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 7.61.2
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
प्र वां॒ स मि॑त्रावरुणावृ॒तावा॒ विप्रो॒ मन्मा॑नि दीर्घ॒श्रुदि॑यर्ति । यस्य॒ ब्रह्मा॑णि सुक्रतू॒ अवा॑थ॒ आ यत्क्रत्वा॒ न श॒रद॑: पृ॒णैथे॑ ॥
प्र वां स मित्रावरुणावृतावा विप्रो मन्मानि दीर्घश्रुदियर्ति । यस्य ब्रह्माणि सुक्रतू अवाथ आ यत्क्रत्वा न शरदः पृणैथे ॥
pra vāṃ sa mitrāvaruṇāv ṛtāvā vipro manmāni dīrghaśrud iyarti | yasya brahmāṇi sukratū avātha ā yat kratvā na śaradaḥ pṛṇaithe ||
English translation:
“The sage, the solemnizer of sacrifice, the ancient hearer (of holy prayer), earnestly repeats, Mitra andVaruṇa, your praises; he whose prayers, doers of good deeds, you favour, whose acts (of worship) yourecompense not for years.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
The ancient hearer: dīrghaśrut = cirakālam śrotā, a hearer for a long time, anepithet of Vasiṣ.ha; you recompense not: ā yatkratvā na śaradaḥ pṛnaithe = yat karma bahūnsam;vatsarān apūrayethe, whose act you fill or fulfil many years;
Na = and, also, negative not; the merit of theworship is so great that it cannot be adequately rewarded except after a long period
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vasiṣṭhaḥ [vasiṣṭha];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): mitrāvaruṇau ;
Chandas (meter): triṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
प्र । वा॒म् । सः । मि॒त्रा॒व॒रु॒णौ॒ । ऋ॒तऽवा॑ । विप्रः॑ । मन्मा॑नि । दी॒र्घ॒ऽश्रुत् । इ॒य॒र्ति॒ । यस्य॑ । ब्रह्मा॑णि । सु॒क्र॒तू॒ इति॑ सुऽक्रतू । अवा॑थः । आ । यत् । क्रत्वा॑ । न । श॒रदः॑ । पृ॒णैथे॑ ॥
प्र । वाम् । सः । मित्रावरुणौ । ऋतवा । विप्रः । मन्मानि । दीर्घश्रुत् । इयर्ति । यस्य । ब्रह्माणि । सुक्रतू इति सुक्रतू । अवाथः । आ । यत् । क्रत्वा । न । शरदः । पृणैथे ॥
pra | vām | saḥ | mitrāvaruṇau | ṛta-vā | vipraḥ | manmāni | dīrgha-śrut | iyarti | yasya | brahmāṇi | sukratūitisu-kratū | avāthaḥ | ā | yat | kratvā | na | śaradaḥ | pṛṇaithe
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 7.61.2 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“towards; ahead.”
[noun], accusative, dual
“you.”
[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.”
[noun], vocative, dual, masculine
“Varuna; Mitra.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“law-abiding; faithful; righteous.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Brahmin; poet; singer; priest; guru; Vipra.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“hymn; idea; purpose.”
[noun]
“long; long; long; large; far; deep; dīrgha [word].”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“listening.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“enter (a state); travel; shoot; send; hit; originate; get; raise; begin; harm.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“brahman; mantra; prayer; spell; Veda; Brahmin; sacred text; final emancipation; hymn; brahman [word]; Brāhmaṇa; study.”
[adverb]
“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”
[noun], nominative, dual, masculine
“yajña; decision; plan; deliberation; intelligence; Kratu; will; kratu [word]; desire; resoluteness; ritual.”
[verb], plural, Present conjunctive (subjunctive)
“support; help; prefer; prefer; like.”
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[adverb]
“once [when]; because; that; if; how.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine
“yajña; decision; plan; deliberation; intelligence; Kratu; will; kratu [word]; desire; resoluteness; ritual.”
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
“fall; year; śarad [word].”
[verb], dual, Present conjunctive (subjunctive)
“satisfy.”