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 6.63.2

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अरं॑ मे गन्तं॒ हव॑नाया॒स्मै गृ॑णा॒ना यथा॒ पिबा॑थो॒ अन्ध॑: । परि॑ ह॒ त्यद्व॒र्तिर्या॑थो रि॒षो न यत्परो॒ नान्त॑रस्तुतु॒र्यात् ॥
अरं मे गन्तं हवनायास्मै गृणाना यथा पिबाथो अन्धः । परि ह त्यद्वर्तिर्याथो रिषो न यत्परो नान्तरस्तुतुर्यात् ॥
aram me gantaṃ havanāyāsmai gṛṇānā yathā pibātho andhaḥ | pari ha tyad vartir yātho riṣo na yat paro nāntaras tuturyāt ||

English translation:

“Praised, that you may drink the (sacrificial) Soma, you come promptly upon this my invocation; keep guard around the dwelling against (all) advdrsaries, so that neither one that abides at a distance nor a neighbour may do us harm.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अर॑म् । मे॒ । गन्त॑म् । हव॑नाय । अ॒स्मै । गृ॒णा॒ना । यथा॑ । पिबा॑थः । अन्धः॑ । परि॑ । ह॒ । त्यत् । व॒र्तिः । या॒थः॒ । रि॒षः । न । यत् । परः॑ । न । अन्त॑रः । तु॒तु॒र्यात् ॥
अरम् । मे । गन्तम् । हवनाय । अस्मै । गृणाना । यथा । पिबाथः । अन्धः । परि । ह । त्यत् । वर्तिः । याथः । रिषः । न । यत् । परः । न । अन्तरः । तुतुर्यात् ॥
aram | me | gantam | havanāya | asmai | gṛṇānā | yathā | pibāthaḥ | andhaḥ | pari | ha | tyat | vartiḥ | yāthaḥ | riṣaḥ | na | yat | paraḥ | na | antaraḥ | tuturyāt

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 6.63.2 English analysis of grammar]

aram

[adverb]

me < mad

[noun], genitive, singular

“I; mine.”

gantaṃ < gantam < gam

[verb], dual, Aorist imperative

“go; situate; enter (a state); travel; disappear; [in]; elapse; leave; reach; vanish; love; walk; approach; issue; hop on; gasify; get; come; die; drain; spread; transform; happen; discharge; ride; to be located; run; detect; refer; go; shall; drive.”

havanāyāsmai < havanāya < havana

[noun], dative, singular, neuter

“yajña.”

havanāyāsmai < asmai < idam

[noun], dative, singular, neuter

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”

gṛṇānā < gṛ

[verb noun], nominative, dual

“praise.”

yathā

[adverb]

“equally; as; so that; like; how; yathā [word]; that; wherein.”

pibātho < pibāthaḥ <

[verb], dual, Present conjunctive (subjunctive)

“drink; gulp; soak; drink; suck; inhale.”

andhaḥ < andhas

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“Soma; drink; amṛta.”

pari

[adverb]

“from; about; around.”

ha

[adverb]

“indeed; ha [word].”

tyad < tya

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“that.”

vartir < vartiḥ < vartis

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“tour.”

yātho < yāthaḥ <

[verb], dual, Present indikative

“go; enter (a state); travel; disappear; reach; come; campaign; elapse; arrive; drive; reach; leave; run; depart; ride.”

riṣo < riṣaḥ < riṣ

[noun], ablative, singular, feminine

“injury; riṣ; damage.”

na

[adverb]

“not; like; no; na [word].”

yat < yad

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

paro < paraḥ < para

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“best; other; following; devoted(p); extreme; highest; otherwordly; better; hostile; maximal; distant; another(a); para [word]; upper; concluding; foreign; earlier; worse; longer; finest; excessive.”

nāntaras < < na

[adverb]

“not; like; no; na [word].”

nāntaras < antaraḥ < antara

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“another(a); other; interior; different; near; intermediate; following.”

tuturyāt < tur

[verb], singular, Perfect conjunctive (subj.)

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