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 10.66.6

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

वृषा॑ य॒ज्ञो वृष॑णः सन्तु य॒ज्ञिया॒ वृष॑णो दे॒वा वृष॑णो हवि॒ष्कृत॑: । वृष॑णा॒ द्यावा॑पृथि॒वी ऋ॒ताव॑री॒ वृषा॑ प॒र्जन्यो॒ वृष॑णो वृष॒स्तुभ॑: ॥
वृषा यज्ञो वृषणः सन्तु यज्ञिया वृषणो देवा वृषणो हविष्कृतः । वृषणा द्यावापृथिवी ऋतावरी वृषा पर्जन्यो वृषणो वृषस्तुभः ॥
vṛṣā yajño vṛṣaṇaḥ santu yajñiyā vṛṣaṇo devā vṛṣaṇo haviṣkṛtaḥ | vṛṣaṇā dyāvāpṛthivī ṛtāvarī vṛṣā parjanyo vṛṣaṇo vṛṣastubhaḥ ||

English translation:

“May our sacrifice be the showerer (of benefits); may the gods who are worthy of sacrifice be theshowerers (of benefits); may the priest, may the presenters of the oblation, be the showerers (of benefits); mayheaven and earth receiving adoration be the showerers (of benefits); may Parjanya be the showerer (of rain);may those who praise (the gods) with showers be showerers.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

वृषा॑ । य॒ज्ञः । वृष॑णः । स॒न्तु॒ । य॒ज्ञियाः॑ । वृष॑णः । दे॒वाः । वृष॑णः । ह॒विः॒ऽकृतः॑ । वृष॑णा । द्यावा॑पृथि॒वी इति॑ । ऋ॒तऽव॑री॒ इत्यृ॒तऽव॑री । वृषा॑ । प॒र्जन्यः॑ । वृष॑णः । वृ॒ष॒ऽस्तुभः॑ ॥
वृषा । यज्ञः । वृषणः । सन्तु । यज्ञियाः । वृषणः । देवाः । वृषणः । हविःकृतः । वृषणा । द्यावापृथिवी इति । ऋतवरी इत्यृतवरी । वृषा । पर्जन्यः । वृषणः । वृषस्तुभः ॥
vṛṣā | yajñaḥ | vṛṣaṇaḥ | santu | yajñiyāḥ | vṛṣaṇaḥ | devāḥ | vṛṣaṇaḥ | haviḥ-kṛtaḥ | vṛṣaṇā | dyāvāpṛthivī iti | ṛta-varī ity ṛta-varī | vṛṣā | parjanyaḥ | vṛṣaṇaḥ | vṛṣa-stubhaḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 10.66.6 English analysis of grammar]

vṛṣā < vṛṣan

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“bull; Indra; stallion; Vṛṣan; man.”

yajño < yajñaḥ < yajña

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

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

vṛṣaṇaḥ < vṛṣan

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“bull; Indra; stallion; Vṛṣan; man.”

santu < as

[verb], plural, Present imperative

“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”

yajñiyā < yajñiyāḥ < yajñiya

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“sacrificial; divine; devoted.”

vṛṣaṇo < vṛṣaṇaḥ < vṛṣan

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“bull; Indra; stallion; Vṛṣan; man.”

devā < devāḥ < deva

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

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

vṛṣaṇo < vṛṣaṇaḥ < vṛṣan

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“bull; Indra; stallion; Vṛṣan; man.”

haviṣkṛtaḥ < haviṣkṛt

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

vṛṣaṇā < vṛṣan

[noun], nominative, dual, masculine

“bull; Indra; stallion; Vṛṣan; man.”

dyāvāpṛthivī

[noun], nominative, dual, feminine

“heaven and earth; dyāvāpṛthivī [word].”

ṛtāvarī < ṛtāvan

[noun], nominative, dual, feminine

“law-abiding; faithful; righteous.”

vṛṣā < vṛṣan

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“bull; Indra; stallion; Vṛṣan; man.”

parjanyo < parjanyaḥ < parjanya

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“cloud; Parjanya; Indra; nimbus.”

vṛṣaṇo < vṛṣaṇaḥ < vṛṣan

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“bull; Indra; stallion; Vṛṣan; man.”

vṛṣastubhaḥ < vṛṣa

[noun], masculine

“bull; vṛṣa [word]; vṛṣ; Justicia gendarussa Burm.F.; bull; Taurus; bull.”

vṛṣastubhaḥ < stubhaḥ < stubh

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“song; praise.”

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