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 6.61.9
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
सा नो॒ विश्वा॒ अति॒ द्विष॒: स्वसॄ॑र॒न्या ऋ॒ताव॑री । अत॒न्नहे॑व॒ सूर्य॑: ॥
सा नो विश्वा अति द्विषः स्वसॄरन्या ऋतावरी । अतन्नहेव सूर्यः ॥
sā no viśvā ati dviṣaḥ svasṝr anyā ṛtāvarī | atann aheva sūryaḥ ||
English translation:
“Overcome all our adversaries, and bring to us her other water-laden sisters, as the ever-rolling sun (leads on) the days.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Bring to us: ati svasṛranyā ṛtāvarī: ati = atini, to lead over or beyond, or ati dviṣaḥ, may the other sisters overcome those who hate us
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): bharadvājo bārhaspatyaḥ [bharadvāja bārhaspatya];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): sarasvatī;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
सा । नः॒ । विश्वा॑ । अति॑ । द्विषः॑ । स्वसॄः॑ । अ॒न्याः । ऋ॒तऽव॑री । अत॑न् । अहा॑ऽइव । सूर्यः॑ ॥
सा । नः । विश्वा । अति । द्विषः । स्वसॄः । अन्याः । ऋतवरी । अतन् । अहाइव । सूर्यः ॥
sā | naḥ | viśvā | ati | dviṣaḥ | savsṛṝḥ | anyā | ṛta-varī | atan | ahāiva | sūryaḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 6.61.9 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[noun], accusative, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”
[adverb]
“very; excessively; beyond; excessively.”
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
“hate; dviṣ; hostility; hostility.”
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
“sister; svasṛ [word].”
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
“other; another(a); remaining; different; anya [word]; other than; more(a); fresh; any(a).”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“law-abiding; faithful; righteous.”
[verb], singular, Root aorist (Ind.)
“expand; perform; cause; increase; write; spread; produce; spread; speak; propagate.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“day; aha [word]; day.”
[adverb]
“like; as it were; somehow; just so.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“sun; Surya; sūrya [word]; right nostril; twelve; Calotropis gigantea Beng.; sūryakānta; sunlight; best.”