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 6.45.29

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

पु॒रू॒तमं॑ पुरू॒णां स्तो॑तॄ॒णां विवा॑चि । वाजे॑भिर्वाजय॒ताम् ॥
पुरूतमं पुरूणां स्तोतॄणां विवाचि । वाजेभिर्वाजयताम् ॥
purūtamam purūṇāṃ stotṝṇāṃ vivāci | vājebhir vājayatām ||

English translation:

“May the praises of many worshippers offered at the sacrifice, (accompanied) by (sacrificial) viands, invigorate you, destroyer of multitudes.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

At the sacrifice: vivāci, at the sacrifice called Vivac, because various praises and prayers are hen repeated

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): śaṃyurbārhaspatyaḥ [śaṃyurbārhaspatya];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

पु॒रु॒ऽतम॑म् । पु॒रू॒णाम् । स्तो॒तॄ॒णाम् । विऽवा॑चि । वाजे॑भिः । वा॒ज॒ऽय॒ताम् ॥
पुरुतमम् । पुरूणाम् । स्तोतॄणाम् । विवाचि । वाजेभिः । वाजयताम् ॥
puru-tamam | purūṇām | stotṝṇām | vi-vāci | vājebhiḥ | vāja-yatām

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 6.45.29 English analysis of grammar]

purūtamam < purutama

[noun], nominative, singular, neuter

“most(a).”

purūṇāṃ < purūṇām < puru

[noun], genitive, plural, masculine

“many; much(a); very.”

stotṝṇāṃ < stotṝṇām < stotṛ

[noun], genitive, plural, masculine

“singer.”

vivāci < vivāc

[noun], locative, singular, feminine

“contest.”

vājebhir < vājebhiḥ < vāja

[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine

“prize; Vāja; reward; reward; Ribhus; vigor; strength; contest.”

vājayatām < vājay < √vaj

[verb noun], genitive, plural

“incite.”

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