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 10.75.5

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

इ॒मं मे॑ गङ्गे यमुने सरस्वति॒ शुतु॑द्रि॒ स्तोमं॑ सचता॒ परु॒ष्ण्या । अ॒सि॒क्न्या म॑रुद्वृधे वि॒तस्त॒यार्जी॑कीये शृणु॒ह्या सु॒षोम॑या ॥
इमं मे गङ्गे यमुने सरस्वति शुतुद्रि स्तोमं सचता परुष्ण्या । असिक्न्या मरुद्वृधे वितस्तयार्जीकीये शृणुह्या सुषोमया ॥
imam me gaṅge yamune sarasvati śutudri stomaṃ sacatā paruṣṇy ā | asiknyā marudvṛdhe vitastayārjīkīye śṛṇuhy ā suṣomayā ||

English translation:

“Accept this my praise, Gaṅgā, Yamunā, Sarasvatī, Śutudri, Paruṣṇi, Marudvṛdha with Asiknī,and Vitazstā; listen, Ārjikīya with Suṣomā.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

Gaṅgā...: cf. Roth's Lit. and Hist. of the Veda, pp. 136- 140;Paruṣṇi is another name for Irāvatī. Marudvṛdha = increased by the Maruts or storm-gods;

Ārjikīya =Vipāśa;

Suṣomā = Sindhu; Nirukta 2.26; cf. Muir's Sanskrit Texts, vol. 2, p. 355; a verse is inserted here insome MSS, not noticed by Sāyaṇa: "Those who are drowned at the confluence of the Sita and Asita go toheaven; the resolute people who abandon their lives (thus) enjoy immortality"

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): sindhukṣitpraiyamedhaḥ [sindhukṣitpraiyamedha];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): nadyaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): svarāḍārcījagatī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

इ॒मम् । मे॒ । ग॒ङ्गे॒ । य॒मु॒ने॒ । स॒र॒स्व॒ति॒ । शुतु॑द्रि । स्तोम॑म् । स॒च॒त॒ । परु॑ष्णि । आ । अ॒सि॒क्न्या । म॒रु॒त्ऽवृ॒धे॒ । वि॒तस्त॑या । आज्र्जी॑कीये । शृ॒णु॒हि । आ । सु॒ऽसोम॑या ॥
इमम् । मे । गङ्गे । यमुने । सरस्वति । शुतुद्रि । स्तोमम् । सचत । परुष्णि । आ । असिक्न्या । मरुत्वृधे । वितस्तया । आज्र्जीकीये । शृणुहि । आ । सुसोमया ॥
imam | me | gaṅge | yamune | sarasvati | śutudri | stomam | sacata | paruṣṇi | ā | asiknyā | marut-vṛdhe | vitastayā | ājrjīkīye | śṛṇuhi | ā | su-somayā

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 10.75.5 English analysis of grammar]

imam < idam

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”

me < mad

[noun], genitive, singular

“I; mine.”

gaṅge < gaṅgā

[noun], vocative, singular, feminine

“Ganges.”

yamune < yamunā

[noun], vocative, singular, feminine

“Yamunā.”

sarasvati < sarasvatī

[noun], vocative, singular, feminine

“Sarasvati; Sarasvatī; language; voice; speech; eloquence; balloon vine; river.”

śutudri < śutudrī

[noun], vocative, singular, feminine

“Sutlej/Śatadru.”

stomaṃ < stomam < stoma

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“hymn; Stoma; stoma [word].”

sacatā < sacata < sac

[verb], plural, Present imperative

“accompany; follow; company; obey; participate; enter.”

paruṣṇy < paruṣṇi < paruṣṇī

[noun], vocative, singular, feminine

“Paruṣṇī.”

ā

[adverb]

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

asiknyā < asiknī

[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine

“Asiknī; Vairiṇī; night.”

marudvṛdhe < marudvṛdhā

[noun], vocative, singular, feminine

vitastayārjīkīye < vitastayā < vitastā

[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine

“Vitastā.”

vitastayārjīkīye < ārjīkīye < ārjīkīyā

[noun], vocative, singular, feminine

“Ārjīkīyā.”

śṛṇuhy < śṛṇuhi < śru

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“listen; come to know; hear; hear; listen; study; heed; learn.”

ā

[adverb]

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

suṣomayā < suṣomā

[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine

“Suṣomā.”

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