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 6.16.20

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

स हि विश्वाति॒ पार्थि॑वा र॒यिं दाश॑न्महित्व॒ना । व॒न्वन्नवा॑तो॒ अस्तृ॑तः ॥
स हि विश्वाति पार्थिवा रयिं दाशन्महित्वना । वन्वन्नवातो अस्तृतः ॥
sa hi viśvāti pārthivā rayiṃ dāśan mahitvanā | vanvann avāto astṛtaḥ ||

English translation:

“Surpassing all earthly things, may he bestow upon us riches, destroying his enemies by his greatness, unresisted, unassailed.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

सः । हि । विश्वा॑ । अति॑ । पार्थि॑वा । र॒यिम् । दाश॑त् । म॒हि॒ऽत्व॒ना । व॒न्वन् । अवा॑तः । अस्तृ॑तः ॥
सः । हि । विश्वा । अति । पार्थिवा । रयिम् । दाशत् । महित्वना । वन्वन् । अवातः । अस्तृतः ॥
saḥ | hi | viśvā | ati | pārthivā | rayim | dāśat | mahi-tvanā | vanvan | avātaḥ | astṛtaḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 6.16.20 English analysis of grammar]

sa < tad

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”

hi

[adverb]

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

viśvāti < viśvā < viśva

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

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

viśvāti < ati

[adverb]

“very; excessively; beyond; excessively.”

pārthivā < pārthiva

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“earthly; earthen; mundane; royal; tellurian; sublunar.”

rayiṃ < rayim < rayi

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“wealth; property.”

dāśan < dāśat < dāś

[verb], singular, Present injunctive

“sacrifice; give.”

mahitvanā < mahitvana

[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter

“greatness.”

vanvann < vanvan < van

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“obtain; gain; desire; get; like; love; overcome.”

avāto < a

[adverb]

“not; akāra; a [taddhita]; a [word]; a; a.”

avāto < vātaḥ < van

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“obtain; gain; desire; get; like; love; overcome.”

astṛtaḥ < a

[adverb]

“not; akāra; a [taddhita]; a [word]; a; a.”

astṛtaḥ < stṛtaḥ < stṛ

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“spread; kill; lay; cover.”

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