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 6.57.1

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

इन्द्रा॒ नु पू॒षणा॑ व॒यं स॒ख्याय॑ स्व॒स्तये॑ । हु॒वेम॒ वाज॑सातये ॥
इन्द्रा नु पूषणा वयं सख्याय स्वस्तये । हुवेम वाजसातये ॥
indrā nu pūṣaṇā vayaṃ sakhyāya svastaye | huvema vājasātaye ||

English translation:

“We invoke you, Indra and Pūṣan, for your friendship, for our well-being, and for the obtaining of food.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

इन्द्रा॑ । नु । पू॒षणा॑ । व॒यम् । स॒ख्याय॑ । स्व॒स्तये॑ । हु॒वेम॑ । वाज॑ऽसातये ॥
इन्द्रा । नु । पूषणा । वयम् । सख्याय । स्वस्तये । हुवेम । वाजसातये ॥
indrā | nu | pūṣaṇā | vayam | sakhyāya | svastaye | huvema | vāja-sātaye

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 6.57.1 English analysis of grammar]

indrā < indra

[noun], accusative, dual, masculine

“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”

nu

[adverb]

“now; already.”

pūṣaṇā < pūṣan

[noun], accusative, dual, masculine

“Pushan; pūṣan [word]; sun.”

vayaṃ < vayam < mad

[noun], nominative, plural

“I; mine.”

sakhyāya < sakhya

[noun], dative, singular, neuter

“friendship; aid; company.”

svastaye < svasti

[noun], dative, singular, feminine

“prosperity; well-being; fortune; benediction; svasti [word]; well; luck.”

huvema < hu

[verb], plural, Aorist optative

“sacrifice; offer; pour; worship.”

vājasātaye < vājasāti

[noun], dative, singular, feminine

“victory; battle.”

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