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 6.60.3
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
आ वृ॑त्रहणा वृत्र॒हभि॒: शुष्मै॒रिन्द्र॑ या॒तं नमो॑भिरग्ने अ॒र्वाक् । यु॒वं राधो॑भि॒रक॑वेभिरि॒न्द्राग्ने॑ अ॒स्मे भ॑वतमुत्त॒मेभि॑: ॥
आ वृत्रहणा वृत्रहभिः शुष्मैरिन्द्र यातं नमोभिरग्ने अर्वाक् । युवं राधोभिरकवेभिरिन्द्राग्ने अस्मे भवतमुत्तमेभिः ॥
ā vṛtrahaṇā vṛtrahabhiḥ śuṣmair indra yātaṃ namobhir agne arvāk | yuvaṃ rādhobhir akavebhir indrāgne asme bhavatam uttamebhiḥ ||
English translation:
“Slayers of Vṛtra, Indra and Agni, come down with foe-subduing energies, (to be invigorated) by (our) offerings; be manifest to us, Indra and Agni, with unblameable and most excellent riches.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): bharadvājo bārhaspatyaḥ [bharadvāja bārhaspatya];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indrāgnī ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
आ । वृ॒त्र॒ऽह॒ना॒ । वृ॒त्र॒हऽभिः॑ । शुष्मैः॑ । इन्द्र॑ । या॒तम् । नमः॑ऽभिः । अ॒ग्ने॒ । अ॒र्वाक् । यु॒वम् । राधः॑ऽभिः । अक॑वेभिः । इ॒न्द्र॒ । अग्ने॑ । अ॒स्मे इति॑ । भ॒व॒त॒म् । उ॒त्ऽत॒मेभिः॑ ॥
आ । वृत्रहना । वृत्रहभिः । शुष्मैः । इन्द्र । यातम् । नमःभिः । अग्ने । अर्वाक् । युवम् । राधःभिः । अकवेभिः । इन्द्र । अग्ने । अस्मे इति । भवतम् । उत्तमेभिः ॥
ā | vṛtra-hanā | vṛtraha-bhiḥ | śuṣmaiḥ | indra | yātam | namaḥ-bhiḥ | agne | arvāk | yuvam | rādhaḥ-bhiḥ | akavebhiḥ | indra | agne | asme iti | bhavatam | ut-tamebhiḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 6.60.3 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[noun], masculine
“enemy.”
[noun], vocative, dual, masculine
“killing; curative; destroying; removing; māraka; stabbing.”
[noun], masculine
“enemy.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine
“killing; curative; destroying; removing; māraka; stabbing.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine
“vigor; energy; fire; hiss; courage.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[verb], dual, Present imperative
“go; enter (a state); travel; disappear; reach; come; campaign; elapse; arrive; drive; reach; leave; run; depart; ride.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, neuter
“adoration; court; namas [word]; bow; salute.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[adverb]
“here.”
[noun], nominative, dual
“you.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, neuter
“gift; munificence; liberality; bounty.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, neuter
“perfect.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[noun], locative, plural
“I; mine.”
[verb], dual, Present imperative
“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.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, neuter
“best; excellent; highest; better; extreme; last; first; topmost; chief(a); higher; highest; maximal; uttama [word]; prevailing; finest.”