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 6.75.5
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
ब॒ह्वी॒नां पि॒ता ब॒हुर॑स्य पु॒त्रश्चि॒श्चा कृ॑णोति॒ सम॑नाव॒गत्य॑ । इ॒षु॒धिः सङ्का॒: पृत॑नाश्च॒ सर्वा॑: पृ॒ष्ठे निन॑द्धो जयति॒ प्रसू॑तः ॥
बह्वीनां पिता बहुरस्य पुत्रश्चिश्चा कृणोति समनावगत्य । इषुधिः सङ्काः पृतनाश्च सर्वाः पृष्ठे निनद्धो जयति प्रसूतः ॥
bahvīnām pitā bahur asya putraś ciścā kṛṇoti samanāvagatya | iṣudhiḥ saṅkāḥ pṛtanāś ca sarvāḥ pṛṣṭhe ninaddho jayati prasūtaḥ ||
English translation:
“The quiver, the parent of many, of whom many are the sons, clangs as it enters into the battle; slung at the back (of the warrior), prolific (of its shafts), it overcomes all shouting hosts.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Shouting hosts: saṅkāḥ pṛtanāḥ: saṅkā = sounding together, sam kāyanti; Yāska, Nirukta 9.14: saṅkā: from sac, to be assembled or sam, with; kṛ, to be renowned, armies in which there are assembled, or celebrated warriors
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): pāyurbhāradvājaḥ [pāyurbhāradvāja];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): iṣudhiḥ ;
Chandas (meter): triṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
ब॒ह्वी॒नाम् । पि॒ता । ब॒हुर॑स्य । पु॒त्रः । चि॒श्चा । कृ॒णो॒ति॒ । सम॑ना । अ॒व॒ऽगत्य॑ । इ॒षु॒ऽधिः । सङ्काः॑ । पृत॑नाः । च॒ । सर्वाः॑ । पृ॒ष्ठे । निऽन॑द्धः । ज॒य॒ति॒ । प्रऽसू॑तः ॥
बह्वीनाम् । पिता । बहुरस्य । पुत्रः । चिश्चा । कृणोति । समना । अवगत्य । इषुधिः । सङ्काः । पृतनाः । च । सर्वाः । पृष्ठे । निनद्धः । जयति । प्रसूतः ॥
bahvīnām | pitā | bahurasya | putraḥ | ciścā | kṛṇoti | samanā | ava-gatya | iṣu-dhiḥ | saṅkāḥ | pṛtanāḥ | ca | sarvāḥ | pṛṣṭhe | ni-naddhaḥ | jayati | pra-sūtaḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 6.75.5 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], genitive, plural, feminine
“many; much(a); bahu [word]; abundant; long; large; abounding in(p); perennial.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“father; Pitṛ; ancestor; parent; paternal ancestor; pitṛ [word]; forefather.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“many; much(a); bahu [word]; abundant; long; large; abounding in(p); perennial.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“son; putra [word]; male child; Putra; Bodhisattva.”
[?]
“_”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“make; perform; cause; produce; shape; construct; do; put; fill into; use; fuel; transform; bore; act; write; create; prepare; administer; dig; prepare; treat; take effect; add; trace; put on; process; treat; heed; hire; act; produce; assume; eat; ignite; chop; treat; obey; manufacture; appoint; evacuate; choose; understand; insert; happen; envelop; weigh; observe; practice; lend; bring; duplicate; plant; kṛ; concentrate; mix; knot; join; take; provide; utter; compose.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter
“marriage; conflict.”
[verb noun]
“come to know; know; enter (a state); arrive; understand.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“quiver.”
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
“fight; battle.”
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
“army; battle; pṛtanā [word]; pṛtanā.”
[adverb]
“and; besides; then; now; even.”
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
“all(a); whole; complete; sarva [word]; every(a); each(a); all; entire; sāṃnipātika; manifold; complete; all the(a); different; overall.”
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“back; top; top; surface; shell; peak; Pṛṣṭha; flat roof; pṛṣṭha [word]; back; roof.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“overcome; cure; win; conquer; control; win; succeed; remove; beat; govern; surpass; suppress.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“give birth; be born; originate; impel; propel; grow.”