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 10.65.6

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

या गौर्व॑र्त॒निं प॒र्येति॑ निष्कृ॒तं पयो॒ दुहा॑ना व्रत॒नीर॑वा॒रत॑: । सा प्र॑ब्रुवा॒णा वरु॑णाय दा॒शुषे॑ दे॒वेभ्यो॑ दाशद्ध॒विषा॑ वि॒वस्व॑ते ॥
या गौर्वर्तनिं पर्येति निष्कृतं पयो दुहाना व्रतनीरवारतः । सा प्रब्रुवाणा वरुणाय दाशुषे देवेभ्यो दाशद्धविषा विवस्वते ॥
yā gaur vartanim paryeti niṣkṛtam payo duhānā vratanīr avārataḥ | sā prabruvāṇā varuṇāya dāśuṣe devebhyo dāśad dhaviṣā vivasvate ||

English translation:

“May that cow, the leader of the rite, which yielding her milk proceeds uncalled to the consecratedplace (of sacrifice), may she, propitiated by me, yield her milk to (me), the offerer of oblations to liberal Varuṇaand the (other) gods.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

Milk: of strength, gauḥ = thunder, mādhyamikā vāk; cf. RV 8.100.11; offer of oblations:vivasvati = madhyam devān paricarate;

Dāśuṣe = an epithet of Varuṇa

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vasukarṇo vāsukraḥ [vasukarṇa vāsukra];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): viśvedevā:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛjjagatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

या । गौः । व॒र्त॒निम् । प॒रि॒ऽएति॑ । निः॒ऽकृ॒तम् । पयः॑ । दुहा॑ना । व्र॒त॒ऽनीः । अ॒वा॒रतः॑ । सा । प्र॒ऽब्रु॒वा॒णा । वरु॑णाय । दा॒शुषे॑ । दे॒वेभ्यः॑ । दा॒श॒त् । ह॒विषा॑ । वि॒वस्व॑ते ॥
या । गौः । वर्तनिम् । परिएति । निःकृतम् । पयः । दुहाना । व्रतनीः । अवारतः । सा । प्रब्रुवाणा । वरुणाय । दाशुषे । देवेभ्यः । दाशत् । हविषा । विवस्वते ॥
yā | gauḥ | vartanim | pari-eti | niḥ-kṛtam | payaḥ | duhānā | vrata-nīḥ | avārataḥ | sā | pra-bruvāṇā | varuṇāya | dāśuṣe | devebhyaḥ | dāśat | haviṣā | vivasvate

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 10.65.6 English analysis of grammar]

< yad

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

gaur < gauḥ < go

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“cow; cattle; go [word]; Earth; bull; floor; milk; beam; sunbeam; leather; hide; horn; language; bowstring; earth; ox; Svarga.”

vartanim < vartani

[noun], accusative, singular, feminine

“path; East; way.”

paryeti < parī < √i

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“circumambulate; wander; revolve; overwhelm.”

niṣkṛtam < niṣkṛta

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“place; rendezvous.”

payo < payaḥ < payas

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“milk; milky juice; water; fluid; juice; payas [word]; drink.”

duhānā < duh

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“milk.”

vratanīr < vratanīḥ < vratanī

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

avārataḥ < avāratas

[adverb]

< tad

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

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

prabruvāṇā < prabrū < √brū

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“state; name; disclose.”

varuṇāya < varuṇa

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

“Varuna; varuṇa [word]; Crataeva religiosa Forst.; Varuṇa; varuṇādi.”

dāśuṣe < dāś

[verb noun], dative, singular

“sacrifice; give.”

devebhyo < devebhyaḥ < deva

[noun], dative, plural, masculine

“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”

dāśaddhaviṣā < dāśat < dāś

[verb], singular, Present injunctive

“sacrifice; give.”

dāśaddhaviṣā < haviṣā < havis

[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter

“Havya; offering; ghee; havis [word].”

vivasvate < vivasvant

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

“Surya; sun; Vivasvant; Vivasvant.”

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