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 7.71.6

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

इ॒यं म॑नी॒षा इ॒यम॑श्विना॒ गीरि॒मां सु॑वृ॒क्तिं वृ॑षणा जुषेथाम् । इ॒मा ब्रह्मा॑णि युव॒यून्य॑ग्मन्यू॒यं पा॑त स्व॒स्तिभि॒: सदा॑ नः ॥
इयं मनीषा इयमश्विना गीरिमां सुवृक्तिं वृषणा जुषेथाम् । इमा ब्रह्माणि युवयून्यग्मन्यूयं पात स्वस्तिभिः सदा नः ॥
iyam manīṣā iyam aśvinā gīr imāṃ suvṛktiṃ vṛṣaṇā juṣethām | imā brahmāṇi yuvayūny agman yūyam pāta svastibhiḥ sadā naḥ ||

English translation:

“This adoration, Aśvins, this praise (is for you), be gratified, showerer (of benefits), by this laudation;may these eulogies, addressed to you, reach you; and do you ever cherish us with blessings.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

इ॒यम् । म॒नी॒षा । इ॒यम् । अ॒श्वि॒ना॒ । गीः । इ॒माम् । सु॒ऽवृ॒क्तिम् । वृ॒ष॒णा॒ । जु॒षे॒था॒म् । इ॒मा । ब्रह्मा॑णि । यु॒व॒ऽयूनि॑ । अ॒ग्म॒न् । यू॒यम् । पा॒त॒ । स्व॒स्तिऽभिः॑ । सदा॑ । नः॒ ॥
इयम् । मनीषा । इयम् । अश्विना । गीः । इमाम् । सुवृक्तिम् । वृषणा । जुषेथाम् । इमा । ब्रह्माणि । युवयूनि । अग्मन् । यूयम् । पात । स्वस्तिभिः । सदा । नः ॥
iyam | manīṣā | iyam | aśvinā | gīḥ | imām | su-vṛktim | vṛṣaṇā | juṣethām | imā | brahmāṇi | yuva-yūni | agman | yūyam | pāta | svasti-bhiḥ | sadā | naḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 7.71.6 English analysis of grammar]

iyam < idam

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”

manīṣā

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“hymn; inspiration; idea; thinking; wish; consideration; intelligence.”

iyam < idam

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”

aśvinā < aśvin

[noun], vocative, dual, masculine

“Asvins; two.”

gīr < gīḥ < gir

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“hymn; praise; voice; words; invocation; command; statement; cry; language.”

imāṃ < imām < idam

[noun], accusative, singular, feminine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”

suvṛktiṃ < suvṛktim < suvṛkti

[noun], accusative, singular, feminine

“praise.”

vṛṣaṇā < vṛṣan

[noun], vocative, dual, masculine

“bull; Indra; stallion; Vṛṣan; man.”

juṣethām < juṣ

[verb], dual, Present imperative

“enjoy; endow; possess; frequent; accompany; induce; consume; approve; affect; attend; befit; blend; contract.”

imā < idam

[noun], nominative, plural, neuter

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”

brahmāṇi < brahman

[noun], nominative, plural, neuter

“brahman; mantra; prayer; spell; Veda; Brahmin; sacred text; final emancipation; hymn; brahman [word]; Brāhmaṇa; study.”

yuvayūny < yuvayūni < yuvayu

[noun], nominative, plural, neuter

agman < gam

[verb], plural, Root aorist (Ind.)

“go; situate; enter (a state); travel; disappear; [in]; elapse; leave; reach; vanish; love; walk; approach; issue; hop on; gasify; get; come; die; drain; spread; transform; happen; discharge; ride; to be located; run; detect; refer; go; shall; drive.”

yūyam < tvad

[noun], nominative, plural

“you.”

pāta <

[verb], plural, Present imperative

“protect; govern.”

svastibhiḥ < svasti

[noun], instrumental, plural, feminine

“prosperity; well-being; fortune; benediction; svasti [word]; well; luck.”

sadā

[adverb]

“always; continually; always; perpetually.”

naḥ < mad

[noun], accusative, plural

“I; mine.”

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