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 6.53.3

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अदि॑त्सन्तं चिदाघृणे॒ पूष॒न्दाना॑य चोदय । प॒णेश्चि॒द्वि म्र॑दा॒ मन॑: ॥
अदित्सन्तं चिदाघृणे पूषन्दानाय चोदय । पणेश्चिद्वि म्रदा मनः ॥
aditsantaṃ cid āghṛṇe pūṣan dānāya codaya | paṇeś cid vi mradā manaḥ ||

English translation:

“Resplendent Pūṣan, instrumental gate the niggard to liberality, soften the heart of the miser.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): bharadvājo bārhaspatyaḥ [bharadvāja bārhaspatya];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): pūṣā ;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अदि॑त्सन्तम् । चि॒त् । आ॒घृ॒णे॒ । पूष॑न् । दाना॑य । चो॒द॒य॒ । प॒णेः । चि॒त् । वि । म्र॒द॒ । मनः॑ ॥
अदित्सन्तम् । चित् । आघृणे । पूषन् । दानाय । चोदय । पणेः । चित् । वि । म्रद । मनः ॥
aditsantam | cit | āghṛṇe | pūṣan | dānāya | codaya | paṇeḥ | cit | vi | mrada | manaḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 6.53.3 English analysis of grammar]

aditsantaṃ < a

[adverb]

“not; akāra; a [taddhita]; a [word]; a; a.”

aditsantaṃ < ditsantam < dits < √dā

[verb noun], accusative, singular

cid < cit

[adverb]

“even; indeed.”

āghṛṇe < āghṛṇi

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“aglow(p).”

pūṣan

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“Pushan; pūṣan [word]; sun.”

dānāya < dāna

[noun], dative, singular, neuter

“giving; gift; bribery; performance; addition; yajña; fueling; teaching.”

codaya < coday < √cud

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“impel; drive; incite; command; drive; arouse; propel.”

paṇeś < paṇeḥ < paṇi

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“niggard; paṇ.”

cid < cit

[adverb]

“even; indeed.”

vi

[adverb]

“apart; away; away.”

mradā < mrada < mrad

[verb], singular, Present imperative

manaḥ < manas

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

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

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