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 10.6.6

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

सं यस्मि॒न्विश्वा॒ वसू॑नि ज॒ग्मुर्वाजे॒ नाश्वा॒: सप्ती॑वन्त॒ एवै॑: । अ॒स्मे ऊ॒तीरिन्द्र॑वाततमा अर्वाची॒ना अ॑ग्न॒ आ कृ॑णुष्व ॥
सं यस्मिन्विश्वा वसूनि जग्मुर्वाजे नाश्वाः सप्तीवन्त एवैः । अस्मे ऊतीरिन्द्रवाततमा अर्वाचीना अग्न आ कृणुष्व ॥
saṃ yasmin viśvā vasūni jagmur vāje nāśvāḥ saptīvanta evaiḥ | asme ūtīr indravātatamā arvācīnā agna ā kṛṇuṣva ||

English translation:

“O Agni, in whom all treasures are brought together as fleet horses are brought together in battle;bestow upon us protections even more effective than those of Indra.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): tritaḥ [trita];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): paṅktiḥ ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

सम् । यस्मि॑न् । विश्वा॑ । वसू॑नि । ज॒ग्मुः । वाजे॑ । न । अश्वाः॑ । सप्ति॑ऽवन्तः । एवैः॑ । अ॒स्मे इति॑ । ऊ॒तीः । इन्द्र॑वातऽतमाः । अ॒र्वा॒ची॒नाः । अ॒ग्ने॒ । आ । कृ॒णु॒ष्व॒ ॥
सम् । यस्मिन् । विश्वा । वसूनि । जग्मुः । वाजे । न । अश्वाः । सप्तिवन्तः । एवैः । अस्मे इति । ऊतीः । इन्द्रवाततमाः । अर्वाचीनाः । अग्ने । आ । कृणुष्व ॥
sam | yasmin | viśvā | vasūni | jagmuḥ | vāje | na | aśvāḥ | sapti-vantaḥ | evaiḥ | asme iti | ūtīḥ | indravāta-tamāḥ | arvācīnāḥ | agne | ā | kṛṇuṣva

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 10.6.6 English analysis of grammar]

saṃ < sam

[adverb]

“sam; together; together; saṃ.”

yasmin < yad

[noun], locative, singular, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

viśvā < viśva

[noun], nominative, plural, neuter

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

vasūni < vasu

[noun], nominative, plural, neuter

“wealth; property; gold; vasu [word]; ruby; treasure; jewel.”

jagmur < jagmuḥ < gam

[verb], plural, Perfect indicative

“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.”

vāje < vāja

[noun], locative, singular, masculine

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

nāśvāḥ < na

[adverb]

“not; like; no; na [word].”

nāśvāḥ < aśvāḥ < aśva

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“horse; aśva [word]; Aśva; stallion.”

saptīvanta < saptīvantaḥ < saptīvat

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

evaiḥ < eva

[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine

“eva [word]; habit; manner; behavior; custom.”

asme < mad

[noun], locative, plural

“I; mine.”

ūtīr < ūtīḥ < ūti

[noun], accusative, plural, feminine

“aid; favor; ūti [word].”

indravātatamā < indra

[noun], masculine

“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”

indravātatamā < vātatamāḥ < vātatama

[noun], accusative, plural, feminine

“coveted.”

arvācīnā < arvācīnāḥ < arvācīna

[noun], accusative, plural, feminine

“favorable; backward; inclined(p).”

agna < agne < agni

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”

ā

[adverb]

“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”

kṛṇuṣva < kṛ

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“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.”

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