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 6.13.2

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

त्वं भगो॑ न॒ आ हि रत्न॑मि॒षे परि॑ज्मेव क्षयसि द॒स्मव॑र्चाः । अग्ने॑ मि॒त्रो न बृ॑ह॒त ऋ॒तस्यासि॑ क्ष॒त्ता वा॒मस्य॑ देव॒ भूरे॑: ॥
त्वं भगो न आ हि रत्नमिषे परिज्मेव क्षयसि दस्मवर्चाः । अग्ने मित्रो न बृहत ऋतस्यासि क्षत्ता वामस्य देव भूरेः ॥
tvam bhago na ā hi ratnam iṣe parijmeva kṣayasi dasmavarcāḥ | agne mitro na bṛhata ṛtasyāsi kṣattā vāmasya deva bhūreḥ ||

English translation:

“Do you, who are adorable, bestow upon us precious wealth; beautiful with radiance, you pass (around) like the circumambient (wind); you, divine Agni, are like mitra, the giver of abundant water and ample wealth.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

Who are adorable: tvam bhago na = you like bhaga; bhago, as an adjective, bhajanīya, to be worshipped or propitiated;

Na = naḥ, us

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

त्वम् । भगः॑ । नः॒ । आ । हि । रत्न॑म् । इ॒षे । परि॑ज्माऽइव । क्ष॒य॒सि॒ । द॒स्मऽव॑र्चाः । अग्ने॑ । मि॒त्रः । न । बृ॒ह॒तः । ऋ॒तस्य । असि॑ । क्ष॒त्ता । वा॒मस्य॑ । दे॒व॒ । भूरेः॑ ॥
त्वम् । भगः । नः । आ । हि । रत्नम् । इषे । परिज्माइव । क्षयसि । दस्मवर्चाः । अग्ने । मित्रः । न । बृहतः । ऋतस्य । असि । क्षत्ता । वामस्य । देव । भूरेः ॥
tvam | bhagaḥ | naḥ | ā | hi | ratnam | iṣe | parijmāiva | kṣayasi | dasma-varcāḥ | agne | mitraḥ | na | bṛhataḥ | ṛtasya | asi | kṣattā | vāmasya | deva | bhūreḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 6.13.2 English analysis of grammar]

tvam < tvad

[noun], nominative, singular

“you.”

bhago < bhagaḥ < bhaga

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“Bhaga; vulva; good fortune; vagina; bhaga [word]; sun; well-being; happiness; overlord.”

na < naḥ < mad

[noun], genitive, plural

“I; mine.”

ā

[adverb]

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

hi

[adverb]

“because; indeed; for; therefore; hi [word].”

ratnam < ratna

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“jewel; wealth; best; treasure; vajra; property; jewel; ruby; jewelry.”

iṣe < iṣ

[noun], dative, singular, feminine

“refreshment; enjoyment; stores.”

parijmeva < parijmā < parijman

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“encompassing(a).”

parijmeva < iva

[adverb]

“like; as it were; somehow; just so.”

kṣayasi < kṣi

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“govern; inhabit; dwell; stay; predominate; bide; own.”

dasmavarcāḥ < dasma

[noun]

“fantastic; extraordinary.”

dasmavarcāḥ < varcāḥ < varcas

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“shininess; vigor; fecal matter; glare; magnificence; energy; prestige; energy; glory; luster; light; varcas [word]; glory; body waste; droppings; color.”

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.”

mitro < mitraḥ < mitra

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“friend; Mitra; mitra [word]; sun; ally.”

na

[adverb]

“not; like; no; na [word].”

bṛhata < bṛhataḥ < bṛhat

[noun], genitive, singular, neuter

“large; great; loud; high; much(a); exalted; abundant; intensive; strong; huge.”

ṛtasyāsi < ṛtasya < ṛta

[noun], genitive, singular, neuter

“truth; order; fixed order; ṛta [word]; law; custom; custom.”

ṛtasyāsi < asi < as

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”

kṣattā < kṣattṛ

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“Vidura; charioteer.”

vāmasya < vāma

[noun], genitive, singular, neuter

deva

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

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

bhūreḥ < bhūri

[noun], genitive, singular, neuter

“much; many; much(a); abundant; rich; mighty; distinguished.”

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