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 6.73.3

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

बृह॒स्पति॒: सम॑जय॒द्वसू॑नि म॒हो व्र॒जान्गोम॑तो दे॒व ए॒षः । अ॒पः सिषा॑स॒न्त्स्व१॒॑रप्र॑तीतो॒ बृह॒स्पति॒र्हन्त्य॒मित्र॑म॒र्कैः ॥
बृहस्पतिः समजयद्वसूनि महो व्रजान्गोमतो देव एषः । अपः सिषासन्त्स्वरप्रतीतो बृहस्पतिर्हन्त्यमित्रमर्कैः ॥
bṛhaspatiḥ sam ajayad vasūni maho vrajān gomato deva eṣaḥ | apaḥ siṣāsan svar apratīto bṛhaspatir hanty amitram arkaiḥ ||

English translation:

“This Bṛhaspati has conquered the treasures (of the enemy), and the spacious pastures with the cattle; purposing to appropriate he waters (of the firmament), he destroys with sacred prayers the adversary of heaven.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

बृह॒स्पतिः॑ । सम् । अ॒ज॒य॒त् । वसू॑नि । म॒हः । व्र॒जान् । गोऽम॑तः । दे॒वः । ए॒षः । अ॒पः । सिसा॑सन् । स्वः॑ । अप्र॑तिऽइतः । बृह॒स्पतिः॑ । हन्ति॑ । अ॒मित्र॑म् । अ॒र्कैः ॥
बृहस्पतिः । सम् । अजयत् । वसूनि । महः । व्रजान् । गोमतः । देवः । एषः । अपः । सिसासन् । स्वः । अप्रतिइतः । बृहस्पतिः । हन्ति । अमित्रम् । अर्कैः ॥
bṛhaspatiḥ | sam | ajayat | vasūni | mahaḥ | vrajān | go--mataḥ | devaḥ | eṣaḥ | apaḥ | sisāsan | svaḥ | aprati-itaḥ | bṛhaspatiḥ | hanti | amitram | akairḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 6.73.3 English analysis of grammar]

bṛhaspatiḥ < bṛhaspati

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“Brihaspati; Jupiter; Bṛhaspati.”

sam

[adverb]

“sam; together; together; saṃ.”

ajayad < ajayat < ji

[verb], singular, Imperfect

“overcome; cure; win; conquer; control; win; succeed; remove; beat; govern; surpass; suppress.”

vasūni < vasu

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“wealth; property; gold; vasu [word]; ruby; treasure; jewel.”

maho < mahaḥ < mah

[noun], accusative, plural, masculine

“great; great; distinguished; much(a); adult; long; high.”

vrajān < vraja

[noun], accusative, plural, masculine

“cow pen; Vraja; battalion; Vraja; Vraja; vraja [word]; vraj; herd; flock; group.”

gomato < gomataḥ < gomat

[noun], accusative, plural, masculine

“rich in cattle; bovine.”

deva < devaḥ < deva

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”

eṣaḥ < etad

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); etad [word].”

apaḥ < ap

[noun], accusative, plural, feminine

“water; body of water; water; ap [word]; juice; jala.”

siṣāsan < siṣās < √san

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“win; gain.”

svar

[adverb]

“sun; sky; sunlight.”

apratīto < apratītaḥ < apratīta

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“irresistible.”

bṛhaspatir < bṛhaspatiḥ < bṛhaspati

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“Brihaspati; Jupiter; Bṛhaspati.”

hanty < hanti < han

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“kill; cure; māray; remove; destroy; hit; injure; damage; destroy; paralyze; hurt; forge; beat; cut off; stop; overwhelm; kick; hunt; affect; strike; hammer; love; obstruct; shoot.”

amitram < amitra

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“enemy; foe.”

arkaiḥ < arka

[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine

“Calotropis gigantea Beng.; sun; copper; Surya; hymn; twelve; fire; beam.”

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