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 6.16.41
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
प्र दे॒वं दे॒ववी॑तये॒ भर॑ता वसु॒वित्त॑मम् । आ स्वे योनौ॒ नि षी॑दतु ॥
प्र देवं देववीतये भरता वसुवित्तमम् । आ स्वे योनौ नि षीदतु ॥
pra devaṃ devavītaye bharatā vasuvittamam | ā sve yonau ni ṣīdatu ||
English translation:
“Conduct the divine (Agni), the bestower of infinite wealth, to (receive charge of) the food of the gods; let him sit down on his appropriate seat.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): bharadvājo bārhaspatyaḥ [bharadvāja bārhaspatya];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
प्र । दे॒वम् । दे॒वऽवी॑तये । भर॑त । व॒सु॒वित्ऽत॑मम् । आ । स्वे । योनौ॑ । नि । सी॒द॒तु॒ ॥
प्र । देवम् । देववीतये । भरत । वसुवित्तमम् । आ । स्वे । योनौ । नि । सीदतु ॥
pra | devam | deva-vītaye | bharata | vasuvit-tamam | ā | sve | yonau | ni | sīdatu
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 6.16.41 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“towards; ahead.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[noun], masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[noun], dative, singular, feminine
[verb], plural, Present imperative
“bring; hold; fill; support; wear; possess; carry; nourish; keep; hire; have; satiate; follow; bear.”
[noun], neuter
“wealth; property; gold; vasu [word]; ruby; treasure; jewel.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“knowing most.”
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
“own(a); respective(a); akin(p); sva [word]; individual; present(a); independent.”
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
“vagina; vulva; uterus; beginning; origin; reincarnation; birthplace; family; production; cause; race; grain; raw material; birth; kind; caste; kinship; bed.”
[adverb]
“back; down.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“sit down; break down; slow; sink; crumble; fracture; perish; ride; stop; besiege; tire.”