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 6.54.8

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

शृ॒ण्वन्तं॑ पू॒षणं॑ व॒यमिर्य॒मन॑ष्टवेदसम् । ईशा॑नं रा॒य ई॑महे ॥
शृण्वन्तं पूषणं वयमिर्यमनष्टवेदसम् । ईशानं राय ईमहे ॥
śṛṇvantam pūṣaṇaṃ vayam iryam anaṣṭavedasam | īśānaṃ rāya īmahe ||

English translation:

“We solicit Pūṣan, who hears (our eulogies); who is the averter (of poverty); the preserver of that which is not lost, the ruler (over all).”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

शृ॒ण्वन्त॑म् । पू॒षण॑म् । व॒यम् । इर्य॑म् । अन॑ष्टऽवेदसम् । ईशा॑नम् । रा॒यः । ई॒म॒हे॒ ॥
शृण्वन्तम् । पूषणम् । वयम् । इर्यम् । अनष्टवेदसम् । ईशानम् । रायः । ईमहे ॥
śṛṇvantam | pūṣaṇam | vayam | iryam | anaṣṭa-vedasam | īśānam | rāyaḥ | īmahe

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 6.54.8 English analysis of grammar]

śṛṇvantam < śru

[verb noun], accusative, singular

“listen; come to know; hear; hear; listen; study; heed; learn.”

pūṣaṇaṃ < pūṣaṇam < pūṣan

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“Pushan; pūṣan [word]; sun.”

vayam < mad

[noun], nominative, plural

“I; mine.”

iryam < irya

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“argus-eyed; active; heedful.”

anaṣṭavedasam < a

[adverb]

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

anaṣṭavedasam < naṣṭa < naś

[verb noun]

“disappear; vanish; gasify; fail; perish; lose; bhasmībhū.”

anaṣṭavedasam < vedasam < vedas

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“property.”

īśānaṃ < īśānam < īś

[verb noun], accusative, singular

“govern; command; master; dominate; can; reign; control; own.”

rāya < rāyaḥ < rai

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“wealth; possession; rai [word]; gold.”

īmahe < ī < √i

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“beg; solicit.”

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