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 6.61.12
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
त्रि॒ष॒धस्था॑ स॒प्तधा॑तु॒: पञ्च॑ जा॒ता व॒र्धय॑न्ती । वाजे॑वाजे॒ हव्या॑ भूत् ॥
त्रिषधस्था सप्तधातुः पञ्च जाता वर्धयन्ती । वाजेवाजे हव्या भूत् ॥
triṣadhasthā saptadhātuḥ pañca jātā vardhayantī | vāje-vāje havyā bhūt ||
English translation:
“Abiding in the three worlds, comprising seven elements, cherishing the five races (of beings), she is ever to be invoked in battle.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Seven elements: saptadhātu: either the metres or the river
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): bharadvājo bārhaspatyaḥ [bharadvāja bārhaspatya];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): sarasvatī;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
त्रि॒ऽस॒धस्था॑ । स॒प्तऽधा॑तुः । पञ्च॑ । जा॒ता । व॒र्धय॑न्ती । वाजे॑ऽवाजे । हव्या॑ । भू॒त् ॥
त्रिसधस्था । सप्तधातुः । पञ्च । जाता । वर्धयन्ती । वाजेवाजे । हव्या । भूत् ॥
tri-sadhasthā | sapta-dhātuḥ | pañca | jātā | vardhayantī | vāje--vāje | havyā | bhūt
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 6.61.12 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
[noun]
“seven; seventh.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“mineral; dhātu; saptadhātu; Sanskrit verbal root; etymon; aṣṭaloha; mahābhūta; gairika; component; navadhātu; svarṇamākṣika; doṣa; inorganic compound.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“five; fifth; pañcan [word].”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“kind; object; descendant; kin; being; reincarnation.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“increase; strengthen; promote; rear; add; greet; laud.”
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
“prize; Vāja; reward; reward; Ribhus; vigor; strength; contest.”
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
“prize; Vāja; reward; reward; Ribhus; vigor; strength; contest.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“sacrifice; offer; pour; worship.”
[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.”