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 6.13.1

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

त्वद्विश्वा॑ सुभग॒ सौभ॑गा॒न्यग्ने॒ वि य॑न्ति व॒निनो॒ न व॒याः । श्रु॒ष्टी र॒यिर्वाजो॑ वृत्र॒तूर्ये॑ दि॒वो वृ॒ष्टिरीड्यो॑ री॒तिर॒पाम् ॥
त्वद्विश्वा सुभग सौभगान्यग्ने वि यन्ति वनिनो न वयाः । श्रुष्टी रयिर्वाजो वृत्रतूर्ये दिवो वृष्टिरीड्यो रीतिरपाम् ॥
tvad viśvā subhaga saubhagāny agne vi yanti vanino na vayāḥ | śruṣṭī rayir vājo vṛtratūrye divo vṛṣṭir īḍyo rītir apām ||

English translation:

“Auspicious Agni, all good things proceed from you like branches (from the trunk) of a tree, renowned rices, vigour for the destruction of foes, the rain of heaven; you are to be glorified the sender of the waters.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

त्वत् । विश्वा॑ । सु॒ऽभ॒ग॒ । सौभ॑गानि । अग्ने॑ । वि । या॒न्ति॒ । व॒निनः॑ । न । व॒याः । श्रु॒ष्टी । र॒यिः । वाजः॑ । वृ॒त्र॒ऽतूर्ये॑ । दि॒वः । वृ॒ष्टिः । ईड्यः॑ । री॒तिः । अ॒पाम् ॥
त्वत् । विश्वा । सुभग । सौभगानि । अग्ने । वि । यान्ति । वनिनः । न । वयाः । श्रुष्टी । रयिः । वाजः । वृत्रतूर्ये । दिवः । वृष्टिः । ईड्यः । रीतिः । अपाम् ॥
tvat | viśvā | su-bhaga | saubhagāni | agne | vi | yānti | vaninaḥ | na | vayāḥ | śruṣṭī | rayiḥ | vājaḥ | vṛtra-tūrye | divaḥ | vṛṣṭiḥ | īḍyaḥ | rītiḥ | apām

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 6.13.1 English analysis of grammar]

tvad < tvat < tvad

[noun], ablative, singular

“you.”

viśvā < viśva

[noun], nominative, plural, neuter

“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”

subhaga

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“beautiful; auspicious; beloved; fine-looking; fortunate; subhaga [word]; charming; pleasing; lucky.”

saubhagāny < saubhagāni < saubhaga

[noun], nominative, plural, neuter

“well-being.”

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.”

vi

[adverb]

“apart; away; away.”

yanti < i

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“go; travel; enter (a state); return; walk; continue; reach; ask.”

vanino < vaninaḥ < vanin

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“tree.”

na

[adverb]

“not; like; no; na [word].”

vayāḥ < vayā

[noun], nominative, plural, feminine

“branch; branchlet.”

śruṣṭī < śruṣṭiḥ < śruṣṭi

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

rayir < rayiḥ < rayi

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“wealth; property.”

vājo < vājaḥ < vāja

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

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

vṛtratūrye < vṛtratūrya

[noun], locative, singular, neuter

“battle.”

divo < divaḥ < div

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

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

vṛṣṭir < vṛṣṭiḥ < vṛṣṭi

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“rain; shower; rainy season.”

īḍyo < īḍyā < īḍ

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“praise; invite; raise.”

īḍyo < u

[adverb]

“ukāra; besides; now; indeed; u.”

rītir < rītiḥ < rīti

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“brass; rītikā; method; bell metal; stream; expressive style; manner.”

apām < ap

[noun], genitive, plural, feminine

“water; body of water; water; ap [word]; juice; jala.”

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