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 6.53.7

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

आ रि॑ख किकि॒रा कृ॑णु पणी॒नां हृद॑या कवे । अथे॑म॒स्मभ्यं॑ रन्धय ॥
आ रिख किकिरा कृणु पणीनां हृदया कवे । अथेमस्मभ्यं रन्धय ॥
ā rikha kikirā kṛṇu paṇīnāṃ hṛdayā kave | athem asmabhyaṃ randhaya ||

English translation:

“Abrade, wise Pūṣan, the hearts of the avaricious; relax (their hardness), and so render them complacent towards us.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

This shows the purpose of ārā, to abrade, to smoothen, as an abrasive

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

आ । रि॒ख॒ । कि॒कि॒रा । कृ॒णु॒ । प॒णी॒नाम् । हृद॑या । क॒वे॒ । अथ॑ । ई॒म् । अ॒स्मभ्य॑म् । र॒न्ध॒य॒ ॥
आ । रिख । किकिरा । कृणु । पणीनाम् । हृदया । कवे । अथ । ईम् । अस्मभ्यम् । रन्धय ॥
ā | rikha | kikirā | kṛṇu | paṇīnām | hṛdayā | kave | atha | īm | asmabhyam | randhaya

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 6.53.7 English analysis of grammar]

ā

[adverb]

“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”

rikha < likh

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“write; trace; describe; scarify; paint.”

kikirā

[adverb]

kṛṇu < kṛ

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“make; perform; cause; produce; shape; construct; do; put; fill into; use; fuel; transform; bore; act; write; create; prepare; administer; dig; prepare; treat; take effect; add; trace; put on; process; treat; heed; hire; act; produce; assume; eat; ignite; chop; treat; obey; manufacture; appoint; evacuate; choose; understand; insert; happen; envelop; weigh; observe; practice; lend; bring; duplicate; plant; kṛ; concentrate; mix; knot; join; take; provide; utter; compose.”

paṇīnāṃ < paṇīnām < paṇi

[noun], genitive, plural, masculine

“niggard; paṇ.”

hṛdayā < hṛdaya

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“heart; heart; mind; hṛdaya [word]; science; thorax; Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā; soul.”

kave < kavi

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“poet; wise man; bard; Venus; Uśanas; kavi [word]; Kavi; prophet; guru; Brahma.”

athem < athā < atha

[adverb]

“now; then; furthermore; now; then.”

athem < im < iṃ

[adverb]

asmabhyaṃ < asmabhyam < mad

[noun], dative, plural

“I; mine.”

randhaya < randhay < √radh

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“subjugate; hand over.”

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