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 6.56.1

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

य ए॑नमा॒दिदे॑शति कर॒म्भादिति॑ पू॒षण॑म् । न तेन॑ दे॒व आ॒दिशे॑ ॥
य एनमादिदेशति करम्भादिति पूषणम् । न तेन देव आदिशे ॥
ya enam ādideśati karambhād iti pūṣaṇam | na tena deva ādiśe ||

English translation:

“No (other) deity is indicated by him who declares the offering of mixed meal and butter to be intended for Pūṣan.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

Karambhāt iti: karambha is said to be a mixture of parched barley-meal and butter

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

यः । ए॒न॒म् । आ॒ऽदिदे॑शति । क॒र॒म्भ॒ऽअत् । इति॑ । पू॒षण॑म् । न । तेन॑ । दे॒वः । आ॒ऽदिशे॑ ॥
यः । एनम् । आदिदेशति । करम्भअत् । इति । पूषणम् । न । तेन । देवः । आदिशे ॥
yaḥ | enam | ādideśati | karambha-at | iti | pūṣaṇam | na | tena | devaḥ | ādiśe

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 6.56.1 English analysis of grammar]

ya < yaḥ < yad

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

enam < enad

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.).”

ādideśati < ādiś < √diś

[verb], singular, Perfect conjunctive (subj.)

“diagnose; order; call; deem; prescribe; enumerate; name; threaten; give; produce; designate; indicate; predict.”

karambhād

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

iti

[adverb]

“thus; so; iti [word].”

pūṣaṇam < pūṣan

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“Pushan; pūṣan [word]; sun.”

na

[adverb]

“not; like; no; na [word].”

tena < tad

[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”

deva < devaḥ < deva

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”

ādiśe < ādiś < √diś

[verb noun]

“diagnose; order; call; deem; prescribe; enumerate; name; threaten; give; produce; designate; indicate; predict.”

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