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 10.56.6
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
द्विधा॑ सू॒नवोऽसु॑रं स्व॒र्विद॒मास्था॑पयन्त तृ॒तीये॑न॒ कर्म॑णा । स्वां प्र॒जां पि॒तर॒: पित्र्यं॒ सह॒ आव॑रेष्वदधु॒स्तन्तु॒मात॑तम् ॥
द्विधा सूनवोऽसुरं स्वर्विदमास्थापयन्त तृतीयेन कर्मणा । स्वां प्रजां पितरः पित्र्यं सह आवरेष्वदधुस्तन्तुमाततम् ॥
dvidhā sūnavo 'suraṃ svarvidam āsthāpayanta tṛtīyena karmaṇā | svām prajām pitaraḥ pitryaṃ saha āvareṣv adadhus tantum ātatam ||
English translation:
“The sons (of Āditya, the Aṅgirasas), established by the third act of duty, the mighty, all-wise (sun) inhis two-fold (condition of rising and setting); our progenitors (having begotten) their own progeny, deposited inthe best (of them) the paternal strength, (making) an extended line (of progeny).”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
The third act of duty: there arehis duty to the gods; and the propagation of children, which is his duty to the Pitṛs. braṣṭvācaryeṇarṣibhyoyajñena devebhyaḥ pitṛbhyaḥ: Taittirīya Saṃhitā 6.3.10.5; prajā vai tantuḥ: Aitareya Brāhmaṇa 3.38
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vṛhaduktho vāmadevyaḥ [vṛhaduktha vāmadevya];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): viśvedevā:;
Chandas (meter): bhurigārcījagatī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
द्विधा॑ । सू॒नवः॑ । असु॑रम् । स्वः॒ऽविद॑म् । आ । अ॒स्था॒प॒य॒न्त॒ । तृ॒तीये॑न । कर्म॑णा । स्वाम् । प्र॒ऽजाम् । पि॒तरः॑ । पित्र्य॑म् । सहः॑ । आ । अव॑रेषु । अ॒द॒धुः॒ । तन्तु॑म् । आऽत॑तम् ॥
द्विधा । सूनवः । असुरम् । स्वःविदम् । आ । अस्थापयन्त । तृतीयेन । कर्मणा । स्वाम् । प्रजाम् । पितरः । पित्र्यम् । सहः । आ । अवरेषु । अदधुः । तन्तुम् । आततम् ॥
dvidhā | sūnavaḥ | asuram | svaḥ-vidam | ā | asthāpayanta | tṛtīyena | karmaṇā | svām | pra-jām | pitaraḥ | pitryam | sahaḥ | ā | avareṣu | adadhuḥ | tantum | ātatam
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 10.56.6 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“twofold; doubly.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“son; offspring.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“Asura; lord; asura [word]; sulfur.”
[noun], neuter
“sun; sky; sunlight.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“finding.”
[verb], plural, Imperfect
“āsthāpay.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter
“third; neuter; tṛtīya [word]; homosexual.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter
“action; saṃskāra; ritual; procedure; karman; treatment; object; function; production; job; operation; karman [word]; act; job; passive voice; activity; consequence; function; yajña; pañcakarman; cooking; occupation; profession; construction; duty; method; natural process; duty; therapy.”
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
“own(a); respective(a); akin(p); sva [word]; individual; present(a); independent.”
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
“people; offspring; being; national; man; prajā [word]; creature; child; descendants; population; race; animal.”
[noun], nominative, plural
“father; Pitṛ; ancestor; parent; paternal ancestor; pitṛ [word]; forefather.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“ancestral; paternal.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“force; strength; might; sahas [word]; conquest.”
[noun], locative, plural, masculine
“worst; avara [word]; lower; nearer; base; short; low; abject; later(a); worse; antecedent.”
[verb], plural, Imperfect
“put; give; cause; get; hold; make; provide; lend; wear; install; have; enter (a state); supply; hold; take; show.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“thread; fiber; lineage; cobweb; fibril; stalk.”
[verb noun], accusative, singular
“expand; prolong; chant; inflate.”