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 6.57.4

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

यदिन्द्रो॒ अन॑य॒द्रितो॑ म॒हीर॒पो वृष॑न्तमः । तत्र॑ पू॒षाभ॑व॒त्सचा॑ ॥
यदिन्द्रो अनयद्रितो महीरपो वृषन्तमः । तत्र पूषाभवत्सचा ॥
yad indro anayad rito mahīr apo vṛṣantamaḥ | tatra pūṣābhavat sacā ||

English translation:

“When the showerer Indra sends down the falling and mighty waters, there is Pūṣan along with him.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

यत् । इन्द्रः॑ । अन॑यत् । रितः॑ । म॒हीः । अ॒पः । वृष॑न्ऽतमः । तत्र॑ । पू॒षा । अ॒भ॒व॒त् । सचा॑ ॥
यत् । इन्द्रः । अनयत् । रितः । महीः । अपः । वृषन्तमः । तत्र । पूषा । अभवत् । सचा ॥
yat | indraḥ | anayat | ritaḥ | mahīḥ | apaḥ | vṛṣan-tamaḥ | tatra | pūṣā | abhavat | sacā

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 6.57.4 English analysis of grammar]

yad < yat

[adverb]

“once [when]; because; that; if; how.”

indro < indraḥ < indra

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

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

anayad < anayat <

[verb], singular, Imperfect

“bring; lead; spend; decant; enter (a state); remove; take out; take away; enforce; marry; carry; fill into; bring; learn; go out; add.”

rito < ritaḥ < rit

[noun], accusative, plural, feminine

mahīr < mahīḥ < mahi

[noun], accusative, plural, feminine

“great; firm.”

apo < apaḥ < ap

[noun], accusative, plural, feminine

“water; body of water; water; ap [word]; juice; jala.”

vṛṣantamaḥ < vṛṣantama

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

tatra

[adverb]

“there; now; then; then; there; in that place; then; locative; respectively; there; tatra [word]; inside; therefore.”

pūṣābhavat < pūṣā < pūṣan

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“Pushan; pūṣan [word]; sun.”

pūṣābhavat < bhavat < bhū

[verb], singular, Imperfect

“become; be; originate; transform; happen; result; exist; be born; be; be; come to life; grow; elapse; come to mind; thrive; become; impend; show; conceive; understand; stand; constitute; serve; apply; behave.”

sacā

[adverb]

“jointly.”

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