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 6.61.11

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

आ॒प॒प्रुषी॒ पार्थि॑वान्यु॒रु रजो॑ अ॒न्तरि॑क्षम् । सर॑स्वती नि॒दस्पा॑तु ॥
आपप्रुषी पार्थिवान्युरु रजो अन्तरिक्षम् । सरस्वती निदस्पातु ॥
āpapruṣī pārthivāny uru rajo antarikṣam | sarasvatī nidas pātu ||

English translation:

“May Sarasvatī, filing (with radiance) the expanse of earth and heaven, defend us from the reviled.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

आ॒ऽप॒प्रुषी॑ । पार्थि॑वानि । उ॒रु । रजः॑ । अ॒न्तरि॑क्षम् । सर॑स्वती । नि॒दः । पा॒तु॒ ॥
आपप्रुषी । पार्थिवानि । उरु । रजः । अन्तरिक्षम् । सरस्वती । निदः । पातु ॥
āpapruṣī | pārthivāni | uru | rajaḥ | antarikṣam | sarasvatī | nidaḥ | pātu

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 6.61.11 English analysis of grammar]

āpapruṣī < āprā < √prā

[verb noun], nominative, singular

pārthivāny < pārthivāni < pārthiva

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“earthly; earthen; mundane; royal; tellurian; sublunar.”

uru

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“wide; broad; great; uru [word]; much(a); excellent.”

rajo < rajaḥ < rajas

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“powder; menorrhea; dust; Rajas; atmosphere; rajas; pollen; passion; rajas [word]; sindūra; rust; tin; impurity; dark; sky.”

antarikṣam < antarikṣa

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“sky; atmosphere; air; abhra.”

sarasvatī

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

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

nidas < nidaḥ < nid

[noun], ablative, singular, feminine

“derision; scoffer; contempt.”

pātu <

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“protect; govern.”

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