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 6.53.9
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
या ते॒ अष्ट्रा॒ गो॑प॒शाघृ॑णे पशु॒साध॑नी । तस्या॑स्ते सु॒म्नमी॑महे ॥
या ते अष्ट्रा गोपशाघृणे पशुसाधनी । तस्यास्ते सुम्नमीमहे ॥
yā te aṣṭrā goopaśāghṛṇe paśusādhanī | tasyās te sumnam īmahe ||
English translation:
“Resplendent Pūṣan, we ask of you the service of that your weapon, which is the guide of cows, the director of cattle.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): bharadvājo bārhaspatyaḥ [bharadvāja bārhaspatya];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): pūṣā ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
या । ते॒ । अष्ट्रा॑ । गोऽओ॑पशा । आघृ॑णे । प॒शु॒ऽसाध॑नी । तस्याः॑ । ते॒ । सु॒म्नम् । ई॒म॒हे॒ ॥
या । ते । अष्ट्रा । गोओपशा । आघृणे । पशुसाधनी । तस्याः । ते । सुम्नम् । ईमहे ॥
yā | te | aṣṭrā | go--opaśā | āghṛṇe | paśu-sādhanī | tasyāḥ | te | sumnam | īmahe
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 6.53.9 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], genitive, singular
“you.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“prod.”
[noun], masculine
“cow; cattle; go [word]; Earth; bull; floor; milk; beam; sunbeam; leather; hide; horn; language; bowstring; earth; ox; Svarga.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“aglow(p).”
[noun], masculine
“domestic animal; sacrificial animal; animal; cattle; Paśu; stupid; Paśu; herd; goat.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“effective; performing.”
[noun], genitive, singular, feminine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[noun], genitive, singular
“you.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“favor; benevolence; sumna [word]; entreaty; favor.”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“beg; solicit.”