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 6.61.8

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

यस्या॑ अन॒न्तो अह्रु॑तस्त्वे॒षश्च॑रि॒ष्णुर॑र्ण॒वः । अम॒श्चर॑ति॒ रोरु॑वत् ॥
यस्या अनन्तो अह्रुतस्त्वेषश्चरिष्णुरर्णवः । अमश्चरति रोरुवत् ॥
yasyā ananto ahrutas tveṣaś cariṣṇur arṇavaḥ | amaś carati roruvat ||

English translation:

“May she whose might, infinite, undeviating, splendid, progressive, water-shedding, proceeds loud-sounding.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

यस्याः॑ । अ॒न॒न्तः । अहु॑तः । त्वे॒षः । च॒रि॒ष्णुः । अ॒र्ण॒वः । अमः॑ । चर॑ति । रोरु॑वत् ॥
यस्याः । अनन्तः । अहुतः । त्वेषः । चरिष्णुः । अर्णवः । अमः । चरति । रोरुवत् ॥
yasyāḥ | anantaḥ | ahutaḥ | tveṣaḥ | cariṣṇuḥ | arṇavaḥ | amaḥ | carati | roruvat

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 6.61.8 English analysis of grammar]

yasyā < yasyāḥ < yad

[noun], genitive, singular, feminine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

ananto < anantaḥ < ananta

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“infinite; ananta [word]; countless; permanent; boundless.”

ahrutas < ahrutaḥ < ahruta

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

tveṣaś < tveṣaḥ < tveṣa

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“awful; brilliant; aglitter(p); bright.”

cariṣṇur < cariṣṇuḥ < cariṣṇu

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“mobile; moving.”

arṇavaḥ < arṇava

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“wavy; flowing.”

amaś < amaḥ < ama

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“am; panic; power; ferocity.”

carati < car

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“car; wander; perform; travel; bore; produce; make; dwell; dig; act; observe; enter (a state); observe; cause; crop; behave; practice; heed; process; administer.”

roruvat < roro < √ru

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“bellow.”

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