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 7.76.6

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

प्रति॑ त्वा॒ स्तोमै॑रीळते॒ वसि॑ष्ठा उष॒र्बुध॑: सुभगे तुष्टु॒वांस॑: । गवां॑ ने॒त्री वाज॑पत्नी न उ॒च्छोष॑: सुजाते प्रथ॒मा ज॑रस्व ॥
प्रति त्वा स्तोमैरीळते वसिष्ठा उषर्बुधः सुभगे तुष्टुवांसः । गवां नेत्री वाजपत्नी न उच्छोषः सुजाते प्रथमा जरस्व ॥
prati tvā stomair īḻate vasiṣṭhā uṣarbudhaḥ subhage tuṣṭuvāṃsaḥ | gavāṃ netrī vājapatnī na ucchoṣaḥ sujāte prathamā jarasva ||

English translation:

“Auspicious Uṣas, the Vasiṣṭhas, waking at dawn; and praising you, glorify you, glorify you with hymns;Uṣas, who are the conductress of the cattle (to pasture), the bestower of food, dawn upon us; shine, well-bornUṣas, the first (of the gods).”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

प्रति॑ । त्वा॒ । स्तोमैः॑ । ई॒ळ॒ते॒ । वसि॑ष्ठाः । उ॒षः॒ऽबुधः॑ । सु॒ऽभ॒गे॒ । तु॒स्तु॒ऽवांसः॑ । गवा॑म् । ने॒त्री । वाज॑ऽपत्नी । नः॒ । उ॒च्छ॒ । उषः॑ । सु॒ऽजा॒ते॒ । प्र॒थ॒मा । ज॒र॒स्व॒ ॥
प्रति । त्वा । स्तोमैः । ईळते । वसिष्ठाः । उषःबुधः । सुभगे । तुस्तुवांसः । गवाम् । नेत्री । वाजपत्नी । नः । उच्छ । उषः । सुजाते । प्रथमा । जरस्व ॥
prati | tvā | stomaiḥ | īḷate | vasiṣṭhāḥ | uṣaḥ-budhaḥ | su-bhage | tustu-vāṃsaḥ | gavām | netrī | vāja-patnī | naḥ | uccha | uṣaḥ | su-jāte | prathamā | jarasva

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 7.76.6 English analysis of grammar]

prati

[adverb]

“towards; per; regarding; respectively; according to; until.”

tvā < tvad

[noun], accusative, singular

“you.”

stomair < stomaiḥ < stoma

[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine

“hymn; Stoma; stoma [word].”

īᄆate < īḍate < īḍ

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“praise; invite; raise.”

vasiṣṭhā < vasiṣṭhāḥ < vasiṣṭha

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“Vasiṣṭha; vasiṣṭha [word].”

uṣarbudhaḥ < uṣarbudh

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“early rising.”

subhage < subhaga

[noun], vocative, singular, feminine

“beautiful; auspicious; beloved; fine-looking; fortunate; subhaga [word]; charming; pleasing; lucky.”

tuṣṭuvāṃsaḥ < stu

[verb noun], nominative, plural

“laud; praise; declare; stu.”

gavāṃ < gavām < go

[noun], genitive, plural, masculine

“cow; cattle; go [word]; Earth; bull; floor; milk; beam; sunbeam; leather; hide; horn; language; bowstring; earth; ox; Svarga.”

netrī

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“leader; river.”

vājapatnī < vāja

[noun], masculine

“prize; Vāja; reward; reward; Ribhus; vigor; strength; contest.”

vājapatnī < patnī

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“wife; mistress; queen.”

na < naḥ < mad

[noun], dative, plural

“I; mine.”

ucchoṣaḥ < uccha < vas

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“dawn; shine.”

ucchoṣaḥ < uṣaḥ < uṣas

[noun], vocative, singular, feminine

“Ushas; dawn; uṣas [word]; morning.”

sujāte < sujāta

[noun], vocative, singular, feminine

“noble; beautiful.”

prathamā < prathama

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“first; prathama [word]; third; young; chief(a); best; antecedent.”

jarasva < jṛ

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“jṛ; digest; age; cook; boil down; decay; decay; ripen.”

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