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 3.26.6
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
व्रातं॑व्रातं ग॒णंग॑णं सुश॒स्तिभि॑र॒ग्नेर्भामं॑ म॒रुता॒मोज॑ ईमहे । पृष॑दश्वासो अनव॒भ्ररा॑धसो॒ गन्ता॑रो य॒ज्ञं वि॒दथे॑षु॒ धीरा॑: ॥
व्रातंव्रातं गणंगणं सुशस्तिभिरग्नेर्भामं मरुतामोज ईमहे । पृषदश्वासो अनवभ्रराधसो गन्तारो यज्ञं विदथेषु धीराः ॥
vrātaṃ-vrātaṃ gaṇaṃ-gaṇaṃ suśastibhir agner bhāmam marutām oja īmahe | pṛṣadaśvāso anavabhrarādhaso gantāro yajñaṃ vidatheṣu dhīrāḥ ||
English translation:
“We solicit the might of the Maruts, the irradiation of Agni with solemn prayers in every assembly and company (of worshippers); those Maruts who ahve partly-coloured steeds, who are dispensers of unfailing wealth, firm (of purpose), and frequenters of sacrifices.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): gopavana ātreyaḥ saptavadhrirvā [gopavana ātreya saptavadhrirvā];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): marūtaḥ;
Chandas (meter): jagatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
व्रात॑म्ऽव्रातम् । ग॒णम्ऽग॑णम् । सु॒श॒स्तिऽभिः॑ । अ॒ग्नेः । भाम॑म् । म॒रुता॑म् । ओजः॑ । ई॒म॒हे॒ । पृष॑त्ऽअश्वासः । अ॒न॒व॒भ्रऽरा॑धसः । गन्ता॑रः । य॒ज्ञम् । वि॒दथे॑षु । धीराः॑ ॥
व्रातम्व्रातम् । गणम्गणम् । सुशस्तिभिः । अग्नेः । भामम् । मरुताम् । ओजः । ईमहे । पृषत्अश्वासः । अनवभ्रराधसः । गन्तारः । यज्ञम् । विदथेषु । धीराः ॥
vrātam-vrātam | gaṇam-gaṇam | suśasti-bhiḥ | agneḥ | bhāmam | marutām | ojaḥ | īmahe | pṛṣat-aśvāsaḥ | anavabhra-rādhasaḥ | gantāraḥ | yajñam | vidatheṣu | dhīrāḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 3.26.6 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“troop; group; Vrāta; vrāta [word]; flock.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“troop; group; Vrāta; vrāta [word]; flock.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“group; varga; troop; troop; battalion; flock; herd; gaṇa [word]; corporation; gaṇa; herd; sect; swarm; set; party; gaṇa; series; Ganesa; flight.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“group; varga; troop; troop; battalion; flock; herd; gaṇa [word]; corporation; gaṇa; herd; sect; swarm; set; party; gaṇa; series; Ganesa; flight.”
[adverb]
“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, feminine
“hymn; praise.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“beam.”
[noun], genitive, plural, masculine
“Marut; vāta; wind; Vayu.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“strength; power; ojas; ojas [word]; potency; might.”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“go; travel; enter (a state); return; walk; continue; reach; ask.”
[noun]
“motley; patched.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“horse; aśva [word]; Aśva; stallion.”
[noun]
“permanent.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“gift; munificence; liberality; bounty.”
[verb], plural, periphrast. future
“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.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“yajña; religious ceremony; Vishnu; yajña [word]; Yajña; Shiva.”
[noun], locative, plural, neuter
“meeting; wisdom; council.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“expert; wise; intelligent; versed; adept.”