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 6.59.3

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

ओ॒कि॒वांसा॑ सु॒ते सचाँ॒ अश्वा॒ सप्ती॑ इ॒वाद॑ने । इन्द्रा॒ न्व१॒॑ग्नी अव॑से॒ह व॒ज्रिणा॑ व॒यं दे॒वा ह॑वामहे ॥
ओकिवांसा सुते सचाँ अश्वा सप्ती इवादने । इन्द्रा न्वग्नी अवसेह वज्रिणा वयं देवा हवामहे ॥
okivāṃsā sute sacām̐ aśvā saptī ivādane | indrā nv agnī avaseha vajriṇā vayaṃ devā havāmahe ||

English translation:

“You approach together, when the libation is effused, like two fleet coursers to their forage; we invoke today Indra and Agni, deities armed with the thunderbolt, to this ceremony for our preservation.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

ओ॒कि॒ऽवांसा॑ । सु॒ते । सचा॑ । अश्वा॑ । सप्ती॑इ॒वेति॒ सप्ती॑ऽइव । आद॑ने । इन्द्रा॑ । नु । अ॒ग्नी इति॑ । अव॑सा । इ॒ह । व॒ज्रिणा॑ । व॒यम् । दे॒वा । ह॒वा॒म॒हे॒ ॥
ओकिवांसा । सुते । सचा । अश्वा । सप्तीइवेति सप्तीइव । आदने । इन्द्रा । नु । अग्नी इति । अवसा । इह । वज्रिणा । वयम् । देवा । हवामहे ॥
oki-vāṃsā | sute | sacā | aśvā | saptīivetisaptī-iva | ādane | indrā | nu | agnī iti | avasā | iha | vajriṇā | vayam | devā | havāmahe

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 6.59.3 English analysis of grammar]

okivāṃsā < uc

[verb noun], nominative, dual

sute < suta

[noun], locative, singular, masculine

“Soma.”

sacāṃ < sacā

[adverb]

“jointly.”

aśvā < aśva

[noun], nominative, dual, masculine

“horse; aśva [word]; Aśva; stallion.”

saptī < sapti

[noun], nominative, dual, masculine

“horse.”

ivādane < iva

[adverb]

“like; as it were; somehow; just so.”

ivādane < adane < adana

[noun], locative, singular, neuter

indrā < indra

[noun], accusative, dual, masculine

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

nv < nu

[adverb]

“now; already.”

agnī < agni

[noun], accusative, dual, masculine

“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”

avaseha < avasā < avas

[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter

“aid; favor; protection.”

avaseha < iha

[adverb]

“here; now; in this world; now; below; there; here; just.”

vajriṇā < vajrin

[noun], ablative, dual, masculine

vayaṃ < vayam < mad

[noun], nominative, plural

“I; mine.”

devā < deva

[noun], accusative, dual, masculine

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

havāmahe < hvā

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“raise; call on; call; summon.”

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