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 6.17.6

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

तव॒ क्रत्वा॒ तव॒ तद्दं॒सना॑भिरा॒मासु॑ प॒क्वं शच्या॒ नि दी॑धः । और्णो॒र्दुर॑ उ॒स्रिया॑भ्यो॒ वि दृ॒ळ्होदू॒र्वाद्गा अ॑सृजो॒ अङ्गि॑रस्वान् ॥
तव क्रत्वा तव तद्दंसनाभिरामासु पक्वं शच्या नि दीधः । और्णोर्दुर उस्रियाभ्यो वि दृळ्होदूर्वाद्गा असृजो अङ्गिरस्वान् ॥
tava kratvā tava tad daṃsanābhir āmāsu pakvaṃ śacyā ni dīdhaḥ | aurṇor dura usriyābhyo vi dṛḻhod ūrvād gā asṛjo aṅgirasvān ||

English translation:

“By your wisdom, by your deeds, through your power, you have developed the mature (milk) in the immature (udders), you have opened the strong doors for the cattle (to come forth); associated with Aṅgirasas, you have liberated the cows from their fold.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

तव॑ । क्रत्वा॑ । तव॑ । तत् । दं॒सना॑भिः । आ॒मासु॑ । प॒क्वम् । शच्या॑ । नि । दी॒ध॒रिति॑ दीधः । और्णोः॑ । दुरः॑ । उ॒स्रिया॑भ्यः । वि । दृ॒ळ्हा । उत् । ऊ॒र्वात् । गाः । अ॒सृ॒जः॒ । अङ्गि॑रस्वान् ॥
तव । क्रत्वा । तव । तत् । दंसनाभिः । आमासु । पक्वम् । शच्या । नि । दीधरिति दीधः । और्णोः । दुरः । उस्रियाभ्यः । वि । दृळ्हा । उत् । ऊर्वात् । गाः । असृजः । अङ्गिरस्वान् ॥
tava | kratvā | tava | tat | daṃsanābhiḥ | āmāsu | pakvam | śacyā | ni | dīdharitidīdhaḥ | aurṇoḥ | duraḥ | usriyābhyaḥ | vi | dṛḷhā | ut | ūrvāt | gāḥ | asṛjaḥ | aṅgirasvān

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 6.17.6 English analysis of grammar]

tava < tvad

[noun], genitive, singular

“you.”

kratvā < kratu

[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine

“yajña; decision; plan; deliberation; intelligence; Kratu; will; kratu [word]; desire; resoluteness; ritual.”

tava < tvad

[noun], genitive, singular

“you.”

tad < tat < tad

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

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

daṃsanābhir < daṃsanābhiḥ < daṃsanā

[noun], instrumental, plural, feminine

“wonder; power.”

āmāsu < āma

[noun], locative, plural, feminine

“uncooked; unfestering; unburnt; green; undigested; fusty; raw.”

pakvaṃ < pakvam < pakva

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“heated; pakva; ripe; cooked; festering; baked; developed; doomed; digested; pakva [word]; suppurative; gray; fruiting; done.”

śacyā < śacī

[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine

“Śacī; power; dexterity; ability; aid.”

ni

[adverb]

“back; down.”

dīdhaḥ < _ < √_

[?]

“_”

aurṇor < aurṇoḥ < vṛ

[verb], singular, Imperfect

“surround; accompany; cover; cover; obstruct; check; spread; envelop.”

dura < duraḥ < dvār

[noun], accusative, plural, feminine

“door; means.”

usriyābhyo < usriyābhyaḥ < usriyā

[noun], dative, plural, feminine

“cow; dairy product.”

vi

[adverb]

“apart; away; away.”

dṛᄆhod < dṛᄆhā < dṛḍha

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“hard; intense; firm; fixed; resolute; mesomorphic; grim; dṛḍha [word]; rainproof; sturdy; shut; firm; insoluble; strong; tough; tight.”

dṛᄆhod < ud

[adverb]

“up.”

ūrvād < ūrvāt < ūrva

[noun], ablative, singular, masculine

“pen; Aurva; ocean.”

< gāḥ < go

[noun], accusative, plural, masculine

“cow; cattle; go [word]; Earth; bull; floor; milk; beam; sunbeam; leather; hide; horn; language; bowstring; earth; ox; Svarga.”

asṛjo < asṛjaḥ < sṛj

[verb], singular, Imperfect

“create; shoot; discharge; free; cause; throw; emit; send; produce; use; be born; make.”

aṅgirasvān < aṅgirasvat

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

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