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 10.66.2

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

इन्द्र॑प्रसूता॒ वरु॑णप्रशिष्टा॒ ये सूर्य॑स्य॒ ज्योति॑षो भा॒गमा॑न॒शुः । म॒रुद्ग॑णे वृ॒जने॒ मन्म॑ धीमहि॒ माघो॑ने य॒ज्ञं ज॑नयन्त सू॒रय॑: ॥
इन्द्रप्रसूता वरुणप्रशिष्टा ये सूर्यस्य ज्योतिषो भागमानशुः । मरुद्गणे वृजने मन्म धीमहि माघोने यज्ञं जनयन्त सूरयः ॥
indraprasūtā varuṇapraśiṣṭā ye sūryasya jyotiṣo bhāgam ānaśuḥ | marudgaṇe vṛjane manma dhīmahi māghone yajñaṃ janayanta sūrayaḥ ||

English translation:

“We offer praise to the company of the Maruts, the attendants upon Maghavan, who, encouraged byIndra, and instrumental ucted by Varuṇa, have acquired a portion of the light of the sun; the wise worshippers beget thesacrifice.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

इन्द्र॑ऽप्रसूताः । वरु॑णऽप्रशिष्टाः । ये । सूर्य॑स्य । ज्योति॑षः । भा॒गम् । आ॒न॒शुः । म॒रुत्ऽग॑णे । वृ॒जने॑ । मन्म॑ । धी॒म॒हि॒ । माघो॑ने । य॒ज्ञम् । ज॒न॒य॒न्त॒ । सू॒रयः॑ ॥
इन्द्रप्रसूताः । वरुणप्रशिष्टाः । ये । सूर्यस्य । ज्योतिषः । भागम् । आनशुः । मरुत्गणे । वृजने । मन्म । धीमहि । माघोने । यज्ञम् । जनयन्त । सूरयः ॥
indra-prasūtāḥ | varuṇa-praśiṣṭāḥ | ye | sūryasya | jyotiṣaḥ | bhāgam | ānaśuḥ | marut-gaṇe | vṛjane | manma | dhīmahi | māghone | yajñam | janayanta | sūrayaḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 10.66.2 English analysis of grammar]

indraprasūtā < indra

[noun], masculine

“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”

indraprasūtā < prasūtāḥ < prasū < √sū

[verb noun], nominative, plural

“give birth; be born; originate; impel; propel; grow.”

varuṇapraśiṣṭā < varuṇa

[noun], masculine

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

varuṇapraśiṣṭā < praśiṣṭāḥ < praśās < √śās

[verb noun], nominative, plural

“govern.”

ye < yad

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

sūryasya < sūrya

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“sun; Surya; sūrya [word]; right nostril; twelve; Calotropis gigantea Beng.; sūryakānta; sunlight; best.”

jyotiṣo < jyotiṣaḥ < jyotis

[noun], genitive, singular, neuter

“light; star; luminosity; fire; jyotis [word]; digestion; planet; light; sunlight.”

bhāgam < bhāga

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“part; part; part; parcel; quarter; body part; location; region; allotment; part; numerator; division; application; function; outside; bhāga [word]; volume; helping.”

ānaśuḥ <

[verb], plural, Perfect indicative

“get; reach; enter (a state).”

marudgaṇe < marut

[noun], masculine

“Marut; vāta; wind; Vayu.”

marudgaṇe < gaṇe < gaṇa

[noun], locative, singular, masculine

“group; varga; troop; troop; battalion; flock; herd; gaṇa [word]; corporation; gaṇa; herd; sect; swarm; set; party; gaṇa; series; Ganesa; flight.”

vṛjane < vṛjana

[noun], locative, singular, neuter

“community; settlement.”

manma < manman

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“hymn; idea; purpose.”

dhīmahi < dhā

[verb], plural, Aorist inj. (proh.)

“put; give; cause; get; hold; make; provide; lend; wear; install; have; enter (a state); supply; hold; take; show.”

māghone < māghona

[noun], locative, singular, neuter

yajñaṃ < yajñam < yajña

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“yajña; religious ceremony; Vishnu; yajña [word]; Yajña; Shiva.”

janayanta < janay < √jan

[verb], plural, Present injunctive

“cause; give birth; produce; beget; generate; originate; create; create; make.”

sūrayaḥ < sūri

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“guru.”

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