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 7.6.5
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
यो दे॒ह्यो॒३॒॑ अन॑मयद्वध॒स्नैर्यो अ॒र्यप॑त्नीरु॒षस॑श्च॒कार॑ । स नि॒रुध्या॒ नहु॑षो य॒ह्वो अ॒ग्निर्विश॑श्चक्रे बलि॒हृत॒: सहो॑भिः ॥
यो देह्यो अनमयद्वधस्नैर्यो अर्यपत्नीरुषसश्चकार । स निरुध्या नहुषो यह्वो अग्निर्विशश्चक्रे बलिहृतः सहोभिः ॥
yo dehyo anamayad vadhasnair yo aryapatnīr uṣasaś cakāra | sa nirudhyā nahuṣo yahvo agnir viśaś cakre balihṛtaḥ sahobhiḥ ||
English translation:
“The mighty Agni, who by his fatal (weapons) has baffled the devices (of the asuras), who has createdthe lawns, the birds of the sun, having coerced the people by his strength, has made them the tributaries ofNahuṣa.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Baffled: dehyo anamayat, has bowed or hukbled; dehyaḥ dehairūpacita, connected with, or collectedbodies; āsurī vidyā, the learning or science of the asuras
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vasiṣṭhaḥ [vasiṣṭha];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): vaiśvānaraḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
यः । दे॒ह्यः॑ । अन॑मयत् । व॒ध॒ऽस्नैः । यः । अ॒र्यऽप॑त्नीः । उ॒षसः॑ । च॒कार॑ । सः । नि॒ऽरुध्य॑ । नहु॑षः । य॒ह्वः । अ॒ग्निः । विशः॑ । च॒क्रे॒ । ब॒लि॒ऽहृतः॑ । सहः॑ऽभिः ॥
यः । देह्यः । अनमयत् । वधस्नैः । यः । अर्यपत्नीः । उषसः । चकार । सः । निरुध्य । नहुषः । यह्वः । अग्निः । विशः । चक्रे । बलिहृतः । सहःभिः ॥
yaḥ | dehyaḥ | anamayat | vadha-snaiḥ | yaḥ | arya-patnīḥ | uṣasaḥ | cakāra | saḥ | ni-rudhya | nahuṣaḥ | yahvaḥ | agniḥ | viśaḥ | cakre | bali-hṛtaḥ | sahaḥ-bhiḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 7.6.5 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
“wall; rampart.”
[verb], singular, Imperfect
“bend.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine
“weapon.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun]
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
“wife; mistress; queen.”
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
“Ushas; dawn; uṣas [word]; morning.”
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
“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], nominative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[verb noun]
“close; insert; seal; obstruct; fill into; enclose; put; stop; suppress; puṭ; banish; impede; envelop; capture.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“youngest; youthful; active.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
“people; tribe; Vaisya; national; viś; real property; Vaisya.”
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
“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], masculine
“sulfur; bali; Bali; tribute; tax; bali [word]; Bali.”
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
“curative; removing; destructive; seizing; carrying away; bringing.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, neuter
“force; strength; might; sahas [word]; conquest.”