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 10.58.6

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

यत्ते॒ मरी॑चीः प्र॒वतो॒ मनो॑ ज॒गाम॑ दूर॒कम् । तत्त॒ आ व॑र्तयामसी॒ह क्षया॑य जी॒वसे॑ ॥
यत्ते मरीचीः प्रवतो मनो जगाम दूरकम् । तत्त आ वर्तयामसीह क्षयाय जीवसे ॥
yat te marīcīḥ pravato mano jagāma dūrakam | tat ta ā vartayāmasīha kṣayāya jīvase ||

English translation:

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): bandhvādayo gaupāyanāḥ [bandhvādaya gaupāyanāḥ];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): mana āvarttanam ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdanuṣṭup;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

यत् । ते॒ । मरी॑चीः । प्र॒ऽवतः॑ । मनः॑ । ज॒गाम॑ । दूर॒कम् । तत् । ते॒ । आ । व॒र्त॒या॒म॒सि॒ । इ॒ह । क्षया॑य । जी॒वसे॑ ॥
यत् । ते । मरीचीः । प्रवतः । मनः । जगाम । दूरकम् । तत् । ते । आ । वर्तयामसि । इह । क्षयाय । जीवसे ॥
yat | te | marīcīḥ | pra-vataḥ | manaḥ | jagāma | dūrakam | tat | te | ā | vartayāmasi | iha | kṣayāya | jīvase

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 10.58.6 English analysis of grammar]

yat

[adverb]

“once [when]; because; that; if; how.”

te < tvad

[noun], genitive, singular

“you.”

marīcīḥ < marīci

[noun], accusative, plural, feminine

“beam.”

pravato < pravataḥ < pravat

[noun], accusative, plural, feminine

“slope; river.”

mano < manaḥ < manas

[noun], nominative, singular, neuter

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

jagāma < gam

[verb], singular, 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.”

dūrakam

[adverb]

tat < tad

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”

ta < te < tvad

[noun], dative, singular

“you.”

ā

[adverb]

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

vartayāmasīha < vartayāmasi < vartay < √vṛt

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“pound; tell; exist; bring; spill; mix; survive; melt; roll; explain; perform; turn; chop; sustain; spend; roll up; produce.”

vartayāmasīha < iha

[adverb]

“here; now; in this world; now; below; there; here; just.”

kṣayāya < kṣaya

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

“dwelling; house; kṣaya [word]; home; family.”

jīvase < jīv

[verb noun]

“survive; be; exist; live on; dwell.”

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