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 5.61.7

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

वि या जा॒नाति॒ जसु॑रिं॒ वि तृष्य॑न्तं॒ वि का॒मिन॑म् । दे॒व॒त्रा कृ॑णु॒ते मन॑: ॥
वि या जानाति जसुरिं वि तृष्यन्तं वि कामिनम् । देवत्रा कृणुते मनः ॥
vi yā jānāti jasuriṃ vi tṛṣyantaṃ vi kāminam | devatrā kṛṇute manaḥ ||

English translation:

“For she discerns one who suffers pain, one who is in want, or one desirous (of any thing), and directs her mind towards the gods.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

वि । या । जा॒नाति॑ । जसु॑रिम् । वि । तृष्य॑न्तम् । वि । का॒मिन॑म् । दे॒व॒ऽत्रा । कृ॒णु॒ते । मनः॑ ॥
वि । या । जानाति । जसुरिम् । वि । तृष्यन्तम् । वि । कामिनम् । देवत्रा । कृणुते । मनः ॥
vi | yā | jānāti | jasurim | vi | tṛṣyantam | vi | kāminam | deva-trā | kṛṇute | manaḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 5.61.7 English analysis of grammar]

vi

[adverb]

“apart; away; away.”

< yad

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

jānāti < jñā

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“know; diagnose; perceive; know; come to know; notice; determine; think of; find; learn; perceive; identify; recognize; understand; know; learn; ascertain; detect; deem.”

jasuriṃ < jasurim < jasuri

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“starved.”

vi

[adverb]

“apart; away; away.”

tṛṣyantaṃ < tṛṣyantam < tṛṣ

[verb noun], accusative, singular

“thirst.”

vi

[adverb]

“apart; away; away.”

kāminam < kāmin

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“desirous; aroused; loving.”

devatrā

[adverb]

kṛṇute < kṛ

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“make; perform; cause; produce; shape; construct; do; put; fill into; use; fuel; transform; bore; act; write; create; prepare; administer; dig; prepare; treat; take effect; add; trace; put on; process; treat; heed; hire; act; produce; assume; eat; ignite; chop; treat; obey; manufacture; appoint; evacuate; choose; understand; insert; happen; envelop; weigh; observe; practice; lend; bring; duplicate; plant; kṛ; concentrate; mix; knot; join; take; provide; utter; compose.”

manaḥ < manas

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“mind; Manas; purpose; idea; attention; heart; decision; manas [word]; manas [indecl.]; spirit; temper; intelligence.”

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