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 6.32.5

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

स सर्गे॑ण॒ शव॑सा त॒क्तो अत्यै॑र॒प इन्द्रो॑ दक्षिण॒तस्तु॑रा॒षाट् । इ॒त्था सृ॑जा॒ना अन॑पावृ॒दर्थं॑ दि॒वेदि॑वे विविषुरप्रमृ॒ष्यम् ॥
स सर्गेण शवसा तक्तो अत्यैरप इन्द्रो दक्षिणतस्तुराषाट् । इत्था सृजाना अनपावृदर्थं दिवेदिवे विविषुरप्रमृष्यम् ॥
sa sargeṇa śavasā takto atyair apa indro dakṣiṇatas turāṣāṭ | itthā sṛjānā anapāvṛd arthaṃ dive-dive viviṣur apramṛṣyam ||

English translation:

“Endowed with natural force possessed of (swift) horses, Indra, the overcomer of the adversaries, (sets free) the waters at the southern (declination); thus liberated the waters expand daily to the insatiable goal whence there is no returning.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

Southern declination: āpo dakṣiṇataḥ, the waters from or at the south; dakṣiṇāyana may be intended, the sun's course south from the northern limit of the tropics; this heralds the commencement of the rainy season

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): suhotraḥ [suhotra];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): triṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

सः । सर्गे॑ण । शव॑सा । त॒क्तः । अत्यैः॑ । अ॒पः । इन्द्रः॑ । द॒क्षि॒ण॒तः । तु॒रा॒षाट् । इ॒त्था । सृ॒जा॒नाः । अन॑पऽवृत् । अर्थ॑म् । दि॒वेऽदि॑वे । वि॒वि॒षुः॒ । अ॒प्र॒ऽमृ॒ष्यम् ॥
सः । सर्गेण । शवसा । तक्तः । अत्यैः । अपः । इन्द्रः । दक्षिणतः । तुराषाट् । इत्था । सृजानाः । अनपवृत् । अर्थम् । दिवेदिवे । विविषुः । अप्रमृष्यम् ॥
saḥ | sargeṇa | śavasā | taktaḥ | atyaiḥ | apaḥ | indraḥ | dakṣiṇataḥ | turāṣāṭ | itthā | sṛjānāḥ | anapa-vṛt | artham | dive--dive | viviṣuḥ | apra-mṛṣyam

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 6.32.5 English analysis of grammar]

sa < tad

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

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

sargeṇa < sarga

[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine

“Creation; metempsychosis; discharge; torrent; birth; undertaking.”

śavasā < śavas

[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter

“strength; power; superiority.”

takto < taktaḥ < tak

[verb noun], nominative, singular

atyair < atyaiḥ < atya

[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine

“horse; steed.”

apa

[adverb]

“away.”

indro < indraḥ < indra

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

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

dakṣiṇatas

[adverb]

“right; southward.”

turāṣāṭ < turāṣāh

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“Indra.”

itthā

[adverb]

“thus; here.”

sṛjānā < sṛjānāḥ < sṛj

[verb noun], nominative, plural

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

anapāvṛd < anapāvṛt

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

arthaṃ < artham < artha

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“for; meaning; purpose; sense; wealth; object of sense; matter; aim; money; message; object; artha [word]; wealth; function; content; topic; property; situation; reason; affair; concern; reason; enterprise; reason; cause; five; application; application.”

dive < diva

[noun], locative, singular, neuter

“day; sky; Svarga.”

dive < diva

[noun], locative, singular, neuter

“day; sky; Svarga.”

viviṣur < viviṣuḥ < viṣ

[verb], plural, Perfect indicative

“labor; act; perform.”

apramṛṣyam < apramṛṣya

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

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