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 6.21.9

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

प्रोतये॒ वरु॑णं मि॒त्रमिन्द्रं॑ म॒रुत॑: कृ॒ष्वाव॑से नो अ॒द्य । प्र पू॒षणं॒ विष्णु॑म॒ग्निं पुरं॑धिं सवि॒तार॒मोष॑धी॒: पर्व॑ताँश्च ॥
प्रोतये वरुणं मित्रमिन्द्रं मरुतः कृष्वावसे नो अद्य । प्र पूषणं विष्णुमग्निं पुरंधिं सवितारमोषधीः पर्वताँश्च ॥
protaye varuṇam mitram indram marutaḥ kṛṣvāvase no adya | pra pūṣaṇaṃ viṣṇum agnim puraṃdhiṃ savitāram oṣadhīḥ parvatām̐ś ca ||

English translation:

“Propitiate today, for our protection and preservation, Varuṇa, Mitra, Indra and the Maruts, Pūṣan, Viṣṇu, Agni, of many rites, Savitā, the herbs, the mountains.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

प्र । ऊ॒तये॑ । वरु॑णम् । मि॒त्रम् । इन्द्र॑म् । म॒रुतः॑ । कृ॒ष्व॒ । अव॑से । नः॒ । अ॒द्य । प्र । पू॒षण॑म् । विष्णु॑म् । अ॒ग्निम् । पुर॑म्ऽधि॑म् । स॒वि॒तार॑म् । ओष॑धीः । पर्व॑तान् । च॒ ॥
प्र । ऊतये । वरुणम् । मित्रम् । इन्द्रम् । मरुतः । कृष्व । अवसे । नः । अद्य । प्र । पूषणम् । विष्णुम् । अग्निम् । पुरम्धिम् । सवितारम् । ओषधीः । पर्वतान् । च ॥
pra | ūtaye | varuṇam | mitram | indram | marutaḥ | kṛṣva | avase | naḥ | adya | pra | pūṣaṇam | viṣṇum | agnim | puram-dhim | savitāram | oṣadhīḥ | parvatān | ca

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 6.21.9 English analysis of grammar]

protaye < pra

[adverb]

“towards; ahead.”

protaye < ūtaye < ūti

[noun], dative, singular, feminine

“aid; favor; ūti [word].”

varuṇam < varuṇa

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“Varuna; varuṇa [word]; Crataeva religiosa Forst.; Varuṇa; varuṇādi.”

mitram < mitra

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“friend; Mitra; mitra [word]; sun; ally.”

indram < indra

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”

marutaḥ < marut

[noun], accusative, plural, masculine

“Marut; vāta; wind; Vayu.”

kṛṣvāvase < kṛṣva < kṛ

[verb], singular, Aorist imperative

“make; perform; cause; produce; shape; construct; do; put; fill into; use; fuel; transform; bore; act; write; create; prepare; administer; dig; prepare; treat; take effect; add; trace; put on; process; treat; heed; hire; act; produce; assume; eat; ignite; chop; treat; obey; manufacture; appoint; evacuate; choose; understand; insert; happen; envelop; weigh; observe; practice; lend; bring; duplicate; plant; kṛ; concentrate; mix; knot; join; take; provide; utter; compose.”

kṛṣvāvase < avase < av

[verb noun]

“support; help; prefer; prefer; like.”

no < naḥ < mad

[noun], dative, plural

“I; mine.”

adya

[adverb]

“now; today; then; nowadays; adya [word].”

pra

[adverb]

“towards; ahead.”

pūṣaṇaṃ < pūṣaṇam < pūṣan

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“Pushan; pūṣan [word]; sun.”

viṣṇum < viṣṇu

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“Vishnu; Krishna; Viṣṇu; Om; Shiva.”

agnim < agni

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”

purandhiṃ < purandhim < purandhi

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

savitāram < savitṛ

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“Savitar; sun; Surya; Savitṛ.”

oṣadhīḥ < oṣadhi

[noun], accusative, plural, feminine

“herb; plant; drug; simple; oṣadhi [word]; remedy.”

parvatāṃś < parvatān < parvata

[noun], accusative, plural, masculine

“mountain; Parvata; parvata [word]; Parvata; Parvata; rock; height.”

ca

[adverb]

“and; besides; then; now; even.”

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