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 10.17.6

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

प्रप॑थे प॒थाम॑जनिष्ट पू॒षा प्रप॑थे दि॒वः प्रप॑थे पृथि॒व्याः । उ॒भे अ॒भि प्रि॒यत॑मे स॒धस्थे॒ आ च॒ परा॑ च चरति प्रजा॒नन् ॥
प्रपथे पथामजनिष्ट पूषा प्रपथे दिवः प्रपथे पृथिव्याः । उभे अभि प्रियतमे सधस्थे आ च परा च चरति प्रजानन् ॥
prapathe pathām ajaniṣṭa pūṣā prapathe divaḥ prapathe pṛthivyāḥ | ubhe abhi priyatame sadhasthe ā ca parā ca carati prajānan ||

English translation:

Pūṣan has been born on the best path of paths, on the best path of heaven on the best path ofearth, he goes forward and backward over both (worlds), the assemblies longed for by all, discriminating (themerits of the dead).”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

Pūṣan has been born: i.e., manifested in order to conduct men after death to theirdestination, according to their merits; he goes forward: i.e., favourably to the virtuous to show the fruit of goodowrks, backward, i.e., he walks adversely to the wicked; discriminating the merits: i.e., he walks adversely to thewicked

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): devaśravā yāmāyanaḥ [devaśravā yāmāyana];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): pūṣā ;
Chandas (meter): triṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

प्रऽप॑थे । प॒थाम् । अ॒ज॒नि॒ष्ट॒ । पू॒षा । प्रऽप॑थे । दि॒वः । प्रऽप॑थे । पृ॒थि॒व्याः । उ॒भे इति॑ । अ॒भि । प्रि॒यऽत॑मे । स॒धऽस्थे॑ । आ । च॒ । परा॑ । च॒ । च॒र॒ति॒ । प्र॒ऽजा॒नन् ॥
प्रपथे । पथाम् । अजनिष्ट । पूषा । प्रपथे । दिवः । प्रपथे । पृथिव्याः । उभे इति । अभि । प्रियतमे । सधस्थे । आ । च । परा । च । चरति । प्रजानन् ॥
pra-pathe | pathām | ajaniṣṭa | pūṣā | pra-pathe | divaḥ | pra-pathe | pṛthivyāḥ | ubhe iti | abhi | priya-tame | sadha-sthe | ā | ca | parā | ca | carati | pra-jānan

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 10.17.6 English analysis of grammar]

prapathe < prapatha

[noun], locative, singular, masculine

“journey; way.”

pathām < pathin

[noun], genitive, plural

“way; road; path [word]; journey; method.”

ajaniṣṭa < jan

[verb], singular, Athematic is aor. (Ind.)

“become; originate; be born; transform; happen; result; grow; beget; produce; create; conceive; separate; cause; give birth; grow; produce; generate; be; become; arise; come on.”

pūṣā < pūṣan

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“Pushan; pūṣan [word]; sun.”

prapathe < prapatha

[noun], locative, singular, masculine

“journey; way.”

divaḥ < div

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”

prapathe < prapatha

[noun], locative, singular, masculine

“journey; way.”

pṛthivyāḥ < pṛthivī

[noun], genitive, singular, feminine

“Earth; pṛthivī; floor; Earth; earth; pṛthivī [word]; land.”

ubhe < ubh

[noun], accusative, dual, neuter

“both(a).”

abhi

[adverb]

“towards; on.”

priyatame < priyatama

[noun], accusative, dual, neuter

“beloved; dearest.”

sadhasthe < sadhastha

[noun], accusative, dual, neuter

“dwelling; location; home.”

ā

[adverb]

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

ca

[adverb]

“and; besides; then; now; even.”

parā

[adverb]

“away.”

ca

[adverb]

“and; besides; then; now; even.”

carati < car

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“car; wander; perform; travel; bore; produce; make; dwell; dig; act; observe; enter (a state); observe; cause; crop; behave; practice; heed; process; administer.”

prajānan < prajñā < √jñā

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“know; perceive; understand; detect.”

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