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 6.16.15
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
तमु॑ त्वा पा॒थ्यो वृषा॒ समी॑धे दस्यु॒हन्त॑मम् । ध॒नं॒ज॒यं रणे॑रणे ॥
तमु त्वा पाथ्यो वृषा समीधे दस्युहन्तमम् । धनंजयं रणेरणे ॥
tam u tvā pāthyo vṛṣā sam īdhe dasyuhantamam | dhanaṃjayaṃ raṇe-raṇe ||
English translation:
“(The ṛṣi) Pāthya, the showerer, kindled you the destroyer of the Dasyu, the winner of spoil in battle.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): bharadvājo bārhaspatyaḥ [bharadvāja bārhaspatya];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
तम् । ऊँ॒ इति॑ । त्वा॒ । पा॒थ्यः । वृषा॑ । सम् । ई॒धे॒ । द॒स्यु॒हन्ऽत॑मम् । ध॒न॒म्ऽज॒यम् । रणे॑ऽरणे ॥
तम् । ऊँ इति । त्वा । पाथ्यः । वृषा । सम् । ईधे । दस्युहन्तमम् । धनम्जयम् । रणेरणे ॥
tam | oṃ iti | tvā | pāthyaḥ | vṛṣā | sam | īdhe | dasyuhan-tamam | dhanam-jayam | raṇe--raṇe
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 6.16.15 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[adverb]
“ukāra; besides; now; indeed; u.”
[noun], accusative, singular
“you.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“bull; Indra; stallion; Vṛṣan; man.”
[adverb]
“sam; together; together; saṃ.”
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
“kindle; ignite; set ablaze.”
[noun], masculine
“savage; outcast; mugger.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“killing.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
“battle; fight; pleasure; joy; war; combat.”
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
“battle; fight; pleasure; joy; war; combat.”