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 6.51.6
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
मा नो॒ वृका॑य वृ॒क्ये॑ समस्मा अघाय॒ते री॑रधता यजत्राः । यू॒यं हि ष्ठा र॒थ्यो॑ नस्त॒नूनां॑ यू॒यं दक्ष॑स्य॒ वच॑सो बभू॒व ॥
मा नो वृकाय वृक्ये समस्मा अघायते रीरधता यजत्राः । यूयं हि ष्ठा रथ्यो नस्तनूनां यूयं दक्षस्य वचसो बभूव ॥
mā no vṛkāya vṛkye samasmā aghāyate rīradhatā yajatrāḥ | yūyaṃ hi ṣṭhā rathyo nas tanūnāṃ yūyaṃ dakṣasya vacaso babhūva ||
English translation:
“Subject us not, adorable (deities), to the robber or his wife; not to any one designing us harm; for you are the regulators of our person ns, of our strength, of our speech.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
To the robber: mā no vṛkāya vṛkye rīradhatā: hiṃsakāya, stenāya, to the injurer, the thief; tasya stiyai, to his woman or wife; vṛka may mean wild-dog or wolf, araṇya śvān; vṛki is a feminine le wolf
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): ṛjiśvāḥ;Devatā (deity/subject-matter): viśvedevā:;
Chandas (meter): svarāṭpaṅkti;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
मा । नः॒ । वृका॑य । वृ॒क्ये॑ । स॒म॒स्मै॒ । अ॒घ॒ऽय॒ते । री॒र॒ध॒त॒ । य॒ज॒त्राः॒ । यू॒यम् । हि । स्थ । र॒थ्यः॑ । नः॒ । त॒नूना॑म् । यू॒यम् । दक्ष॑स्य । वच॑सः । ब॒भू॒व ॥
मा । नः । वृकाय । वृक्ये । समस्मै । अघयते । रीरधत । यजत्राः । यूयम् । हि । स्थ । रथ्यः । नः । तनूनाम् । यूयम् । दक्षस्य । वचसः । बभूव ॥
mā | naḥ | vṛkāya | vṛkye | samasmai | agha-yate | rīradhata | yajatrāḥ | yūyam | hi | stha | rathyaḥ | naḥ | tanūnām | yūyam | dakṣasya | vacasaḥ | babhūva
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 6.51.6 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“not.”
[noun], accusative, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“wolf; Vṛka; vṛka [word]; Vṛka.”
[noun], dative, singular, feminine
“wolf.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“like; like; alike(p); level; symmetrical; balanced; average; same; regular; impartial; imperturbable; even; sama [word]; every(a); accurate; identical; fair; equal; synonymous; changeless; whole; exact; calm; straight; even; wide.”
[verb noun], dative, singular
[verb], plural, Aorist inj. (proh.)
“subjugate.”
[noun], vocative, plural, masculine
“adorable.”
[noun], nominative, plural
“you.”
[adverb]
“because; indeed; for; therefore; hi [word].”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
[noun], genitive, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], genitive, plural, feminine
“body; embodiment; life; life; root; body; form.”
[noun], nominative, plural
“you.”
[noun], genitive, singular, neuter
“deft; right; intelligent; expert.”
[noun], genitive, singular, neuter
“statement; command; speech; words; advice; word; voice.”
[verb], plural, Perfect indicative
“become; be; originate; transform; happen; result; exist; be born; be; be; come to life; grow; elapse; come to mind; thrive; become; impend; show; conceive; understand; stand; constitute; serve; apply; behave.”