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 5.7.6

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

यं मर्त्य॑: पुरु॒स्पृहं॑ वि॒दद्विश्व॑स्य॒ धाय॑से । प्र स्वाद॑नं पितू॒नामस्त॑तातिं चिदा॒यवे॑ ॥
यं मर्त्यः पुरुस्पृहं विदद्विश्वस्य धायसे । प्र स्वादनं पितूनामस्ततातिं चिदायवे ॥
yam martyaḥ puruspṛhaṃ vidad viśvasya dhāyase | pra svādanam pitūnām astatātiṃ cid āyave ||

English translation:

“Him who is the desired of many, the (devout) man recognizes as the sustainer of all, the flavour of food, the provider of dwellings for men.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): iṣa ātreyaḥ [iṣa ātreya];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): svarāḍuṣnik ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

यम् । मर्त्यः॑ । पु॒रु॒ऽस्पृह॑म् । वि॒दत् । विश्व॑स्य । धाय॑से । प्र । स्वाद॑नम् । पि॒तू॒नाम् । अस्त॑ऽतातिम् । चि॒त् । आ॒यवे॑ ॥
यम् । मर्त्यः । पुरुस्पृहम् । विदत् । विश्वस्य । धायसे । प्र । स्वादनम् । पितूनाम् । अस्ततातिम् । चित् । आयवे ॥
yam | martyaḥ | puru-spṛham | vidat | viśvasya | dhāyase | pra | svādanam | pitūnām | asta-tātim | cit | āyave

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 5.7.6 English analysis of grammar]

yam < yad

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

martyaḥ < martya

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“man; people; martya [word]; Earth.”

puruspṛhaṃ < puruspṛham < puruspṛh

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“coveted; desirous.”

vidad < vidat < vid

[verb], singular, Aorist inj. (proh.)

“find; detect; marry; get; think.”

viśvasya < viśva

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

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

dhāyase < dhāyas

[noun], dative, singular, neuter

pra

[adverb]

“towards; ahead.”

svādanam < svādana

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

pitūnām < pitu

[noun], genitive, plural, masculine

“food.”

astatātiṃ < astatātim < astatāti

[noun], accusative, singular, feminine

cid < cit

[adverb]

“even; indeed.”

āyave < āyu

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

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