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 6.54.5
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
पू॒षा गा अन्वे॑तु नः पू॒षा र॑क्ष॒त्वर्व॑तः । पू॒षा वाजं॑ सनोतु नः ॥
पूषा गा अन्वेतु नः पूषा रक्षत्वर्वतः । पूषा वाजं सनोतु नः ॥
pūṣā gā anv etu naḥ pūṣā rakṣatv arvataḥ | pūṣā vājaṃ sanotu naḥ ||
English translation:
“May Pūṣan come to (guard) our cattle, ma Pūṣan protect our horses; may Pūṣan give us food.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): bharadvājo bārhaspatyaḥ [bharadvāja bārhaspatya];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): pūṣā ;
Chandas (meter): virāḍgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
पू॒षा । गाः । अनु॑ । ए॒तु॒ । नः॒ । पू॒षा । र॒क्ष॒तु॒ । अर्व॑तः । पू॒षा । वाज॑म् । स॒नो॒तु॒ । नः॒ ॥
पूषा । गाः । अनु । एतु । नः । पूषा । रक्षतु । अर्वतः । पूषा । वाजम् । सनोतु । नः ॥
pūṣā | gāḥ | anu | etu | naḥ | pūṣā | rākṣatu | arvataḥ | pūṣā | vājam | sanotu | naḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 6.54.5 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Pushan; pūṣan [word]; sun.”
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
“cow; cattle; go [word]; Earth; bull; floor; milk; beam; sunbeam; leather; hide; horn; language; bowstring; earth; ox; Svarga.”
[adverb]
“subsequently; behind; along; towards; because.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“go; travel; enter (a state); return; walk; continue; reach; ask.”
[noun], genitive, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Pushan; pūṣan [word]; sun.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“protect; guard; keep; stow; govern; guard; spare; accumulate.”
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
“horse.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Pushan; pūṣan [word]; sun.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“prize; Vāja; reward; reward; Ribhus; vigor; strength; contest.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“win; get; gain.”
[noun], dative, plural
“I; mine.”