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 2.41.6

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

ता स॒म्राजा॑ घृ॒तासु॑ती आदि॒त्या दानु॑न॒स्पती॑ । सचे॑ते॒ अन॑वह्वरम् ॥
ता सम्राजा घृतासुती आदित्या दानुनस्पती । सचेते अनवह्वरम् ॥
tā samrājā ghṛtāsutī ādityā dānunas patī | sacete anavahvaram ||

English translation:

“May these two universal monarchs, fed with clarified butter, sons of Aditi, lords of liberality, show favour to their sincere (worshipper).”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

ता । स॒म्ऽराजा॑ । घ्ृ॒तासु॑ती॒ इति॑ घृ॒तऽआ॑सुती । आ॒दि॒त्या । दानु॑नः । पती॑ । सचे॑ते॒ इति॑ । अन॑वऽह्वरम् ॥
ता । सम्राजा । घ्ृतासुती इति घृतआसुती । आदित्या । दानुनः । पती । सचेते इति । अनवह्वरम् ॥
tā | sam-rājā | ghṛtāsutī itighṛta-āsutī | ādityā | dānunaḥ | patī | saceteiti | anava-hvaram

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 2.41.6 English analysis of grammar]

< tad

[noun], nominative, dual, masculine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”

samrājā < samrāj

[noun], nominative, dual, masculine

“sovereign; ruler.”

ghṛtāsutī < ghṛta

[noun], neuter

“ghee; fat.”

ghṛtāsutī < āsutī < āsuti

[noun], nominative, dual, masculine

“āsuti [word].”

ādityā < āditya

[noun], nominative, dual, masculine

“sun; Aditya; Surya; āditya [word].”

dānunas < dānu

[noun], genitive, singular, neuter

“Dānu; dew; drop.”

patī < pati

[noun], nominative, dual, masculine

“husband; overlord; king; deity; īśvara; ruler; pati [word]; commanding officer; leader; owner; mayor; lord.”

sacete < sac

[verb], dual, Present indikative

“accompany; follow; company; obey; participate; enter.”

anavahvaram < anavahvara

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

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