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 6.49.1
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
स्तु॒षे जनं॑ सुव्र॒तं नव्य॑सीभिर्गी॒र्भिर्मि॒त्रावरु॑णा सुम्न॒यन्ता॑ । त आ ग॑मन्तु॒ त इ॒ह श्रु॑वन्तु सुक्ष॒त्रासो॒ वरु॑णो मि॒त्रो अ॒ग्निः ॥
स्तुषे जनं सुव्रतं नव्यसीभिर्गीर्भिर्मित्रावरुणा सुम्नयन्ता । त आ गमन्तु त इह श्रुवन्तु सुक्षत्रासो वरुणो मित्रो अग्निः ॥
stuṣe janaṃ suvrataṃ navyasībhir gīrbhir mitrāvaruṇā sumnayantā | ta ā gamantu ta iha śruvantu sukṣatrāso varuṇo mitro agniḥ ||
English translation:
“I commend with new hymns the man observant of his duty, and the beneficent Mitra and Varuṇa; may they, the mighty ones, Varuṇa, Mitra, and Agni, come to our rite, and listen (to our praises).”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
The man observant: stuṣe janam suvratam = daivyam janam, the divine people, devasaṅgham, the company of the gods
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): ṛjiśvāḥ;Devatā (deity/subject-matter): viśvedevā:;
Chandas (meter): triṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
स्तु॒षे । जन॑म् । सु॒ऽव्र॒तम् । नव्य॑सीभिः । गीः॒ऽभिः । मि॒त्रावरु॑णा । सु॒म्न॒ऽयन्ता॑ । ते । आ । ग॒म॒न्तु॒ । ते । इ॒ह । श्रु॒व॒न्तु॒ । सु॒ऽक्ष॒त्रासः॑ । वरु॑णः । मि॒त्रः । अ॒ग्निः ॥
स्तुषे । जनम् । सुव्रतम् । नव्यसीभिः । गीःभिः । मित्रावरुणा । सुम्नयन्ता । ते । आ । गमन्तु । ते । इह । श्रुवन्तु । सुक्षत्रासः । वरुणः । मित्रः । अग्निः ॥
stuṣe | janam | su-vratam | navyasībhiḥ | gīḥ-bhiḥ | mitrāvaruṇā | sumna-yantā | te | ā | gamantu | te | iha | śruvantu | su-kṣatrāsaḥ | varuṇaḥ | mitraḥ | agniḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 6.49.1 English analysis of grammar]
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“laud; praise; declare; stu.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“people; national; man; relative; jan; Janaloka; person; jana [word]; man; attendant; Jana; foreigner; inhabitant; group.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“virtuous; tractable; severe.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, feminine
“new.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, feminine
“hymn; praise; voice; words; invocation; command; statement; cry; language.”
[noun], accusative, dual, masculine
“Varuna; Mitra.”
[verb noun], accusative, dual
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[verb], plural, 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.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[adverb]
“here; now; in this world; now; below; there; here; just.”
[verb], plural, Aorist imperative
“listen; come to know; hear; hear; listen; study; heed; learn.”
[adverb]
“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“Kshatriya; dominion; Kshatriya; kṣatra [word]; power.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Varuna; varuṇa [word]; Crataeva religiosa Forst.; Varuṇa; varuṇādi.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“friend; Mitra; mitra [word]; sun; ally.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”