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 3.62.6

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

वृ॒ष॒भं च॑र्षणी॒नां वि॒श्वरू॑प॒मदा॑भ्यम् । बृह॒स्पतिं॒ वरे॑ण्यम् ॥
वृषभं चर्षणीनां विश्वरूपमदाभ्यम् । बृहस्पतिं वरेण्यम् ॥
vṛṣabhaṃ carṣaṇīnāṃ viśvarūpam adābhyam | bṛhaspatiṃ vareṇyam ||

English translation:

“The showerer (of benefits) on men, the omniform, the irreproachable, the excellent Bṛhaspati.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): gopavana ātreyaḥ saptavadhrirvā [gopavana ātreya saptavadhrirvā];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): bṛhaspatiḥ ;
Chandas (meter): tripādgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

वृ॒ष॒भम् । च॒र्ष॒णी॒नाम् । वि॒श्वऽरू॑पम् । अदा॑भ्यम् । बृह॒स्पति॑म् । वरे॑ण्यम् ॥
वृषभम् । चर्षणीनाम् । विश्वरूपम् । अदाभ्यम् । बृहस्पतिम् । वरेण्यम् ॥
vṛṣabham | carṣaṇīnām | viśva-rūpam | adābhyam | bṛhaspatim | vareṇyam

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 3.62.6 English analysis of grammar]

vṛṣabhaṃ < vṛṣabham < vṛṣabha

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“bull; Vṛṣabha; Vṛṣabha; best.”

carṣaṇīnāṃ < carṣaṇīnām < carṣaṇi

[noun], genitive, plural, feminine

“people.”

viśvarūpam < viśva

[noun]

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

viśvarūpam < rūpam < rūpa

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“form; appearance; beauty; look; shape; shape; symptom; feature; nature; guise; rūpa [word]; one; appearance; likeness; color; kind; vowel; type; disguise; aspect; form; derivative; omen; vision.”

adābhyam < adābhya

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“trustworthy; disabused(p).”

bṛhaspatiṃ < bṛhaspatim < bṛhaspati

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“Brihaspati; Jupiter; Bṛhaspati.”

vareṇyam < vareṇya

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“excellent; desirable.”

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