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 6.36.1
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
स॒त्रा मदा॑स॒स्तव॑ वि॒श्वज॑न्याः स॒त्रा रायोऽध॒ ये पार्थि॑वासः । स॒त्रा वाजा॑नामभवो विभ॒क्ता यद्दे॒वेषु॑ धा॒रय॑था असु॒र्य॑म् ॥
सत्रा मदासस्तव विश्वजन्याः सत्रा रायोऽध ये पार्थिवासः । सत्रा वाजानामभवो विभक्ता यद्देवेषु धारयथा असुर्यम् ॥
satrā madāsas tava viśvajanyāḥ satrā rāyo 'dha ye pārthivāsaḥ | satrā vājānām abhavo vibhaktā yad deveṣu dhārayathā asuryam ||
English translation:
“Truly are your exhilarations beneficial to all men; truly are the riches which exist on earth (beneficial to all men); truly are you the distributor of food; wherefore you maintain vigour among the gods.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): naraḥ [nara];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
स॒त्रा । मदा॑सः । तव॑ । वि॒श्वऽज॑न्याः । स॒त्रा । रायः॑ । अध॑ । ये । पार्थि॑वासः । स॒त्रा । वाजा॑नाम् । अ॒भ॒वः॒ । वि॒ऽभ॒क्ता । यत् । दे॒वेषु॑ । धा॒रय॑थाः । असु॒र्य॑म् ॥
सत्रा । मदासः । तव । विश्वजन्याः । सत्रा । रायः । अध । ये । पार्थिवासः । सत्रा । वाजानाम् । अभवः । विभक्ता । यत् । देवेषु । धारयथाः । असुर्यम् ॥
satrā | madāsaḥ | tava | viśva-janyāḥ | satrā | rāyaḥ | adha | ye | pārthivāsaḥ | satrā | vājānām | abhavaḥ | vi-bhaktā | yat | deveṣu | dhārayathāḥ | asuryam
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 6.36.1 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“drunkenness; mada; estrus; excitement; sexual arousal; alcohol; musth; mad; mada; ecstasy; pride; drink; joy; arrogance; vivification.”
[noun], genitive, singular
“you.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“omnipresent; worldwide.”
[adverb]
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“wealth; possession; rai [word]; gold.”
[adverb]
“then; and; therefore; now.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“earthly; earthen; mundane; royal; tellurian; sublunar.”
[adverb]
[noun], genitive, plural, masculine
“prize; Vāja; reward; reward; Ribhus; vigor; strength; contest.”
[verb], singular, Imperfect
“become; be; originate; transform; happen; result; exist; be born; be; be; come to life; grow; elapse; come to mind; thrive; become; impend; show; conceive; understand; stand; constitute; serve; apply; behave.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
[adverb]
“once [when]; because; that; if; how.”
[noun], locative, plural, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“keep; sustain; put; hold; wear; hold; carry; keep alive; suppress; preserve; remember; stow; stop; have; fill into; endure; support; understand; fixate; govern; restrain.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“dignity.”