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 6.16.6
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
त्वं दू॒तो अम॑र्त्य॒ आ व॑हा॒ दैव्यं॒ जन॑म् । शृ॒ण्वन्विप्र॑स्य सुष्टु॒तिम् ॥
त्वं दूतो अमर्त्य आ वहा दैव्यं जनम् । शृण्वन्विप्रस्य सुष्टुतिम् ॥
tvaṃ dūto amartya ā vahā daivyaṃ janam | śṛṇvan viprasya suṣṭutim ||
English translation:
“Hearing the adoration of the sage, do you, who are the immortal messenger, bring hither the celestial people.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): bharadvājo bārhaspatyaḥ [bharadvāja bārhaspatya];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): ārcyuṣṇik ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
त्वम् । दू॒तः । अम॑र्त्यः । आ । व॒ह॒ । दैव्य॑म् । जन॑म् । शृ॒ण्वन् । विप्र॑स्य । सु॒ऽस्तु॒तिम् ॥
त्वम् । दूतः । अमर्त्यः । आ । वह । दैव्यम् । जनम् । शृण्वन् । विप्रस्य । सुस्तुतिम् ॥
tvam | dūtaḥ | amartyaḥ | ā | vaha | daivyam | janam | śṛṇvan | viprasya | su-stutim
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 6.16.6 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular
“you.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“messenger; emissary; dūta [word].”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“immortal.”
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“transport; bring; marry; run; drive; vāhay; drive; run; pull; nirvāpay; blow; transport; discharge; assume; remove.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“divine; divine; celestial.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“people; national; man; relative; jan; Janaloka; person; jana [word]; man; attendant; Jana; foreigner; inhabitant; group.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“listen; come to know; hear; hear; listen; study; heed; learn.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“Brahmin; poet; singer; priest; guru; Vipra.”
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
“hymn; praise.”