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 5.51.15
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
स्व॒स्ति पन्था॒मनु॑ चरेम सूर्याचन्द्र॒मसा॑विव । पुन॒र्दद॒ताघ्न॑ता जान॒ता सं ग॑मेमहि ॥
स्वस्ति पन्थामनु चरेम सूर्याचन्द्रमसाविव । पुनर्ददताघ्नता जानता सं गमेमहि ॥
svasti panthām anu carema sūryācandramasāv iva | punar dadatāghnatā jānatā saṃ gamemahi ||
English translation:
“May we ever follow prosperously our path, like the sun and the moon; may we be associated with a requiting, grateful and recognisant (kinsman).”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Punardadatā aghnatā jānatā = with one who gives again, one who does not kill or harm, i.e., one who not make an evil return to kindness, one who is grateful (one who does not inflict injury by long-suspended anger);
Jānatā = by one knowing, one who does not cut an old acquaintance, madhiyas' cirakālam gataḥ ko ayam iti sandeham akurvatu, by one who does not feel any doubt, saying, whos is this of mine that has been long since gone away; all these apply to bandhujana, a kinsman: bandhujanena saṅgamemahi
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): svastyātreyaḥ [svastyātreya];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): viśvedevā:;
Chandas (meter): anuṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
स्व॒स्ति । पन्था॑म् । अनु॑ । च॒रे॒म॒ । सू॒र्या॒च॒न्द्र॒मसौ॑ऽइव । पुनः॑ । दद॑ता । अघ्न॑ता । जा॒न॒ता । सम् । ग॒मे॒म॒हि॒ ॥
स्वस्ति । पन्थाम् । अनु । चरेम । सूर्याचन्द्रमसौइव । पुनः । ददता । अघ्नता । जानता । सम् । गमेमहि ॥
svasti | panthām | anu | carema | sūryācandramasau-iva | punaḥ | dadatā | aghnatā | jānatā | sam | gamemahi
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 5.51.15 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“prosperity; well-being; fortune; benediction; svasti [word]; well; luck.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“way; road; path [word]; journey; method.”
[adverb]
“subsequently; behind; along; towards; because.”
[verb], plural, Present optative
“car; wander; perform; travel; bore; produce; make; dwell; dig; act; observe; enter (a state); observe; cause; crop; behave; practice; heed; process; administer.”
[noun], nominative, dual, masculine
[adverb]
“like; as it were; somehow; just so.”
[adverb]
“again; further; now; over and over; subsequently; repeatedly; however; besides.”
[verb noun], instrumental, singular
“give; add; perform; put; administer; fill into; give; ignite; put on; offer; use; fuel; pour; grant; feed; teach; construct; insert; drip; wrap; pay; hand over; lend; inflict; concentrate; sacrifice; splint; poultice; create.”
[adverb]
“not; akāra; a [taddhita]; a [word]; a; a.”
[verb noun], instrumental, singular
“kill; cure; māray; remove; destroy; hit; injure; damage; destroy; paralyze; hurt; forge; beat; cut off; stop; overwhelm; kick; hunt; affect; strike; hammer; love; obstruct; shoot.”
[verb noun], instrumental, singular
“know; diagnose; perceive; know; come to know; notice; determine; think of; find; learn; perceive; identify; recognize; understand; know; learn; ascertain; detect; deem.”
[adverb]
“sam; together; together; saṃ.”
[verb], plural, Aorist optative
“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.”