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 7.86.5
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अव॑ द्रु॒ग्धानि॒ पित्र्या॑ सृजा॒ नोऽव॒ या व॒यं च॑कृ॒मा त॒नूभि॑: । अव॑ राजन्पशु॒तृपं॒ न ता॒युं सृ॒जा व॒त्सं न दाम्नो॒ वसि॑ष्ठम् ॥
अव द्रुग्धानि पित्र्या सृजा नोऽव या वयं चकृमा तनूभिः । अव राजन्पशुतृपं न तायुं सृजा वत्सं न दाम्नो वसिष्ठम् ॥
ava drugdhāni pitryā sṛjā no 'va yā vayaṃ cakṛmā tanūbhiḥ | ava rājan paśutṛpaṃ na tāyuṃ sṛjā vatsaṃ na dāmno vasiṣṭham ||
English translation:
“Relax (the bonds) imosed by all the ill deeds of our fore-fathers, and those incurred (by the sins) whichwe have committed in our person ns; liberate, royal Varuṇa, like a calf from its tether, Vasiṣṭha like a thiefnourishing the animal (he has stolen).”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Like a calf: there are two comparisons: liberate Vasiṣṭha (i.e., me) like asa thief (is liberated), who (having performed his penance for the theft he has committed, at its termination) feedsthe animals (with food), and (i.e., or) like a calf from its tether: paśutṛpam na tāyum stainyaprāyaścittamkṛtvāvasāne ghāsādibhiḥ paśūnām tarpayitāram stena iva damno rajjoḥ vatsam na vatsam iva cavasiṣṭham mām bandhakāt pāpāt avasṛja vimuñca
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vasiṣṭhaḥ [vasiṣṭha];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): varuṇaḥ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अव॑ । द्रु॒ग्धानि॑ । पित्र्या॑ । सृ॒ज॒ । नः॒ । अव॑ । या । व॒यम् । च॒कृ॒म । त॒नूभिः॑ । अव॑ । रा॒ज॒न् । प॒शु॒ऽतृप॑म् । न । ता॒युम् । सृ॒ज । व॒त्सम् । न । दाम्नः॑ । वसि॑ष्ठम् ॥
अव । द्रुग्धानि । पित्र्या । सृज । नः । अव । या । वयम् । चकृम । तनूभिः । अव । राजन् । पशुतृपम् । न । तायुम् । सृज । वत्सम् । न । दाम्नः । वसिष्ठम् ॥
ava | drugdhāni | pitryā | sṛja | naḥ | ava | yā | vayam | cakṛma | tanūbhiḥ | ava | rājan | paśu-tṛpam | na | tāyum | sṛja | vatsam | na | dāmnaḥ | vasiṣṭham
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 7.86.5 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“down.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“malice; misbehavior.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“ancestral; paternal.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“create; shoot; discharge; free; cause; throw; emit; send; produce; use; be born; make.”
[noun], dative, plural
“I; mine.”
[adverb]
“down.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], nominative, plural
“I; mine.”
[verb], plural, 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], instrumental, plural, feminine
“body; self; own(a); person; form.”
[adverb]
“down.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“king; Kshatriya; rājan [word]; best; rājāvarta; Yakṣa.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“thief.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“create; shoot; discharge; free; cause; throw; emit; send; produce; use; be born; make.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“calf; child; Vatsa; vatsa [word]; juvenile; Vatsa; Vatsa; Vatsa; son; male child.”
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[noun], ablative, singular, masculine
“wreath; dāman; dāman [word]; shackle; girdle; fetter.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“Vasiṣṭha; vasiṣṭha [word].”