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 10.114.6

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

ष॒ट्त्रिं॒शाँश्च॑ च॒तुर॑: क॒ल्पय॑न्त॒श्छन्दां॑सि च॒ दध॑त आद्वाद॒शम् । य॒ज्ञं वि॒माय॑ क॒वयो॑ मनी॒ष ऋ॑क्सा॒माभ्यां॒ प्र रथं॑ वर्तयन्ति ॥
षट्त्रिंशाँश्च चतुरः कल्पयन्तश्छन्दांसि च दधत आद्वादशम् । यज्ञं विमाय कवयो मनीष ऋक्सामाभ्यां प्र रथं वर्तयन्ति ॥
ṣaṭtriṃśām̐ś ca caturaḥ kalpayantaś chandāṃsi ca dadhata ādvādaśam | yajñaṃ vimāya kavayo manīṣa ṛksāmābhyām pra rathaṃ vartayanti ||

English translation:

“Filling thirty-six and four vessels, and holding the metres as far as twelve, measuring out the rite bytheir intelligence, the sages complete the sacrifice with the ṛk and the sāman.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

Thirty-six and four vessels:grahas, or small cups of wood, or earthenware, for holding the Soma or other fluids offered at the sacrificeṣForty are specified as used at the agniṣṭoma sacrifice; they are detailed in the fourth Prapāṭhaka of the BlackYajuṣ; cf. also Vājasneyi Saṃhitā, 7 and 8. The thirty-six grahas are enumerated as follows: Upāṃśu andAntaryāma, the three grahas each devoted to the worship of two gods and called Aindravāyava (belonging toIndra and Vāyu), etc.; the Sukra and Manthin; the Āgrayaṇa, the Ukthya, and the Vaiśvadeva, the threeMarutvatīyas, the Māhendra; the Āditya and the Sāvitra; the Vaiśvadeva (again), the Pātnīvata and theHāriyojana. The four grahas are enumerated as the two Aṃśvadābhyas, the Dadhigraha, and the ṢoḍaśīṇThe names indicate either appropriation to particula deities or particular rites

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): sadhrirvairupo dharmo vā tāpasaḥ [sadhrirvairupa dharmatāpasa];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): viśvedevā:;
Chandas (meter): bhuriktriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

ष॒ट्ऽत्रिं॒शान् । च॒ । च॒तुरः॑ । क॒ल्पय॑न्तः । छन्दां॑सि । च॒ । दध॑तः । आ॒ऽद्वा॒द॒शम् । य॒ज्ञम् । वि॒ऽमाय॑ । क॒वयः॑ । म॒नी॒षा । ऋ॒क्ऽसा॒माभ्या॑म् । प्र । रथ॑म् । व॒र्त॒य॒न्ति॒ ॥
षट्त्रिंशान् । च । चतुरः । कल्पयन्तः । छन्दांसि । च । दधतः । आद्वादशम् । यज्ञम् । विमाय । कवयः । मनीषा । ऋक्सामाभ्याम् । प्र । रथम् । वर्तयन्ति ॥
ṣaṭ-triṃśān | ca | caturaḥ | kalpayantaḥ | chandāṃsi | ca | dadhataḥ | ādvādaśam | yajñam | vi-māya | kavayaḥ | manīṣā | ṛk-sāmābhyām | pra | ratham | vartayanti

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 10.114.6 English analysis of grammar]

ṣaṭtriṃśāṃś < ṣaṭtriṃśān < ṣaṭtriṃśa

[noun], accusative, plural, masculine

“thirty-sixth.”

ca

[adverb]

“and; besides; then; now; even.”

caturaḥ < catur

[noun], accusative, plural, masculine

“four; catur [word].”

kalpayantaś < kalpayantaḥ < kalpay < √kᄆp

[verb noun], nominative, plural

“prepare; assign; create; produce; fix; restore; order; prepare; imitate; restore; make; treat.”

chandāṃsi < chandas

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“Veda; meter; chandas [word]; hymn; meter; meter.”

ca

[adverb]

“and; besides; then; now; even.”

dadhata < dadhataḥ < dhā

[verb noun], nominative, plural

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

ādvādaśam

[adverb]

yajñaṃ < yajñam < yajña

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

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

vimāya < vimā < √mā

[verb noun]

“arrange; distribute; barter; measure; fixate.”

kavayo < kavayaḥ < kavi

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“poet; wise man; bard; Venus; Uśanas; kavi [word]; Kavi; prophet; guru; Brahma.”

manīṣarksāmābhyām < manīṣā

[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine

“hymn; inspiration; idea; thinking; wish; consideration; intelligence.”

manīṣarksāmābhyām < ṛc

[noun], feminine

“Rig-Veda; Mantra; verse; ṛc [word]; ṛc.”

manīṣarksāmābhyām < sāmābhyām < sāman

[noun], instrumental, dual, neuter

“Sāman; Sama-Veda; song; sāman [word]; hymn.”

pra

[adverb]

“towards; ahead.”

rathaṃ < ratham < ratha

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“chariot; warrior; ratha [word]; Dalbergia oojeinensis; rattan.”

vartayanti < vartay < √vṛt

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“pound; tell; exist; bring; spill; mix; survive; melt; roll; explain; perform; turn; chop; sustain; spend; roll up; produce.”

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