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 5.5.6

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

सु॒प्रती॑के वयो॒वृधा॑ य॒ह्वी ऋ॒तस्य॑ मा॒तरा॑ । दो॒षामु॒षास॑मीमहे ॥
सुप्रतीके वयोवृधा यह्वी ऋतस्य मातरा । दोषामुषासमीमहे ॥
supratīke vayovṛdhā yahvī ṛtasya mātarā | doṣām uṣāsam īmahe ||

English translation:

“We glorify the evening and the morning lovely, food-bestowing, mighty, the mothers of sacrifice.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vasuśruta ātreyaḥ [vasuśruta ātreya];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): āpriyaḥ;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

सु॒प्रती॑के॒ इति॑ सु॒ऽप्रती॑के । व॒यः॒ऽवृधा॑ । य॒ह्वी । ऋ॒तस्य॑ । मा॒तरा॑ । दो॒षाम् । उ॒षस॑म् । ई॒म॒हे॒ ॥
सुप्रतीके इति सुप्रतीके । वयःवृधा । यह्वी । ऋतस्य । मातरा । दोषाम् । उषसम् । ईमहे ॥
supratīke itisu-pratīke | vayaḥ-vṛdhā | yahvī | ṛtasya | mātarā | doṣām | uṣasam | īmahe

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 5.5.6 English analysis of grammar]

supratīke < su

[adverb]

“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”

supratīke < pratīke < pratīka

[noun], accusative, dual, feminine

“face; surface.”

vayovṛdhā < vayaḥ < vayas

[noun], neuter

“age; vigor; old age; strength; vayas [word]; aging; power; youth; food.”

vayovṛdhā < vṛdhā < vṛdh

[noun], accusative, dual, feminine

“increasing.”

yahvī < yahva

[noun], accusative, dual, feminine

“youngest; youthful; active.”

ṛtasya < ṛta

[noun], genitive, singular, neuter

“truth; order; fixed order; ṛta [word]; law; custom; custom.”

mātarā < mātṛ

[noun], accusative, dual, feminine

“mother; mātṛkā; mātṛ [word]; parent; Salvinia cucullata Roxb.; Citrullus colocynthis Schrad.; cow.”

doṣām < doṣā

[noun], accusative, singular, feminine

“night.”

uṣāsam < uṣas

[noun], accusative, singular, feminine

“Ushas; dawn; uṣas [word]; morning.”

īmahe < ī < √i

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“beg; solicit.”

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