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 6.41.1

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अहे॑ळमान॒ उप॑ याहि य॒ज्ञं तुभ्यं॑ पवन्त॒ इन्द॑वः सु॒तास॑: । गावो॒ न व॑ज्रि॒न्त्स्वमोको॒ अच्छेन्द्रा ग॑हि प्रथ॒मो य॒ज्ञिया॑नाम् ॥
अहेळमान उप याहि यज्ञं तुभ्यं पवन्त इन्दवः सुतासः । गावो न वज्रिन्त्स्वमोको अच्छेन्द्रा गहि प्रथमो यज्ञियानाम् ॥
aheḻamāna upa yāhi yajñaṃ tubhyam pavanta indavaḥ sutāsaḥ | gāvo na vajrin svam oko acchendrā gahi prathamo yajñiyānām ||

English translation:

“Unirascible (Indra), come to the sacrifice; the effused Soma is purified for you; they flow, thunderer, (into the pitchers), as cows go to their stalls; come, Indra, the first of those who are to be worshipped.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अहे॑ळमानः । उप॑ । या॒हि॒ । य॒ज्ञम् । तुभ्य॑म् । प॒व॒न्ते॒ । इन्द॑वः । सु॒तासः॑ । गावः॑ । न । वा॒ज्रि॒न् । स्वम् । ओकः॑ । अच्छ॑ । इन्द्र॑ । आ । ग॒हि॒ । प्र॒थ॒मः । य॒ज्ञिया॑नाम् ॥
अहेळमानः । उप । याहि । यज्ञम् । तुभ्यम् । पवन्ते । इन्दवः । सुतासः । गावः । न । वाज्रिन् । स्वम् । ओकः । अच्छ । इन्द्र । आ । गहि । प्रथमः । यज्ञियानाम् ॥
aheḷamānaḥ | upa | yāhi | yajñam | tubhyam | pavante | indavaḥ | sutāsaḥ | gāvaḥ | na | vājrin | svam | okaḥ | accha | indra | ā | gahi | prathamaḥ | yajñiyānām

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 6.41.1 English analysis of grammar]

aheᄆamāna < a

[adverb]

“not; akāra; a [taddhita]; a [word]; a; a.”

aheᄆamāna < heḍamānaḥ < hīḍ

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“anger; stew.”

upa

[adverb]

“towards; on; next.”

yāhi <

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“go; enter (a state); travel; disappear; reach; come; campaign; elapse; arrive; drive; reach; leave; run; depart; ride.”

yajñaṃ < yajñam < yajña

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“yajña; religious ceremony; Vishnu; yajña [word]; Yajña; Shiva.”

tubhyam < tvad

[noun], dative, singular

“you.”

pavanta < pavante <

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“purify; filter; blow; purify; purge; sift.”

indavaḥ < indu

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“moon; Soma; drop; anusvāra; one; Candra; silver; camphor; point; juice.”

sutāsaḥ < su

[verb noun], nominative, plural

“press out; su.”

gāvo < gāvaḥ < go

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

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

na

[adverb]

“not; like; no; na [word].”

vajrin

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“Indra; vajra; Euphorbia neriifolia L.; abhra; Buddha.”

svam < sva

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“own(a); respective(a); akin(p); sva [word]; individual; present(a); independent.”

oko < okaḥ < oka

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“home; house; oka [word].”

acchendrā < accha < acchā

[adverb]

“towards; accha [prefix].”

acchendrā < indra

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

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

acchendrā < ā

[adverb]

“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”

gahi < gam

[verb], singular, Aorist imperative

“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.”

prathamo < prathamaḥ < prathama

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“first; prathama [word]; third; young; chief(a); best; antecedent.”

yajñiyānām < yajñiya

[noun], genitive, plural, masculine

“sacrificial; divine; devoted.”

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