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 10.57.6

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

व॒यं सो॑म व्र॒ते तव॒ मन॑स्त॒नूषु॒ बिभ्र॑तः । प्र॒जाव॑न्तः सचेमहि ॥
वयं सोम व्रते तव मनस्तनूषु बिभ्रतः । प्रजावन्तः सचेमहि ॥
vayaṃ soma vrate tava manas tanūṣu bibhrataḥ | prajāvantaḥ sacemahi ||

English translation:

Soma, fixing our minds, on your worship and its details, may we, blessed with progeny, obtain (theaggreagate of the functions of life)”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

Yajus. 3.56: Soma is especially the deity at sacrifices to the pitṛs

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): bandhuḥ subandhuḥ śrutabandhurviprabandhuśca gaupayānā laupayānā vā;
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): viśvedevā:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

व॒यम् । सो॒म॒ । व्र॒ते । तव॑ । मनः॑ । त॒नूषु॑ । बिभ्र॑तः । प्र॒जाऽव॑न्तः । स॒चे॒म॒हि॒ ॥
वयम् । सोम । व्रते । तव । मनः । तनूषु । बिभ्रतः । प्रजावन्तः । सचेमहि ॥
vayam | soma | vrate | tava | manaḥ | tanūṣu | bibhrataḥ | prajāvantaḥ | sacemahi

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 10.57.6 English analysis of grammar]

vayaṃ < vayam < mad

[noun], nominative, plural

“I; mine.”

soma

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”

vrate < vrata

[noun], locative, singular, neuter

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

tava < tvad

[noun], genitive, singular

“you.”

manas < manaḥ < manas

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“mind; Manas; purpose; idea; attention; heart; decision; manas [word]; manas [indecl.]; spirit; temper; intelligence.”

tanūṣu < tanū

[noun], locative, plural, feminine

“body; self; own(a); person; form.”

bibhrataḥ < bhṛ

[verb noun], nominative, plural

“bring; hold; fill; support; wear; possess; carry; nourish; keep; hire; have; satiate; follow; bear.”

prajāvantaḥ < prajāvat

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“prolific.”

sacemahi < sac

[verb], plural, Present optative

“accompany; follow; company; obey; participate; enter.”

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