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 6.45.7
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
ब्र॒ह्माणं॒ ब्रह्म॑वाहसं गी॒र्भिः सखा॑यमृ॒ग्मिय॑म् । गां न दो॒हसे॑ हुवे ॥
ब्रह्माणं ब्रह्मवाहसं गीर्भिः सखायमृग्मियम् । गां न दोहसे हुवे ॥
brahmāṇam brahmavāhasaṃ gīrbhiḥ sakhāyam ṛgmiyam | gāṃ na dohase huve ||
English translation:
“I invoke with hymns Indra, our friends, who is Brahma, who is attracted by prayer and entitled to adoration, to milk him as a cow.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Brahma: brahmāṇam = parivṛḍham, great, mighty
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): śaṃyurbārhaspatyaḥ [śaṃyurbārhaspatya];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
ब्र॒ह्माण॑म् । ब्रह्म॑ऽवाहसम् । गीः॒ऽभिः । सखा॑यम् । ऋ॒ग्मिय॑म् । गाम् । न । दो॒हसे॑ । हु॒वे॒ ॥
ब्रह्माणम् । ब्रह्मवाहसम् । गीःभिः । सखायम् । ऋग्मियम् । गाम् । न । दोहसे । हुवे ॥
brahmāṇam | brahma-vāhasam | gīḥ-bhiḥ | sakhāyam | ṛgmiyam | gām | na | dohase | huve
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 6.45.7 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“Brahma; Brahmin; dhak; Brahman; brahman [word]; Brahman; Brahmin; Brahmapurāṇa; Vishnu; Brihaspati.”
[noun], neuter
“brahman; mantra; prayer; spell; Veda; Brahmin; sacred text; final emancipation; hymn; brahman [word]; Brāhmaṇa; study.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
[noun], instrumental, plural, feminine
“hymn; praise; voice; words; invocation; command; statement; cry; language.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“friend; companion; sakhi [word].”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“applaudable.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“cow; cattle; go [word]; Earth; bull; floor; milk; beam; sunbeam; leather; hide; horn; language; bowstring; earth; ox; Svarga.”
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[verb noun]
“milk.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“raise; call on; call; summon.”