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 7.6.6

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

यस्य॒ शर्म॒न्नुप॒ विश्वे॒ जना॑स॒ एवै॑स्त॒स्थुः सु॑म॒तिं भिक्ष॑माणाः । वै॒श्वा॒न॒रो वर॒मा रोद॑स्यो॒राग्निः स॑साद पि॒त्रोरु॒पस्थ॑म् ॥
यस्य शर्मन्नुप विश्वे जनास एवैस्तस्थुः सुमतिं भिक्षमाणाः । वैश्वानरो वरमा रोदस्योराग्निः ससाद पित्रोरुपस्थम् ॥
yasya śarmann upa viśve janāsa evais tasthuḥ sumatim bhikṣamāṇāḥ | vaiśvānaro varam ā rodasyor āgniḥ sasāda pitror upastham ||

English translation:

Agni Vaiśvānara, whom all men approach with pious offerings, soliciting his favour for the sake of(obtaining felicity), has come to the excellent station (intermediate) between his parents, heaven and earth.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vasiṣṭhaḥ [vasiṣṭha];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): vaiśvānaraḥ ;
Chandas (meter): virāṭtrisṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

यस्य॑ । श॒र्म॒न् । उप॑ । विश्वे॑ । जना॑सः । एवैः॑ । त॒स्थुः । सु॒ऽम॒तिम् । भिक्ष॑माणाः । वै॒श्वा॒न॒रः । वर॑म् । आ । रोद॑स्योः । आ । अ॒ग्निः । स॒सा॒द॒ । पि॒त्रोः । उ॒पऽस्थ॑म् ॥
यस्य । शर्मन् । उप । विश्वे । जनासः । एवैः । तस्थुः । सुमतिम् । भिक्षमाणाः । वैश्वानरः । वरम् । आ । रोदस्योः । आ । अग्निः । ससाद । पित्रोः । उपस्थम् ॥
yasya | śarman | upa | viśve | janāsaḥ | evaiḥ | tasthuḥ | su-matim | bhikṣamāṇāḥ | vaiśvānaraḥ | varam | ā | rodasyoḥ | ā | agniḥ | sasāda | pitroḥ | upa-stham

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 7.6.6 English analysis of grammar]

yasya < yad

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

śarmann < śarman

[noun], locative, singular, neuter

“protection; protective covering; refuge; joy.”

upa

[adverb]

“towards; on; next.”

viśve < viśva

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”

janāsa < janāsaḥ < jana

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“people; national; man; relative; jan; Janaloka; person; jana [word]; man; attendant; Jana; foreigner; inhabitant; group.”

evais < evaiḥ < eva

[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine

“eva [word]; habit; manner; behavior; custom.”

tasthuḥ < sthā

[verb], plural, Perfect indicative

“stay; stand; situate; exist; [in]; resist; endure; put; soak; be; stop; adhere; get stale; concentrate; grow; trust; wake; consociate; last; dwell; lie; stand; stop.”

sumatim < sumati

[noun], accusative, singular, feminine

“benevolence; favor; Sumati.”

bhikṣamāṇāḥ < bhikṣ < √bhaj

[verb noun], nominative, plural

“beg; beg.”

vaiśvānaro < vaiśvānaraḥ < vaiśvānara

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“Agni; fire; Vaiśvānara; Vaiśvānara; sacrificial fire; sun.”

varam < vara

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“gift; favor; wish; privilege; varac; wages.”

ā

[adverb]

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

rodasyor < rodasyoḥ < rodasī

[noun], genitive, dual, feminine

“heaven and earth; Earth.”

āgniḥ < agniḥ < agni

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”

sasāda < sad

[verb], singular, Perfect indicative

“sit down; break down; slow; sink; crumble; fracture; perish; ride; stop; besiege; tire.”

pitror < pitroḥ < pitṛ

[noun], genitive, dual, masculine

“father; Pitṛ; ancestor; parent; paternal ancestor; pitṛ [word]; forefather.”

upastham < upastha

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“genitalia; lap; sexual desire; anus.”

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