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 9.35.6

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

विश्वो॒ यस्य॑ व्र॒ते जनो॑ दा॒धार॒ धर्म॑ण॒स्पते॑: । पु॒ना॒नस्य॑ प्र॒भूव॑सोः ॥
विश्वो यस्य व्रते जनो दाधार धर्मणस्पतेः । पुनानस्य प्रभूवसोः ॥
viśvo yasya vrate jano dādhāra dharmaṇas pateḥ | punānasya prabhūvasoḥ ||

English translation:

“On the worship of whom all men fix their thoughts-- the lord of pious acts, the purified, the possessor of abundant wealth.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): prabhuvasuḥ;
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): pavamānaḥ somaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

विश्वः॑ । यस्य॑ । व्र॒ते । जनः॑ । दा॒धार॑ । धर्म॑णः । पतेः॑ । पु॒ना॒नस्य॑ । प्र॒भुऽव॑सोः ॥
विश्वः । यस्य । व्रते । जनः । दाधार । धर्मणः । पतेः । पुनानस्य । प्रभुवसोः ॥
viśvaḥ | yasya | vrate | janaḥ | dādhāra | dharmaṇaḥ | pateḥ | punānasya | prabhu-vasoḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 9.35.6 English analysis of grammar]

viśvo < viśvaḥ < viśva

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

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

yasya < yad

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

vrate < vrata

[noun], locative, singular, neuter

“vrata (vote); commandment; law; oath; command; rule; custom; vrata [word]; rule; behavior.”

jano < janaḥ < jana

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

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

dādhāra < dhṛ

[verb], singular, Perfect indicative

“keep; put; hold; assume; wear; take; promise; stay; exist; hold; begin; dip.”

dharmaṇas < dharmaṇaḥ < dharman

[noun], genitive, singular, neuter

“regulation; Dharma; law; property.”

pateḥ < pati

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“husband; overlord; king; deity; īśvara; ruler; pati [word]; commanding officer; leader; owner; mayor; lord.”

punānasya <

[verb noun], genitive, singular

“purify; filter; blow; purify; purge; sift.”

prabhūvasoḥ < prabhūvasu

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

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