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 6.11.2

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

त्वं होता॑ म॒न्द्रत॑मो नो अ॒ध्रुग॒न्तर्दे॒वो वि॒दथा॒ मर्त्ये॑षु । पा॒व॒कया॑ जु॒ह्वा॒३॒॑ वह्नि॑रा॒साग्ने॒ यज॑स्व त॒न्वं१॒॑ तव॒ स्वाम् ॥
त्वं होता मन्द्रतमो नो अध्रुगन्तर्देवो विदथा मर्त्येषु । पावकया जुह्वा वह्निरासाग्ने यजस्व तन्वं तव स्वाम् ॥
tvaṃ hotā mandratamo no adhrug antar devo vidathā martyeṣu | pāvakayā juhvā vahnir āsāgne yajasva tanvaṃ tava svām ||

English translation:

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Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

त्वम् । होता॑ । म॒न्द्रऽत॑मः । नः॒ । अ॒ध्रुक् । अ॒न्तः । दे॒वः । वि॒दथा॑ । मर्ते॑षु । पा॒व॒कया॑ । जु॒ह्वा॑ । वह्निः॑ । आ॒सा । अग्ने॑ । यज॑स्व । त॒न्व॑म् । तव॑ । स्वाम् ॥
त्वम् । होता । मन्द्रतमः । नः । अध्रुक् । अन्तः । देवः । विदथा । मर्तेषु । पावकया । जुह्वा । वह्निः । आसा । अग्ने । यजस्व । तन्वम् । तव । स्वाम् ॥
tvam | hotā | mandra-tamaḥ | naḥ | adhruk | antaḥ | devaḥ | vidathā | marteṣu | pāvakayā | juhvā | vahniḥ | āsā | agne | yajasva | tanvam | tava | svām

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 6.11.2 English analysis of grammar]

tvaṃ < tvam < tvad

[noun], nominative, singular

“you.”

hotā < hotṛ

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“Hotṛ.”

mandratamo < mandratamaḥ < mandratama

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

no < naḥ < mad

[noun], genitive, plural

“I; mine.”

adhrug < adhruk < adruh

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“friendly; benign.”

antar

[adverb]

“inside; in; antar [word]; midmost; between; among.”

devo < devaḥ < deva

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”

vidathā < vidatha

[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter

“meeting; wisdom; council.”

martyeṣu < martya

[noun], locative, plural, masculine

“man; people; martya [word]; Earth.”

pāvakayā < pāvaka

[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine

“pure; purifying; pure; āgneya; clear; bright; bright.”

juhvā < juhū

[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine

“tongue; fire; ladle.”

vahnir < vahniḥ < vahni

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“fire; digestion; Plumbago zeylanica; Agni; vahni; draft horse; three; sacrificial fire; Vahni; gold; southeast; citron; charioteer; leader.”

āsāgne < āsā < ās

[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter

“mouth.”

āsāgne < 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.”

yajasva < yaj

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“sacrifice; worship; worship.”

tanvaṃ < tanvam < tanū

[noun], accusative, singular, feminine

“body; self; own(a); person; form.”

tava < tvad

[noun], genitive, singular

“you.”

svām < sva

[noun], accusative, singular, feminine

“own(a); respective(a); akin(p); sva [word]; individual; present(a); independent.”

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