eka [word]; alone(p); excellent; each(a); some(a); one; same; alone(p); some(a); consistent; any(a); undifferentiated; disjunct.”

īśiṣe < īś

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“govern; command; master; dominate; can; reign; control; own.”

sāsy < sa < tad

[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.”

sāsy < asi < as

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”

ukthyaḥ < ukthya

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“applaudable.”

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