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 6.60.2

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

ता यो॑धिष्टम॒भि गा इ॑न्द्र नू॒नम॒पः स्व॑रु॒षसो॑ अग्न ऊ॒ळ्हाः । दिश॒: स्व॑रु॒षस॑ इन्द्र चि॒त्रा अ॒पो गा अ॑ग्ने युवसे नि॒युत्वा॑न् ॥
ता योधिष्टमभि गा इन्द्र नूनमपः स्वरुषसो अग्न ऊळ्हाः । दिशः स्वरुषस इन्द्र चित्रा अपो गा अग्ने युवसे नियुत्वान् ॥
tā yodhiṣṭam abhi gā indra nūnam apaḥ svar uṣaso agna ūḻhāḥ | diśaḥ svar uṣasa indra citrā apo gā agne yuvase niyutvān ||

English translation:

Indra and Agni, verily you have combated for (the recovery of) the cows, the waters, the sun, the dawns that had been carried away (by the asuras); you reunite, Indra (with the world), the quarters of the horizon, the sun, the wonderful waters, the dawns, the cattle and so do you, Agni, who have the Niyut steeds.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

ता । यो॒धि॒ष्ट॒म् । अ॒भि । गाः । इ॒न्द्र॒ । नू॒नम् । अ॒पः । स्वः॑ । उ॒षसः॑ । अ॒ग्ने॒ । ऊ॒ळ्हाः । दिशः॑ । स्वः॑ । उ॒षसः॑ । इ॒न्द्र॒ । चि॒त्राः । अ॒पः । गाः । अ॒ग्ने॒ । यु॒व॒से॒ । नि॒युत्वा॑न् ॥
ता । योधिष्टम् । अभि । गाः । इन्द्र । नूनम् । अपः । स्वः । उषसः । अग्ने । ऊळ्हाः । दिशः । स्वः । उषसः । इन्द्र । चित्राः । अपः । गाः । अग्ने । युवसे । नियुत्वान् ॥
tā | yodhiṣṭam | abhi | gāḥ | indra | nūnam | apaḥ | svaḥ | uṣasaḥ | agne | ūḷhāḥ | diśaḥ | svaḥ | uṣasaḥ | indra | citrāḥ | apaḥ | gāḥ | agne | yuvase | niyutvān

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 6.60.2 English analysis of grammar]

< tad

[noun], nominative, dual, masculine

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

yodhiṣṭam < yudh

[verb], dual, Aorist imperative

“fight; overcome.”

abhi

[adverb]

“towards; on.”

< gāḥ < go

[noun], accusative, plural, masculine

“cow; cattle; go [word]; Earth; bull; floor; milk; beam; sunbeam; leather; hide; horn; language; bowstring; earth; ox; Svarga.”

indra

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

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

nūnam

[adverb]

“now; surely; immediately; just.”

apaḥ < ap

[noun], accusative, plural, feminine

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

svar

[adverb]

“sun; sky; sunlight.”

uṣaso < uṣasaḥ < uṣas

[noun], accusative, plural, feminine

“Ushas; dawn; uṣas [word]; morning.”

agna < agne < agni

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

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

ūᄆhāḥ < ūḍhāḥ < vah

[verb noun], accusative, plural

“transport; bring; marry; run; drive; vāhay; drive; run; pull; nirvāpay; blow; transport; discharge; assume; remove.”

diśaḥ < diś

[noun], accusative, plural, feminine

“quarter; direction; region; diś [word]; Aṣṭādhyāyī, 5.3.27; distant region; Diś; four; example; method; space.”

svar

[adverb]

“sun; sky; sunlight.”

uṣasa < uṣasaḥ < uṣas

[noun], accusative, plural, feminine

“Ushas; dawn; uṣas [word]; morning.”

indra

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

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

citrā < citrāḥ < citra

[noun], accusative, plural, feminine

“manifold; extraordinary; beautiful; divers(a); varicolored; bright; bright; bright; outstanding; agitated; aglitter(p); brilliant; painted; obvious; patched; bizarre.”

apo < apaḥ < ap

[noun], accusative, plural, feminine

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

< gāḥ < go

[noun], accusative, plural, masculine

“cow; cattle; go [word]; Earth; bull; floor; milk; beam; sunbeam; leather; hide; horn; language; bowstring; earth; ox; Svarga.”

agne < agni

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

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

yuvase < yu

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“unite.”

niyutvān < niyutvat

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

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