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 6.61.5

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

यस्त्वा॑ देवि सरस्वत्युपब्रू॒ते धने॑ हि॒ते । इन्द्रं॒ न वृ॑त्र॒तूर्ये॑ ॥
यस्त्वा देवि सरस्वत्युपब्रूते धने हिते । इन्द्रं न वृत्रतूर्ये ॥
yas tvā devi sarasvaty upabrūte dhane hite | indraṃ na vṛtratūrye ||

English translation:

“Divine Sarasvatī, protect him engaged in conflict for the sake of wealth, who glorifies you like Indra.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

यः । त्वा॒ । दे॒वि॒ । स॒र॒स्व॒ति॒ । उ॒प॒ऽब्रू॒ते । धने॑ । हि॒ते । इन्द्र॑म् । न । वृ॒त्र॒ऽतूर्ये॑ ॥
यः । त्वा । देवि । सरस्वति । उपब्रूते । धने । हिते । इन्द्रम् । न । वृत्रतूर्ये ॥
yaḥ | tvā | devi | sarasvati | upa-brūte | dhane | hite | indram | na | vṛtra-tūyer

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 6.61.5 English analysis of grammar]

yas < yaḥ < yad

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

tvā < tvad

[noun], accusative, singular

“you.”

devi < devī

[noun], vocative, singular, feminine

“Parvati; queen; goddess; Devi.”

sarasvaty < sarasvati < sarasvatī

[noun], vocative, singular, feminine

“Sarasvati; Sarasvatī; language; voice; speech; eloquence; balloon vine; river.”

upabrūte < upabrū < √brū

[verb], singular, Present indikative

dhane < dhana

[noun], locative, singular, neuter

“wealth; property; money; treasure; prize; dhana [word]; valuable; dhan; capital; fight.”

hite < dhā

[verb noun], locative, singular

“put; give; cause; get; hold; make; provide; lend; wear; install; have; enter (a state); supply; hold; take; show.”

indraṃ < indram < indra

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

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

na

[adverb]

“not; like; no; na [word].”

vṛtratūrye < vṛtratūrya

[noun], locative, singular, neuter

“battle.”

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