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 6.11.1

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

यज॑स्व होतरिषि॒तो यजी॑या॒नग्ने॒ बाधो॑ म॒रुतां॒ न प्रयु॑क्ति । आ नो॑ मि॒त्रावरु॑णा॒ नास॑त्या॒ द्यावा॑ हो॒त्राय॑ पृथि॒वी व॑वृत्याः ॥
यजस्व होतरिषितो यजीयानग्ने बाधो मरुतां न प्रयुक्ति । आ नो मित्रावरुणा नासत्या द्यावा होत्राय पृथिवी ववृत्याः ॥
yajasva hotar iṣito yajīyān agne bādho marutāṃ na prayukti | ā no mitrāvaruṇā nāsatyā dyāvā hotrāya pṛthivī vavṛtyāḥ ||

English translation:

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Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

यज॑स्व । हो॒तः॒ । इ॒षि॒तः । यजी॑यान् । अग्ने॑ । बाधः॑ । म॒रुता॑म् । न । प्रऽयु॑क्ति । आ । नः॒ । मि॒त्रावरु॑णा । नास॑त्या । द्यावा॑ । हो॒त्राय॑ । पृ॒थि॒वी इति॑ । व॒वृ॒त्याः॒ ॥
यजस्व । होतः । इषितः । यजीयान् । अग्ने । बाधः । मरुताम् । न । प्रयुक्ति । आ । नः । मित्रावरुणा । नासत्या । द्यावा । होत्राय । पृथिवी इति । ववृत्याः ॥
yajasva | hotaḥ | iṣitaḥ | yajīyān | agne | bādhaḥ | marutām | na | pra-yukti | ā | naḥ | mitrāvaruṇā | nāsatyā | dyāvā | hotrāya | pṛthivī iti | vavṛtyāḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 6.11.1 English analysis of grammar]

yajasva < yaj

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“sacrifice; worship; worship.”

hotar < hotṛ

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“Hotṛ.”

iṣito < iṣitaḥ < iṣay < √iṣ

[verb noun], nominative, singular

yajīyān < yajīyas

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

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.”

bādho < bādhaḥ < bādha

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

marutāṃ < marutām < marut

[noun], genitive, plural, masculine

“Marut; vāta; wind; Vayu.”

na

[adverb]

“not; like; no; na [word].”

prayukti

[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine

ā

[adverb]

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

no < naḥ < mad

[noun], genitive, plural

“I; mine.”

mitrāvaruṇā < mitrāvaruṇa

[noun], accusative, dual, masculine

“Varuna; Mitra.”

nāsatyā < nāsatya

[noun], accusative, dual, masculine

“Asvins; nāsatya [word].”

dyāvā < div

[noun], accusative, dual, masculine

“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”

hotrāya < hotra

[noun], dative, singular, neuter

“yajña; sacrifice.”

pṛthivī

[noun], accusative, dual, feminine

“Earth; pṛthivī; floor; Earth; earth; pṛthivī [word]; land.”

vavṛtyāḥ < vṛt

[verb], singular, Perfect optative

“behave; happen; exist; return; dwell; die; roll; continue; act; exist; feed on; issue; move; travel; proceed; turn; situate; drive; account for; begin; do; inhere; revolve.”

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