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 10.71.6
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
यस्ति॒त्याज॑ सचि॒विदं॒ सखा॑यं॒ न तस्य॑ वा॒च्यपि॑ भा॒गो अ॑स्ति । यदीं॑ शृ॒णोत्यल॑कं शृणोति न॒हि प्र॒वेद॑ सुकृ॒तस्य॒ पन्था॑म् ॥
यस्तित्याज सचिविदं सखायं न तस्य वाच्यपि भागो अस्ति । यदीं शृणोत्यलकं शृणोति नहि प्रवेद सुकृतस्य पन्थाम् ॥
yas tityāja sacividaṃ sakhāyaṃ na tasya vācy api bhāgo asti | yad īṃ śṛṇoty alakaṃ śṛṇoti nahi praveda sukṛtasya panthām ||
English translation:
“He who has abandoned the friend who knows the duty of a friend, in his speech there is not a particle(of sense); what he hears, he hears amiss; for he knows not the path of righteousness.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Duty of a friend:sacividam = the teacher who is the friend of the Veda because he shows his gratitude to the Veda by preventingthe destruction of tradition; he hears amiss: what he hears outside (contrary to) the Veda he hears false
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): bṛhaspatiḥ [bṛhaspati];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): jñānam ;
Chandas (meter): virāṭtrisṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
यः । ति॒त्याज॑ । स॒चि॒ऽविद॑म् । सखा॑यम् । न । तस्य॑ । वा॒चि । अपि॑ । भा॒गः । अ॒स्ति॒ । यत् । ई॒म् । शृ॒णोति॑ । अल॑कम् । शृ॒णो॒ति॒ । न॒हि । प्र॒ऽवेद॑ । सु॒ऽकृ॒तस्य॑ । पन्था॑म् ॥
यः । तित्याज । सचिविदम् । सखायम् । न । तस्य । वाचि । अपि । भागः । अस्ति । यत् । ईम् । शृणोति । अलकम् । शृणोति । नहि । प्रवेद । सुकृतस्य । पन्थाम् ॥
yaḥ | tityāja | saci-vidam | sakhāyam | na | tasya | vāci | api | bhāgaḥ | asti | yat | īm | śṛṇoti | alakam | śṛṇoti | nahi | pra-veda | su-kṛtasya | panthām
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 10.71.6 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
“avoid; abandon; get rid of; remove; leave; lose; banish; discontinue; want; emit; take off; discard; refrain from; neglect; exclude; abandon; spare; fill; extinguish; spit; foreswear.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“friend; companion; sakhi [word].”
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[noun], locative, singular, feminine
“speech; statement; voice; voice; speech; language; vāc [word]; word; literary composition; conversation; sound; Sarasvati; cry; assurance; spell.”
[adverb]
“besides; even; surely; though; furthermore; among; contrastingly; assuredly.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“part; part; part; parcel; quarter; body part; location; region; allotment; part; numerator; division; application; function; outside; bhāga [word]; volume; helping.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”
[adverb]
“once [when]; because; that; if; how.”
[adverb]
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“listen; come to know; hear; hear; listen; study; heed; learn.”
[adverb]
“vainly.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“listen; come to know; hear; hear; listen; study; heed; learn.”
[adverb]
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
“anticipate; know; understand.”
[adverb]
“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”
[verb noun], genitive, singular
“make; perform; cause; produce; shape; construct; do; put; fill into; use; fuel; transform; bore; act; write; create; prepare; administer; dig; prepare; treat; take effect; add; trace; put on; process; treat; heed; hire; act; produce; assume; eat; ignite; chop; treat; obey; manufacture; appoint; evacuate; choose; understand; insert; happen; envelop; weigh; observe; practice; lend; bring; duplicate; plant; kṛ; concentrate; mix; knot; join; take; provide; utter; compose.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“way; road; path [word]; journey; method.”