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 6.57.6

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

उत्पू॒षणं॑ युवामहे॒ऽभीशूँ॑रिव॒ सार॑थिः । म॒ह्या इन्द्र॑ा स्व॒स्तये॑ ॥
उत्पूषणं युवामहेऽभीशूँरिव सारथिः । मह्या इन्द्रं स्वस्तये ॥
ut pūṣaṇaṃ yuvāmahe 'bhīśūm̐r iva sārathiḥ | mahyā indraṃ svastaye ||

English translation:

“We draw to us, for our great welfare, Pūṣan and Indra, as a charioteer (pulls tight) his reins.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

उत् । पू॒षण॑म् । यु॒वा॒म॒हे॒ । अ॒भीशू॑न्ऽइव । सार॑थिः । म॒ह्यै । इन्द्र॑म् । स्व॒स्तये॑ ॥
उत् । पूषणम् । युवामहे । अभीशून्इव । सारथिः । मह्यै । इन्द्रम् । स्वस्तये ॥
ut | pūṣaṇam | yuvāmahe | abhīśūn-iva | sārathiḥ | mahyai | indram | svastaye

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 6.57.6 English analysis of grammar]

ut < ud

[adverb]

“up.”

pūṣaṇaṃ < pūṣaṇam < pūṣan

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“Pushan; pūṣan [word]; sun.”

yuvāmahe < yu

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“unite.”

'bhīśūṃr < abhīśūn < abhīśu

[noun], accusative, plural, masculine

“beam; rein.”

iva

[adverb]

“like; as it were; somehow; just so.”

sārathiḥ < sārathi

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“charioteer; sārathi [word].”

mahyā < mahyai < mahi

[noun], dative, singular, feminine

“great; firm.”

indraṃ < indram < indra

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

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

svastaye < svasti

[noun], dative, singular, feminine

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

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