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 6.49.5

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

स मे॒ वपु॑श्छदयद॒श्विनो॒र्यो रथो॑ वि॒रुक्मा॒न्मन॑सा युजा॒नः । येन॑ नरा नासत्येष॒यध्यै॑ व॒र्तिर्या॒थस्तन॑याय॒ त्मने॑ च ॥
स मे वपुश्छदयदश्विनोर्यो रथो विरुक्मान्मनसा युजानः । येन नरा नासत्येषयध्यै वर्तिर्याथस्तनयाय त्मने च ॥
sa me vapuś chadayad aśvinor yo ratho virukmān manasā yujānaḥ | yena narā nāsatyeṣayadhyai vartir yāthas tanayāya tmane ca ||

English translation:

“May that splendid car of the Aśvins, which is harnessed at a thought, clothe my form (with radiance); that (car) with which, Nāsatyās, leaders of (rites), you go to the dwelling (of the worshipper) to fulfil his desires for his posterity and himself.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): ṛjiśvāḥ;
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): viśvedevā:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

सः । मे॒ । वपुः॑ । छ॒द॒य॒त् । अ॒श्विनोः॑ । यः । रथः॑ । वि॒रुक्मा॑न् । मन॑सा । यु॒जा॒नः । येन॑ । न॒रा॒ । ना॒स॒त्या॒ । इ॒ष॒यध्यै॑ । व॒र्तिः । या॒थः । तन॑याय । त्मने॑ । च॒ ॥
सः । मे । वपुः । छदयत् । अश्विनोः । यः । रथः । विरुक्मान् । मनसा । युजानः । येन । नरा । नासत्या । इषयध्यै । वर्तिः । याथः । तनयाय । त्मने । च ॥
saḥ | me | vapuḥ | chadayat | aśvinoḥ | yaḥ | rathaḥ | virukmān | manasā | yujānaḥ | yena | narā | nāsatyā | iṣayadhyai | vartiḥ | yāthaḥ | tanayāya | tmane | ca

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 6.49.5 English analysis of grammar]

sa < tad

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”

me < mad

[noun], genitive, singular

“I; mine.”

vapuś < vapuḥ < vapus

[noun], nominative, singular, neuter

“body; form; miracle; human body; beauty; look; spectacle; figure; embodiment.”

chadayad < chadayat < chaday < √chand

[verb], singular, Present injunctive

“look.”

aśvinor < aśvinoḥ < aśvin

[noun], genitive, dual, masculine

“Asvins; two.”

yo < yaḥ < yad

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

ratho < rathaḥ < ratha

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“chariot; warrior; ratha [word]; Dalbergia oojeinensis; rattan.”

virukmān < virukmat

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“bright; glistening.”

manasā < manas

[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter

“mind; Manas; purpose; idea; attention; heart; decision; manas [word]; manas [indecl.]; spirit; temper; intelligence.”

yujānaḥ < yuj

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“mix; use; endow; yoke; accompany; to practice Yoga; connect; hire; administer; compound; affect; add; concentrate; unite; join; prosecute; combine; supply; compound; attach to; appoint; fill; process; mobilize; mount; complement; eat; join; treat; coincide; affect; challenge.”

yena < yad

[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

narā < nṛ

[noun], nominative, dual, masculine

“man; man; nṛ [word]; crew; masculine.”

nāsatyeṣayadhyai < nāsatyā < nāsatya

[noun], nominative, dual, masculine

“Asvins; nāsatya [word].”

nāsatyeṣayadhyai < iṣayadhyai < iṣay < √iṣ

[verb noun]

vartir < vartiḥ < vartis

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“tour.”

yāthas < yāthaḥ <

[verb], dual, Present indikative

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

tanayāya < tanaya

[noun], dative, singular, neuter

“child; descendants.”

tmane < tman

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

“self.”

ca

[adverb]

“and; besides; then; now; even.”

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