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 6.41.2
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
या ते॑ का॒कुत्सुकृ॑ता॒ या वरि॑ष्ठा॒ यया॒ शश्व॒त्पिब॑सि॒ मध्व॑ ऊ॒र्मिम् । तया॑ पाहि॒ प्र ते॑ अध्व॒र्युर॑स्था॒त्सं ते॒ वज्रो॑ वर्ततामिन्द्र ग॒व्युः ॥
या ते काकुत्सुकृता या वरिष्ठा यया शश्वत्पिबसि मध्व ऊर्मिम् । तया पाहि प्र ते अध्वर्युरस्थात्सं ते वज्रो वर्ततामिन्द्र गव्युः ॥
yā te kākut sukṛtā yā variṣṭhā yayā śaśvat pibasi madhva ūrmim | tayā pāhi pra te adhvaryur asthāt saṃ te vajro vartatām indra gavyuḥ ||
English translation:
“Drink, Indra, with that well-formed and expanded tongue wherewith you ever quaff the sweet (Soma); before you stands the ministrant priest; let your bolt, Indra, designed (to recover) the cattle, be hurled (against your foes).”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): bharadvājo bārhaspatyaḥ [bharadvāja bārhaspatya];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): triṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
या । ते॒ । का॒कुत् । सुऽकृ॑ता । या । वरि॑ष्ठा । यया॑ । शश्व॑त् । पिब॑सि । मध्वः॑ । ऊ॒र्मिम् । तया॑ । पा॒हि॒ । प्र । ते॒ । अ॒ध्व॒र्युः । अ॒स्था॒त् । सम् । ते॒ । वज्रः॑ । व॒र्त॒ता॒म् । इ॒न्द्र॒ । ग॒व्युः ॥
या । ते । काकुत् । सुकृता । या । वरिष्ठा । यया । शश्वत् । पिबसि । मध्वः । ऊर्मिम् । तया । पाहि । प्र । ते । अध्वर्युः । अस्थात् । सम् । ते । वज्रः । वर्तताम् । इन्द्र । गव्युः ॥
yā | te | kākut | su-kṛtā | yā | variṣṭhā | yayā | śaśvat | pibasi | madhvaḥ | ūrmim | tayā | pāhi | pra | te | adhvaryuḥ | asthāt | sam | te | vajraḥ | vartatām | indra | gavyuḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 6.41.2 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], genitive, singular
“you.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“esophagus.”
[adverb]
“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“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.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“best; preferable.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[adverb]
“always; repeatedly; continually; wholly.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“drink; gulp; soak; drink; suck; inhale.”
[noun], genitive, singular, neuter
“honey; alcohol; sweet; nectar; madhu [word].”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“wave; billow.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[verb], singular, Aorist imperative
“drink; gulp; soak; drink; suck; inhale.”
[adverb]
“towards; ahead.”
[noun], dative, singular
“you.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Adhvaryu; adhvaryu [word]; Yajur-Veda.”
[verb], singular, Root aorist (Ind.)
“stay; stand; situate; exist; [in]; resist; endure; put; soak; be; stop; adhere; get stale; concentrate; grow; trust; wake; consociate; last; dwell; lie; stand; stop.”
[adverb]
“sam; together; together; saṃ.”
[noun], genitive, singular
“you.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“vajra; Vajra; vajra; vajra; lightning; abhra; vajramūṣā; diamond; vajra [word]; vajrakapāṭa; vajra; vaikrānta.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“behave; happen; exist; return; dwell; die; roll; continue; act; exist; feed on; issue; move; travel; proceed; turn; situate; drive; account for; begin; do; inhere; revolve.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine