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 6.11.5

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

वृ॒ञ्जे ह॒ यन्नम॑सा ब॒र्हिर॒ग्नावया॑मि॒ स्रुग्घृ॒तव॑ती सुवृ॒क्तिः । अम्य॑क्षि॒ सद्म॒ सद॑ने पृथि॒व्या अश्रा॑यि य॒ज्ञः सूर्ये॒ न चक्षु॑: ॥
वृञ्जे ह यन्नमसा बर्हिरग्नावयामि स्रुग्घृतवती सुवृक्तिः । अम्यक्षि सद्म सदने पृथिव्या अश्रायि यज्ञः सूर्ये न चक्षुः ॥
vṛñje ha yan namasā barhir agnāv ayāmi srug ghṛtavatī suvṛktiḥ | amyakṣi sadma sadane pṛthivyā aśrāyi yajñaḥ sūrye na cakṣuḥ ||

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]:

वृ॒ञ्जे । ह॒ । यत् । नम॑सा । ब॒र्हिः । अ॒ग्नौ । अया॑मि । स्रुक् । घृ॒तऽव॑ती । सु॒ऽवृ॒क्तिः । अम्य॑क्षि । सद्म॑ । सद॑ने । पृ॒थि॒व्याः । अश्रा॑यि । य॒ज्ञः । सूर्ये॑ । न । चक्षुः॑ ॥
वृञ्जे । ह । यत् । नमसा । बर्हिः । अग्नौ । अयामि । स्रुक् । घृतवती । सुवृक्तिः । अम्यक्षि । सद्म । सदने । पृथिव्याः । अश्रायि । यज्ञः । सूर्ये । न । चक्षुः ॥
vṛñje | ha | yat | namasā | barhiḥ | agnau | ayāmi | sruk | ghṛta-vatī | su-vṛktiḥ | amyakṣi | sadma | sadane | pṛthivyāḥ | aśrāyi | yajñaḥ | sūrye | na | cakṣuḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 6.11.5 English analysis of grammar]

vṛñje < vṛj

[verb], singular, Present indikative

ha

[adverb]

“indeed; ha [word].”

yan < yat

[adverb]

“once [when]; because; that; if; how.”

namasā < namas

[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter

“adoration; court; namas [word]; bow; salute.”

barhir < barhiḥ < barhis

[noun], nominative, singular, neuter

“Barhis; barhis [word].”

agnāv < agnau < agni

[noun], locative, singular, masculine

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

ayāmi < yam

[verb], singular, Aorist passive

“concentrate; grant; restrain; cause; control; offer; cover; raise.”

srug < sruc

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“Sruc.”

ghṛtavatī < ghṛtavat

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“buttery.”

suvṛktiḥ < suvṛkti

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“praise.”

amyakṣi < myakṣ

[verb], singular, Aorist passive

“be situated; attach.”

sadma < sadman

[noun], nominative, singular, neuter

“seat; house; stable; dwelling.”

sadane < sadana

[noun], locative, singular, neuter

“seat; weakness; inertness; dwelling; exhaustion; numbness; home; residence; seat; inanition; location.”

pṛthivyā < pṛthivyāḥ < pṛthivī

[noun], genitive, singular, feminine

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

aśrāyi < śri

[verb], singular, Aorist passive

“situate; dwell; go; lurk; reach; rear; repose; cling to.”

yajñaḥ < yajña

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“yajña; religious ceremony; Vishnu; yajña [word]; Yajña; Shiva.”

sūrye < sūrya

[noun], locative, singular, masculine

“sun; Surya; sūrya [word]; right nostril; twelve; Calotropis gigantea Beng.; sūryakānta; sunlight; best.”

na

[adverb]

“not; like; no; na [word].”

cakṣuḥ < cakṣus

[noun], nominative, singular, neuter

“eye; look; visual perception; cakṣus [word]; sight.”

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