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 6.1.5
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
त्वां व॑र्धन्ति क्षि॒तय॑: पृथि॒व्यां त्वां राय॑ उ॒भया॑सो॒ जना॑नाम् । त्वं त्रा॒ता त॑रणे॒ चेत्यो॑ भूः पि॒ता मा॒ता सद॒मिन्मानु॑षाणाम् ॥
त्वां वर्धन्ति क्षितयः पृथिव्यां त्वां राय उभयासो जनानाम् । त्वं त्राता तरणे चेत्यो भूः पिता माता सदमिन्मानुषाणाम् ॥
tvāṃ vardhanti kṣitayaḥ pṛthivyāṃ tvāṃ rāya ubhayāso janānām | tvaṃ trātā taraṇe cetyo bhūḥ pitā mātā sadam in mānuṣāṇām ||
English translation:
“Men exalt you upon earth; they exalt you for both kinds of affluence, (cattle and treasure, which you bestow upon) men; you who extricate (us from evil) are to be known as our preserver, as the unfailing father and mother of mankind.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Which you bestow upon, men: janānām may also mean, for the gift of men, that is, of male posterity
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): bharadvājo bārhaspatyaḥ [bharadvāja bārhaspatya];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): paṅktiḥ ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
त्वाम् । व॒र्ध॒न्ति॒ । क्षि॒तयः॑ । पृ॒थि॒व्याम् । त्वाम् । रायः॑ । उ॒भया॑सः । जना॑नाम् । त्वम् । त्रा॒ता । त॒र॒णे॒ । चेत्यः॑ । भूः॒ । पि॒ता । मा॒ता । सद॑म् । इत् । मानु॑षाणाम् ॥
त्वाम् । वर्धन्ति । क्षितयः । पृथिव्याम् । त्वाम् । रायः । उभयासः । जनानाम् । त्वम् । त्राता । तरणे । चेत्यः । भूः । पिता । माता । सदम् । इत् । मानुषाणाम् ॥
tvām | vardhanti | kṣitayaḥ | pṛthivyām | tvām | rāyaḥ | ubhayāsaḥ | janānām | tvam | trātā | taraṇe | cetyaḥ | bhūḥ | pitā | mātā | sadam | it | mānuṣāṇām
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 6.1.5 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], accusative, singular
“you.”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“increase; grow; vṛdh; increase; succeed; strengthen; grow up; spread.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“floor; Earth; earth; pṛthivī; people; dwelling; battlefield; Earth; estate; colony; house.”
[noun], locative, singular, feminine
“Earth; pṛthivī; floor; Earth; earth; pṛthivī [word]; land.”
[noun], accusative, singular
“you.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“wealth; possession; rai [word]; gold.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“both(a).”
[noun], genitive, plural, masculine
“people; national; man; relative; jan; Janaloka; person; jana [word]; man; attendant; Jana; foreigner; inhabitant; group.”
[noun], nominative, singular
“you.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“defender; savior.”
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“floating.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“blaze; notice.”
[verb], singular, Aorist inj. (proh.)
“become; be; originate; transform; happen; result; exist; be born; be; be; come to life; grow; elapse; come to mind; thrive; become; impend; show; conceive; understand; stand; constitute; serve; apply; behave.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“father; Pitṛ; ancestor; parent; paternal ancestor; pitṛ [word]; forefather.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“mother; mātṛkā; mātṛ [word]; parent; Salvinia cucullata Roxb.; Citrullus colocynthis Schrad.; cow.”
[adverb]
“always.”
[adverb]
“indeed; assuredly; entirely.”
[noun], genitive, plural, masculine
“man; man.”