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 6.61.10
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
उ॒त न॑: प्रि॒या प्रि॒यासु॑ स॒प्तस्व॑सा॒ सुजु॑ष्टा । सर॑स्वती॒ स्तोम्या॑ भूत् ॥
उत नः प्रिया प्रियासु सप्तस्वसा सुजुष्टा । सरस्वती स्तोम्या भूत् ॥
uta naḥ priyā priyāsu saptasvasā sujuṣṭā | sarasvatī stomyā bhūt ||
English translation:
“May Sarasvatī, who has seven sisters, who is dearest among those dear to us, and is fully propitiated, be ever adorable.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Seven sisters: saptasvasā: either the seven metres of the vedas, or the seven rivers
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): bharadvājo bārhaspatyaḥ [bharadvāja bārhaspatya];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): sarasvatī;
Chandas (meter): virāḍgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
उ॒त । नः॒ । प्रि॒या । प्रि॒यासु॑ । स॒प्तऽस्व॑सा । सुऽजु॑ष्टा । सर॑स्वती । स्तोम्या॑ । भू॒त् ॥
उत । नः । प्रिया । प्रियासु । सप्तस्वसा । सुजुष्टा । सरस्वती । स्तोम्या । भूत् ॥
uta | naḥ | priyā | priyāsu | sapta-svasā | su-juṣṭā | sarasvatī | stomyā | bhūt
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 6.61.10 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“and; besides; uta [indecl.]; similarly; alike; even.”
[noun], dative, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“beloved; pleasant; dear; fond(p); wanted; priya [word]; favorite; good; liked; suitable; proper.”
[noun], locative, plural, feminine
“beloved; pleasant; dear; fond(p); wanted; priya [word]; favorite; good; liked; suitable; proper.”
[noun]
“seven; seventh.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“sister; svasṛ [word].”
[adverb]
“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“enjoy; endow; possess; frequent; accompany; induce; consume; approve; affect; attend; befit; blend; contract.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“Sarasvati; Sarasvatī; language; voice; speech; eloquence; balloon vine; river.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“applaudable.”
[verb], singular, Aorist inj. (proh.)
“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.”