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 6.26.2

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

त्वां वा॒जी ह॑वते वाजिने॒यो म॒हो वाज॑स्य॒ गध्य॑स्य सा॒तौ । त्वां वृ॒त्रेष्वि॑न्द्र॒ सत्प॑तिं॒ तरु॑त्रं॒ त्वां च॑ष्टे मुष्टि॒हा गोषु॒ युध्य॑न् ॥
त्वां वाजी हवते वाजिनेयो महो वाजस्य गध्यस्य सातौ । त्वां वृत्रेष्विन्द्र सत्पतिं तरुत्रं त्वां चष्टे मुष्टिहा गोषु युध्यन् ॥
tvāṃ vājī havate vājineyo maho vājasya gadhyasya sātau | tvāṃ vṛtreṣv indra satpatiṃ tarutraṃ tvāṃ caṣṭe muṣṭihā goṣu yudhyan ||

English translation:

“The son of Vājini, (Bharadvāja), offering (sacrificial) viands, invokes you for (the sake of) acquiring obtainable and abundant food; (he invokes) you, Indra, the preserver of the good, the defender (from the wicked), when enemies (assail him); he depends upon you when, lifting up his fist, he is fighting for (his) cattle.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

त्वाम् । वा॒जी । ह॒व॒ते॒ । वा॒जि॒ने॒यः । म॒हः । वाज॑स्य । गध्य॑स्य । सा॒तौ । त्वाम् । वृ॒त्रेषु॑ । इ॒न्द्र॒ । सत्ऽप॑तिम् । तरु॑त्रम् । त्वाम् । च॒ष्टे॒ । मु॒ष्टि॒ऽहा । गोषु॑ । युध्य॑न् ॥
त्वाम् । वाजी । हवते । वाजिनेयः । महः । वाजस्य । गध्यस्य । सातौ । त्वाम् । वृत्रेषु । इन्द्र । सत्पतिम् । तरुत्रम् । त्वाम् । चष्टे । मुष्टिहा । गोषु । युध्यन् ॥
tvām | vājī | havate | vājineyaḥ | mahaḥ | vājasya | gadhyasya | sātau | tvām | vṛtreṣu | indra | sat-patim | tarutram | tvām | caṣṭe | muṣṭi-hā | goṣu | yudhyan

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 6.26.2 English analysis of grammar]

tvāṃ < tvām < tvad

[noun], accusative, singular

“you.”

vājī < vājin

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“horse; bird; seven; hero; achiever; aphrodisiac.”

havate < hvā

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“raise; call on; call; summon.”

vājineyo < vājineyaḥ < vājineya

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

maho < mahaḥ < mah

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“great; great; distinguished; much(a); adult; long; high.”

vājasya < vāja

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“prize; Vāja; reward; reward; Ribhus; vigor; strength; contest.”

gadhyasya < gadhya

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

sātau < sāti

[noun], locative, singular, feminine

“victory; acquisition; contest.”

tvāṃ < tvām < tvad

[noun], accusative, singular

“you.”

vṛtreṣv < vṛtreṣu < vṛtra

[noun], locative, plural, masculine

“enemy.”

indra

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

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

satpatiṃ < sat

[noun]

“good; good; real; existent; virtuous; sat [prefix]; real.”

satpatiṃ < patim < pati

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“husband; overlord; king; deity; īśvara; ruler; pati [word]; commanding officer; leader; owner; mayor; lord.”

tarutraṃ < tarutram < tarutra

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“triumphant; conquering(a); superior.”

tvāṃ < tvām < tvad

[noun], accusative, singular

“you.”

caṣṭe < cakṣ

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“watch; look.”

muṣṭihā < muṣṭi

[noun], masculine

“fist; handful; pestle; muṣṭi [word]; pala.”

muṣṭihā < < han

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“killing; curative; destroying; removing; māraka; stabbing.”

goṣu < go

[noun], locative, plural, masculine

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

yudhyan < yudh

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“fight; overcome.”

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