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 6.10.5

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

नू न॑श्चि॒त्रं पु॑रु॒वाजा॑भिरू॒ती अग्ने॑ र॒यिं म॒घव॑द्भ्यश्च धेहि । ये राध॑सा॒ श्रव॑सा॒ चात्य॒न्यान्त्सु॒वीर्ये॑भिश्चा॒भि सन्ति॒ जना॑न् ॥
नू नश्चित्रं पुरुवाजाभिरूती अग्ने रयिं मघवद्भ्यश्च धेहि । ये राधसा श्रवसा चात्यन्यान्त्सुवीर्येभिश्चाभि सन्ति जनान् ॥
nū naś citram puruvājābhir ūtī agne rayim maghavadbhyaś ca dhehi | ye rādhasā śravasā cāty anyān suvīryebhiś cābhi santi janān ||

English translation:

“Bestow quickly, Agni, upon us who are affluent (in oblations), wondrous wealth), with abundant viands and protections, such as enrich other men with wealth with food, and with male descendants.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

नु । नः॒ । चि॒त्रम् । पु॒रु॒ऽवाजा॑भिः । ऊ॒ती । अग्ने॑ । र॒यिम् । म॒घव॑त्ऽभ्यः । च॒ । धे॒हि॒ । ये । राध॑सा । श्रव॑सा । च॒ । अति॑ । अ॒न्यान् । सु॒ऽवीर्ये॑भिः । च॒ । अ॒भि । सन्ति॑ । जना॑न् ॥
नु । नः । चित्रम् । पुरुवाजाभिः । ऊती । अग्ने । रयिम् । मघवत्भ्यः । च । धेहि । ये । राधसा । श्रवसा । च । अति । अन्यान् । सुवीर्येभिः । च । अभि । सन्ति । जनान् ॥
nu | naḥ | citram | puru-vājābhiḥ | ūtī | agne | rayim | maghavat-bhyaḥ | ca | dhehi | ye | rādhasā | śravasā | ca | ati | anyān | su-vīryebhiḥ | ca | abhi | santi | janān

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 6.10.5 English analysis of grammar]

< nu

[adverb]

“now; already.”

naś < naḥ < mad

[noun], dative, plural

“I; mine.”

citram < citra

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“manifold; extraordinary; beautiful; divers(a); varicolored; bright; bright; bright; outstanding; agitated; aglitter(p); brilliant; painted; obvious; patched; bizarre.”

puruvājābhir < puru

[noun]

“many; much(a); very.”

puruvājābhir < vājābhiḥ < vāja

[noun], instrumental, plural, feminine

“prize; Vāja; reward; reward; Ribhus; vigor; strength; contest.”

ūtī < ūti

[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine

“aid; favor; ūti [word].”

agne < agni

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

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

rayim < rayi

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“wealth; property.”

maghavadbhyaś < maghavadbhyaḥ < maghavan

[noun], dative, plural, masculine

“big.”

ca

[adverb]

“and; besides; then; now; even.”

dhehi < dhā

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“put; give; cause; get; hold; make; provide; lend; wear; install; have; enter (a state); supply; hold; take; show.”

ye < yad

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

rādhasā < rādhas

[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter

“gift; munificence; liberality; bounty.”

śravasā < śravas

[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter

“fame; glory; ear.”

cāty < ca

[adverb]

“and; besides; then; now; even.”

cāty < ati

[adverb]

“very; excessively; beyond; excessively.”

anyān < anya

[noun], accusative, plural, masculine

“other; another(a); remaining; different; anya [word]; other than; more(a); fresh; any(a).”

suvīryebhiś < su

[adverb]

“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”

suvīryebhiś < vīryebhiḥ < vīrya

[noun], instrumental, plural, neuter

“potency; vīrya; heroism; potency; strength; semen; power; deed; active agent; efficacy; vīryapāramitā; gold; vigor; vīrya [word]; virility; manfulness; jewel; force.”

cābhi < ca

[adverb]

“and; besides; then; now; even.”

cābhi < abhi

[adverb]

“towards; on.”

santi < as

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”

janān < jana

[noun], accusative, plural, masculine

“people; national; man; relative; jan; Janaloka; person; jana [word]; man; attendant; Jana; foreigner; inhabitant; group.”

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