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 6.18.5

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

तन्न॑: प्र॒त्नं स॒ख्यम॑स्तु यु॒ष्मे इ॒त्था वद॑द्भिर्व॒लमङ्गि॑रोभिः । हन्न॑च्युतच्युद्दस्मे॒षय॑न्तमृ॒णोः पुरो॒ वि दुरो॑ अस्य॒ विश्वा॑: ॥
तन्नः प्रत्नं सख्यमस्तु युष्मे इत्था वदद्भिर्वलमङ्गिरोभिः । हन्नच्युतच्युद्दस्मेषयन्तमृणोः पुरो वि दुरो अस्य विश्वाः ॥
tan naḥ pratnaṃ sakhyam astu yuṣme itthā vadadbhir valam aṅgirobhiḥ | hann acyutacyud dasmeṣayantam ṛṇoḥ puro vi duro asya viśvāḥ ||

English translation:

“May that our ancient friendship with you ever endure; as when, along with the Aṅgirasas, celebrating your praises, you, beautiful Indra, caster down of the immoveable (roks), did verily slay Bala, hurling (his darts against you), and force open his cities, and all his gates.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

तत् । नः॒ । प्र॒त्नम् । स॒ख्यम् । अ॒स्तु॒ । यु॒ष्मे इति॑ । इ॒त्था । वद॑त्ऽभिः । व॒लम् । अङ्गि॑रःऽभिः । हन् । अ॒च्यु॒त॒ऽच्यु॒त् । द॒स्म॒ । इ॒षय॑न्तम् । ऋ॒णोः । पुरः॑ । वि । दुरः॑ । अ॒स्य॒ । विश्वाः॑ ॥
तत् । नः । प्रत्नम् । सख्यम् । अस्तु । युष्मे इति । इत्था । वदत्भिः । वलम् । अङ्गिरःभिः । हन् । अच्युतच्युत् । दस्म । इषयन्तम् । ऋणोः । पुरः । वि । दुरः । अस्य । विश्वाः ॥
tat | naḥ | pratnam | sakhyam | astu | yuṣme iti | itthā | vadat-bhiḥ | valam | aṅgiraḥ-bhiḥ | han | acyuta-cyut | dasma | iṣayantam | ṛṇoḥ | puraḥ | vi | duraḥ | asya | viśvāḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 6.18.5 English analysis of grammar]

tan < tat < tad

[noun], nominative, singular, neuter

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

naḥ < mad

[noun], genitive, plural

“I; mine.”

pratnaṃ < pratnam < pratna

[noun], nominative, singular, neuter

“age-old; pratna [word].”

sakhyam < sakhya

[noun], nominative, singular, neuter

“friendship; aid; company.”

astu < as

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”

yuṣme < tvad

[noun], dative, plural

“you.”

itthā

[adverb]

“thus; here.”

vadadbhir < vadadbhiḥ < vad

[verb noun], instrumental, plural

“describe; teach; speak; tell; say; call; name; enumerate; declare; diagnose; address; say; pronounce; express; instruct; order.”

valam < vala

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“Vala; vala; cave.”

aṅgirobhiḥ < aṅgiras

[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine

“Aṅgiras; Aṅgiras; Brahman; Atharva-Veda; aṅgiras [word]; Aṅgiras.”

hann < han

[verb], singular, Present injunctive

“kill; cure; māray; remove; destroy; hit; injure; damage; destroy; paralyze; hurt; forge; beat; cut off; stop; overwhelm; kick; hunt; affect; strike; hammer; love; obstruct; shoot.”

acyutacyud < acyuta

[noun]

“firm; regular; permanent; immovable; unchanging.”

acyutacyud < cyut

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“shaking; dropping.”

dasmeṣayantam < dasma

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“overlord.”

dasmeṣayantam < iṣayantam < iṣay < √iṣ

[verb noun], accusative, singular

ṛṇoḥ < ṛch

[verb], singular, Present injunctive

“enter (a state); travel; shoot; send; hit; originate; get; raise; begin; harm.”

puro < puraḥ < pur

[noun], accusative, plural, feminine

“fortress; pur [word]; town; purā [indecl.]; mahant.”

vi

[adverb]

“apart; away; away.”

duro < duraḥ < dvār

[noun], accusative, plural, feminine

“door; means.”

asya < idam

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”

viśvāḥ < viśva

[noun], accusative, plural, feminine

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

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