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 6.10.7

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

वि द्वेषां॑सीनु॒हि व॒र्धयेळां॒ मदे॑म श॒तहि॑माः सु॒वीरा॑: ॥
वि द्वेषांसीनुहि वर्धयेळां मदेम शतहिमाः सुवीराः ॥
vi dveṣāṃsīnuhi vardhayeḻām madema śatahimāḥ suvīrāḥ ||

English translation:

“Scatter (our enemies); augment our abundance; and may we, blessed with virtuous male descendants, enjoy happiness for a hundred winters.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

वि । द्वेषां॑सि । इ॒नु॒हि । व॒र्धय॑ । इळा॑म् । मदे॑म । श॒तऽहि॑माः । सु॒ऽवीराः॑ ॥
वि । द्वेषांसि । इनुहि । वर्धय । इळाम् । मदेम । शतहिमाः । सुवीराः ॥
vi | dveṣāṃsi | inuhi | vardhaya | iḷām | madema | śata-himāḥ | su-vīrāḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 6.10.7 English analysis of grammar]

vi

[adverb]

“apart; away; away.”

dveṣāṃsīnuhi < _ < √_

[?]

“_”

vardhayeᄆām < vardhaya < vardhay < √vṛdh

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“increase; strengthen; promote; rear; add; greet; laud.”

vardhayeᄆām < iᄆām < iḍā

[noun], accusative, singular, feminine

“refreshment; iḍā [word]; comfort; cow.”

madema < mad

[verb], plural, Present optative

“rut; intoxicate; delight; revel; rejoice; drink; ramp; exult.”

śatahimāḥ < śata

[noun], neuter

“hundred; one-hundredth; śata [word].”

śatahimāḥ < himāḥ < hima

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“snow; frost; hima [word]; winter; tin; silver; pearl; sauvīrāñjana; year; ague; Himalayas; coldness.”

suvīrāḥ < su

[adverb]

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

suvīrāḥ < vīrāḥ < vīra

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“hero; man; Vīra; vīra; vīra [word]; Vīra.”

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