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...

Disclaimer: These are translations of Sanskrit texts and are not necessarily approved by everyone associated with the traditions connected to these texts. Consult the source and original scripture in case of doubt.

Rig Veda 6.67.8

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

ता जि॒ह्वया॒ सद॒मेदं सु॑मे॒धा आ यद्वां॑ स॒त्यो अ॑र॒तिॠ॒ते भूत् । तद्वां॑ महि॒त्वं घृ॑तान्नावस्तु यु॒वं दा॒शुषे॒ वि च॑यिष्ट॒मंह॑: ॥
ता जिह्वया सदमेदं सुमेधा आ यद्वां सत्यो अरतिॠते भूत् । तद्वां महित्वं घृतान्नावस्तु युवं दाशुषे वि चयिष्टमंहः ॥
tā jihvayā sadam edaṃ sumedhā ā yad vāṃ satyo aratir ṛte bhūt | tad vām mahitvaṃ ghṛtānnāv astu yuvaṃ dāśuṣe vi cayiṣṭam aṃhaḥ ||

English translation:

“The wise man always (solicits) you his prayers for this (supply of water), when approaching you sincer in sacrifice; may your magnanimity be such that you, the feeders upon ghī, may exterminate sin in the donor (of the oblation);”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

With his prayers: with his tongue, jihvayā

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

ता । जि॒ह्वया॑ । सद॑म् । आ । इ॒दम् । सु॒ऽमे॒धाः । आ । यत् । वा॒म् । स॒त्यः । अ॒र॒तिः । ऋ॒ते । भू॒त् । तत् । वा॒म् । म॒हि॒ऽत्वम् । घृ॒त॒ऽअ॒न्नौ॒ । अ॒स्तु॒ । यु॒वम् । दा॒शुषे॑ । वि । च॒यि॒ष्ट॒म् । अंहः॑ ॥
ता । जिह्वया । सदम् । आ । इदम् । सुमेधाः । आ । यत् । वाम् । सत्यः । अरतिः । ऋते । भूत् । तत् । वाम् । महित्वम् । घृतअन्नौ । अस्तु । युवम् । दाशुषे । वि । चयिष्टम् । अंहः ॥
tā | jihvayā | sadam | ā | idam | su-medhāḥ | ā | yat | vām | satyaḥ | aratiḥ | ṛte | bhūt | tat | vām | mahi-tvam | ghṛta-annau | astu | yuvam | dāśuṣe | vi | cayiṣṭam | aṃhaḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 6.67.8 English analysis of grammar]

< tad

[noun], accusative, dual, masculine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”

jihvayā < jihvā

[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine

“tongue; tongue; jihvā [word]; fire.”

sadam

[adverb]

“always.”

edaṃ < ā

[adverb]

“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”

edaṃ < idam

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

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

sumedhā < sumedhāḥ < sumedhas

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“wise.”

ā

[adverb]

“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”

yad < yat

[adverb]

“once [when]; because; that; if; how.”

vāṃ < vām < tvad

[noun], genitive, dual

“you.”

satyo < satyaḥ < satya

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“true; real; real; faithful; good.”

aratir < aratiḥ < arati

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“charioteer.”

ṛte < ṛta

[noun], locative, singular, neuter

“truth; order; fixed order; ṛta [word]; law; custom; custom.”

bhūt < bhū

[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.”

tad < tat < tad

[noun], nominative, singular, neuter

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”

vām < tvad

[noun], genitive, dual

“you.”

mahitvaṃ < mahitvam < mahitva

[noun], nominative, singular, neuter

“greatness.”

ghṛtānnāv < ghṛta

[noun], neuter

“ghee; fat.”

ghṛtānnāv < annau < anna

[noun], vocative, dual, masculine

“food; foodstuff; grain; anna [word]; eating; boiled rice; meal.”

astu < as

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”

yuvaṃ < yuvam < tvad

[noun], nominative, dual

“you.”

dāśuṣe < dāś

[verb noun], dative, singular

“sacrifice; give.”

vi

[adverb]

“apart; away; away.”

cayiṣṭam < ci

[verb], dual, Aorist inj. (proh.)

“cover; accumulate; pile up; pick; cover.”

aṃhaḥ < aṃhas

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“trouble; sin.”

Like what you read? Consider supporting this website: