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 6.28.1
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
आ गावो॑ अग्मन्नु॒त भ॒द्रम॑क्र॒न्त्सीद॑न्तु गो॒ष्ठे र॒णय॑न्त्व॒स्मे । प्र॒जाव॑तीः पुरु॒रूपा॑ इ॒ह स्यु॒रिन्द्रा॑य पू॒र्वीरु॒षसो॒ दुहा॑नाः ॥
आ गावो अग्मन्नुत भद्रमक्रन्त्सीदन्तु गोष्ठे रणयन्त्वस्मे । प्रजावतीः पुरुरूपा इह स्युरिन्द्राय पूर्वीरुषसो दुहानाः ॥
ā gāvo agmann uta bhadram akran sīdantu goṣṭhe raṇayantv asme | prajāvatīḥ pururūpā iha syur indrāya pūrvīr uṣaso duhānāḥ ||
English translation:
“May the cows come and bring good fortune; let them lie down in (our) stalls and be plural ased with us; may the many-coloured kine here be parboiled milk for Indra on many dawns.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): bharadvājo bārhaspatyaḥ [bharadvāja bārhaspatya];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): gāvaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
आ । गावः॑ । अ॒ग्म॒न् । उ॒त । भ॒द्रम् । अ॒क्र॒न् । सीद॑न्तु । गो॒ऽस्थे । र॒णय॑न्तु । अ॒स्मे इति॑ । प्र॒जाऽव॑तीः । पु॒रु॒ऽरूपाः॑ । इ॒ह । स्युः॒ । इन्द्रा॑य । पू॒र्वीः । उ॒षसः॑ । दुहा॑नाः ॥
आ । गावः । अग्मन् । उत । भद्रम् । अक्रन् । सीदन्तु । गोस्थे । रणयन्तु । अस्मे इति । प्रजावतीः । पुरुरूपाः । इह । स्युः । इन्द्राय । पूर्वीः । उषसः । दुहानाः ॥
ā | gāvaḥ | agman | uta | bhadram | akran | sīdantu | go--sthe | raṇayantu | asme iti | prajāvatīḥ | puru-rūpāḥ | iha | syuḥ | indrāya | pūrvīḥ | uṣasaḥ | duhānāḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 6.28.1 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“cow; cattle; go [word]; Earth; bull; floor; milk; beam; sunbeam; leather; hide; horn; language; bowstring; earth; ox; Svarga.”
[verb], plural, Root aorist (Ind.)
“go; situate; enter (a state); travel; disappear; [in]; elapse; leave; reach; vanish; love; walk; approach; issue; hop on; gasify; get; come; die; drain; spread; transform; happen; discharge; ride; to be located; run; detect; refer; go; shall; drive.”
[adverb]
“and; besides; uta [indecl.]; similarly; alike; even.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“happiness; bhadra; deodar; Bhadra; Bhadra; bhadra [word]; Bhadra; Bhadrāsana; prosperity; good fortune; benefit.”
[verb], plural, Root aorist (Ind.)
“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.”
[verb], plural, Present imperative
“sit down; break down; slow; sink; crumble; fracture; perish; ride; stop; besiege; tire.”
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
“cowbarn; dwelling; pen; forum.”
[verb], plural, Present imperative
“delight.”
[noun], locative, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“prolific.”
[noun]
“many; much(a); very.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“form; appearance; beauty; look; shape; shape; symptom; feature; nature; guise; rūpa [word]; one; appearance; likeness; color; kind; vowel; type; disguise; aspect; form; derivative; omen; vision.”
[adverb]
“here; now; in this world; now; below; there; here; just.”
[verb], plural, Present optative
“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
“many; much(a); very.”
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
“Ushas; dawn; uṣas [word]; morning.”
[verb noun], nominative, plural
“milk.”