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 6.8.1

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

पृ॒क्षस्य॒ वृष्णो॑ अरु॒षस्य॒ नू सह॒: प्र नु वो॑चं वि॒दथा॑ जा॒तवे॑दसः । वै॒श्वा॒न॒राय॑ म॒तिर्नव्य॑सी॒ शुचि॒: सोम॑ इव पवते॒ चारु॑र॒ग्नये॑ ॥
पृक्षस्य वृष्णो अरुषस्य नू सहः प्र नु वोचं विदथा जातवेदसः । वैश्वानराय मतिर्नव्यसी शुचिः सोम इव पवते चारुरग्नये ॥
pṛkṣasya vṛṣṇo aruṣasya nū sahaḥ pra nu vocaṃ vidathā jātavedasaḥ | vaiśvānarāya matir navyasī śuciḥ soma iva pavate cārur agnaye ||

English translation:

“I commemorate promptly at the holy ceremony the might of the all-pervading jātavaedasa, the showerer, the radiant; new, pure, and graceful praise issues (from me) like the soma juice (from the filter), to Agni vaiśvānara.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): bharadvājo bārhaspatyaḥ [bharadvāja bārhaspatya];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): vaiśvānaraḥ ;
Chandas (meter): jagatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

पृ॒क्षस्य॑ । वृष्णः॑ । अ॒रु॒षस्य॑ । नु । सहः॑ । प्र । नु । वो॒च॒म् । वि॒दथा॑ । जा॒तऽवे॑दसः । वै॒श्वा॒न॒राय॑ । म॒तिः । नव्य॑सी । शुचिः॑ । सोमः॑ऽइव । प॒व॒ते॒ । चारुः॑ । अ॒ग्नये॑ ॥
पृक्षस्य । वृष्णः । अरुषस्य । नु । सहः । प्र । नु । वोचम् । विदथा । जातवेदसः । वैश्वानराय । मतिः । नव्यसी । शुचिः । सोमःइव । पवते । चारुः । अग्नये ॥
pṛkṣasya | vṛṣṇaḥ | aruṣasya | nu | sahaḥ | pra | nu | vocam | vidathā | jāta-vedasaḥ | vaiśvānarāya | matiḥ | navyasī | śuciḥ | somaḥ-iva | pavate | cāruḥ | agnaye

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 6.8.1 English analysis of grammar]

pṛkṣasya < pṛkṣa

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“strong; full of life.”

vṛṣṇo < vṛṣṇaḥ < vṛṣan

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“bull; Indra; stallion; Vṛṣan; man.”

aruṣasya < aruṣa

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“red; red.”

< nu

[adverb]

“now; already.”

sahaḥ < sahas

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“force; strength; might; sahas [word]; conquest.”

pra

[adverb]

“towards; ahead.”

nu

[adverb]

“now; already.”

vocaṃ < vocam < vac

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

“say; describe; name; tell; address; enumerate; call; state; teach; explain; say; declare; speak; define; declare; order; address; recommend; answer; deem; recite; approve; proclaim; indicate; determine; mention; designate.”

vidathā < vidatha

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“meeting; wisdom; council.”

jātavedasaḥ < jātavedas

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“Agni; fire.”

vaiśvānarāya < vaiśvānara

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

“Agni; fire; Vaiśvānara; Vaiśvānara; sacrificial fire; sun.”

matir < matiḥ < mati

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“intelligence; decision; mind; hymn; purpose; idea; opinion; belief; desire; wish; conviction; plan; devotion.”

navyasī < navīyas

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“new; fresh; up-to-the-minute.”

śuciḥ < śuci

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“clean; clean; pure; bright; clear; honest; śuci [word]; clear; impeccant.”

soma < somaḥ < soma

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”

iva

[adverb]

“like; as it were; somehow; just so.”

pavate <

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“purify; filter; blow; purify; purge; sift.”

cārur < cāruḥ < cāru

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“pleasant; beautiful; beloved; agreeable; cāru [word].”

agnaye < agni

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”

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