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 4.9.6

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

वेषीद्व॑स्य दू॒त्यं१॒॑ यस्य॒ जुजो॑षो अध्व॒रम् । ह॒व्यं मर्त॑स्य॒ वोळ्ह॑वे ॥
वेषीद्वस्य दूत्यं यस्य जुजोषो अध्वरम् । हव्यं मर्तस्य वोळ्हवे ॥
veṣīd v asya dūtyaṃ yasya jujoṣo adhvaram | havyam martasya voḻhave ||

English translation:

“You are willing (to fulfil) the office of messenger for the mortal whose oblations at the sacrifice you are plural ased to convey.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vāmadevo gautamaḥ [vāmadeva gautama];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): virāḍgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

वेषि॑ । इत् । ऊँ॒ इति॑ । अ॒स्य॒ । दू॒त्य॑म् । यस्य॑ । जुजो॑षः । अ॒ध्व॒रम् । ह॒व्यम् । मर्त॑स्य । वोळ्ह॑वे ॥
वेषि । इत् । ऊँ इति । अस्य । दूत्यम् । यस्य । जुजोषः । अध्वरम् । हव्यम् । मर्तस्य । वोळ्हवे ॥
veṣi | it | oṃ iti | asya | dūtyam | yasya | jujoṣaḥ | adhvaram | havyam | martasya | voḷhave

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 4.9.6 English analysis of grammar]

veṣīd < veṣi <

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“approach; ask; desire; go; drive.”

veṣīd < id

[adverb]

“indeed; assuredly; entirely.”

v < u

[adverb]

“ukāra; besides; now; indeed; u.”

asya < idam

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”

dūtyaṃ < dūtyam < dūtya

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

yasya < yad

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

jujoṣo < jujoṣaḥ < juṣ

[verb], singular, Perfect conjunctive (subj.)

“enjoy; endow; possess; frequent; accompany; induce; consume; approve; affect; attend; befit; blend; contract.”

adhvaram < adhvara

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“yajña; ceremony; adhvara [word].”

havyam < havya

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“Havya; offering; havya [word].”

martasya < marta

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“man.”

voᄆhave < vah

[verb noun]

“transport; bring; marry; run; drive; vāhay; drive; run; pull; nirvāpay; blow; transport; discharge; assume; remove.”

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