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 10.130.6

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

चा॒कॢ॒प्रे तेन॒ ऋष॑यो मनु॒ष्या॑ य॒ज्ञे जा॒ते पि॒तरो॑ नः पुरा॒णे । पश्य॑न्मन्ये॒ मन॑सा॒ चक्ष॑सा॒ तान्य इ॒मं य॒ज्ञमय॑जन्त॒ पूर्वे॑ ॥
चाकॢप्रे तेन ऋषयो मनुष्या यज्ञे जाते पितरो नः पुराणे । पश्यन्मन्ये मनसा चक्षसा तान्य इमं यज्ञमयजन्त पूर्वे ॥
cākḷpre tena ṛṣayo manuṣyā yajñe jāte pitaro naḥ purāṇe | paśyan manye manasā cakṣasā tān ya imaṃ yajñam ayajanta pūrve ||

English translation:

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): yajñaḥ prājāpatyaḥ [yajña prājāpatya];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): bhāvavṛttam ;
Chandas (meter): triṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

चा॒कॢ॒प्रे । तेन॑ । ऋष॑यः । म॒नु॒ष्याः॑ । य॒ज्ञे । जा॒ते । पि॒तरः॑ । नः॒ । पु॒रा॒णे । पश्य॑न् । म॒न्ये॒ । मन॑सा । चक्ष॑सा । तान् । ये । इ॒मम् । य॒ज्ञम् । अय॑जन्त । पूर्वे॑ ॥
चाकॢप्रे । तेन । ऋषयः । मनुष्याः । यज्ञे । जाते । पितरः । नः । पुराणे । पश्यन् । मन्ये । मनसा । चक्षसा । तान् । ये । इमम् । यज्ञम् । अयजन्त । पूर्वे ॥
cākepre | tena | ṛṣayaḥ | manuṣyāḥ | yajñe | jāte | pitaraḥ | naḥ | purāṇe | paśyan | manye | manasā | cakṣasā | tān | ye | imam | yajñam | ayajanta | pūrve

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 10.130.6 English analysis of grammar]

cākᄆpre < kᄆp

[verb], plural, Perfect indicative

“succeed; prepare; harmonize; arrange; cut; suit; befit; contribute.”

tena

[adverb]

“therefore; thereby; there.”

ṛṣayo < ṛṣayaḥ < ṛṣi

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“Ṛṣi; spiritual teacher; ascetic; Mantra.”

manuṣyā < manuṣyāḥ < manuṣya

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“human.”

yajñe < yajña

[noun], locative, singular, masculine

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

jāte < jan

[verb noun], locative, singular

“become; originate; be born; transform; happen; result; grow; beget; produce; create; conceive; separate; cause; give birth; grow; produce; generate; be; become; arise; come on.”

pitaro < pitaraḥ < pitṛ

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“father; Pitṛ; ancestor; parent; paternal ancestor; pitṛ [word]; forefather.”

naḥ < mad

[noun], genitive, plural

“I; mine.”

purāṇe < purāṇa

[noun], locative, singular, neuter

“Purāṇa; narration; past.”

paśyan < paś

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“see; view; watch; meet; observe; think of; look; examine; behold; visit; understand.”

manye < man

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“think of; name; believe; teach; honor; deem; recommend; approve; think; define; call; respect; believe; enumerate; understand; see; describe.”

manasā < manas

[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter

“mind; Manas; purpose; idea; attention; heart; decision; manas [word]; manas [indecl.]; spirit; temper; intelligence.”

cakṣasā < cakṣas

[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter

“eye; look; radiance.”

tān < tad

[noun], accusative, plural, masculine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”

ya < ye < yad

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

imaṃ < imam < idam

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

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

yajñam < yajña

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

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

ayajanta < yaj

[verb], plural, Imperfect

“sacrifice; worship; worship.”

pūrve < pūrva

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“aforesaid(a); antecedent; previous(a); first; eastern; former(a); pūrva [word]; age-old; anterior; bygone; fore(a); predictive; firstborn; easterly; instrumental.”

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