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 5.66.6

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

आ यद्वा॑मीयचक्षसा॒ मित्र॑ व॒यं च॑ सू॒रय॑: । व्यचि॑ष्ठे बहु॒पाय्ये॒ यते॑महि स्व॒राज्ये॑ ॥
आ यद्वामीयचक्षसा मित्र वयं च सूरयः । व्यचिष्ठे बहुपाय्ये यतेमहि स्वराज्ये ॥
ā yad vām īyacakṣasā mitra vayaṃ ca sūrayaḥ | vyaciṣṭhe bahupāyye yatemahi svarājye ||

English translation:

“We and the devout (invoke) you, Mitra and Varuṇa, who are far-seeing; may we proceed to your spacious and much frequented kingdom.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): rātahavya ātreyaḥ [rātahavya ātreya];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): mitrāvaruṇau ;
Chandas (meter): virāḍanuṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

आ । यत् । वा॒म् । ई॒य॒ऽच॒क्ष॒सा॒ । मित्रा॑ । व॒यम् । च॒ । सू॒रयः॑ । व्यचि॑ष्ठे । ब॒हु॒ऽपाय्ये॑ । यते॑महि । स्व॒ऽराज्ये॑ ॥
आ । यत् । वाम् । ईयचक्षसा । मित्रा । वयम् । च । सूरयः । व्यचिष्ठे । बहुपाय्ये । यतेमहि । स्वराज्ये ॥
ā | yat | vām | īya-cakṣasā | mitrā | vayam | ca | sūrayaḥ | vyaciṣṭhe | bahu-pāyye | yatemahi | sva-rājye

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 5.66.6 English analysis of grammar]

ā

[adverb]

“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”

yad < yat

[adverb]

“once [when]; because; that; if; how.”

vām < tvad

[noun], genitive, dual

“you.”

īyacakṣasā < īyacakṣas

[noun], vocative, dual, masculine

mitra

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“friend; Mitra; mitra [word]; sun; ally.”

vayaṃ < vayam < mad

[noun], nominative, plural

“I; mine.”

ca

[adverb]

“and; besides; then; now; even.”

sūrayaḥ < sūri

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“patron.”

vyaciṣṭhe < vyaciṣṭha

[noun], locative, singular, neuter

bahupāyye < bahu

[noun]

“many; much(a); bahu [word]; abundant; long; large; abounding in(p); perennial.”

bahupāyye < pāyye < pāyya

[noun], locative, singular, neuter

yatemahi < yat

[verb], plural, Present optative

“strive; endeavor; join; equal; rival.”

svarājye < sva

[noun]

“own(a); respective(a); akin(p); sva [word]; individual; present(a); independent.”

svarājye < rājye < rājya

[noun], locative, singular, neuter

“kingdom; kingship; sovereignty; rājya [word].”

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