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 10.44.6
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
पृथ॒क्प्राय॑न्प्रथ॒मा दे॒वहू॑त॒योऽकृ॑ण्वत श्रव॒स्या॑नि दु॒ष्टरा॑ । न ये शे॒कुर्य॒ज्ञियां॒ नाव॑मा॒रुह॑मी॒र्मैव ते न्य॑विशन्त॒ केप॑यः ॥
पृथक्प्रायन्प्रथमा देवहूतयोऽकृण्वत श्रवस्यानि दुष्टरा । न ये शेकुर्यज्ञियां नावमारुहमीर्मैव ते न्यविशन्त केपयः ॥
pṛthak prāyan prathamā devahūtayo 'kṛṇvata śravasyāni duṣṭarā | na ye śekur yajñiyāṃ nāvam āruham īrmaiva te ny aviśanta kepayaḥ ||
English translation:
“They go separately (to the worlds of the gods); first those who offer oblations to the gods haveattained reputation difficult to surpass; those who have not been able to ascend the ship of sacrifice, have gonedown (in the world), wretches (plural nged) in debt.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
So, Yāska, 5.25]. with those) who before (death) are near unto liberality, among whom precious gifts (to the gods) are numerouṣ[The ignorant: i.e., neglecting to sacrifice, the rest of the line means that though they have the power, they do notsacrifice; are near unto liberality: up0are = yajvānaḥ, the sacrifice
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): kṛṣṇaḥ [kṛṣṇa];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): pādanicṛjjgatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
पृथ॑क् । प्र । आ॒य॒न् । प्र॒थ॒माः । दे॒वऽहू॑तयः । अकृ॑ण्वत । श्र॒व॒स्या॑नि । दु॒स्तरा॑ । न । ये । शे॒कुः । य॒ज्ञिया॑म् । नाव॑म् । आ॒ऽरुह॑म् । ई॒र्मा । ए॒व । ते । नि । अ॒वि॒श॒न्त॒ । केप॑यः ॥
पृथक् । प्र । आयन् । प्रथमाः । देवहूतयः । अकृण्वत । श्रवस्यानि । दुस्तरा । न । ये । शेकुः । यज्ञियाम् । नावम् । आरुहम् । ईर्मा । एव । ते । नि । अविशन्त । केपयः ॥
pṛthak | pra | āyan | prathamāḥ | deva-hūtayaḥ | akṛṇvata | śravasyāni | dustarā | na | ye | śekuḥ | yajñiyām | nāvam | āruham | īrmā | eva | te | ni | aviśanta | kepayaḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 10.44.6 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“individually; apart; each; by the piece; independently; pṛthak [word].”
[verb], plural, Imperfect
“die; proceed; advance; continue; begin; depart.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“first; prathama [word]; third; young; chief(a); best; antecedent.”
[noun], masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“invocation.”
[verb], plural, Imperfect
“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], accusative, plural, neuter
“fame; deed.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“incomparable; irresistible; unbearable; unconquerable.”
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[verb], plural, Perfect indicative
“can; invigorate.”
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
“sacrificial; divine; devoted.”
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
“ship; boat; nau [word].”
[verb noun]
“board; hop on; climb; ascend; descend; ride; copulate; grow.”
[adverb]
[adverb]
“indeed; merely; thus; even; surely; same; eva [word]; successively; immediately; in truth.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[adverb]
“back; down.”
[verb], plural, Imperfect
“enter; penetrate; settle; settle.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“quaking.”