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 10.136.6
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अ॒प्स॒रसां॑ गन्ध॒र्वाणां॑ मृ॒गाणां॒ चर॑णे॒ चर॑न् । के॒शी केत॑स्य वि॒द्वान्त्सखा॑ स्वा॒दुर्म॒दिन्त॑मः ॥
अप्सरसां गन्धर्वाणां मृगाणां चरणे चरन् । केशी केतस्य विद्वान्त्सखा स्वादुर्मदिन्तमः ॥
apsarasāṃ gandharvāṇām mṛgāṇāṃ caraṇe caran | keśī ketasya vidvān sakhā svādur madintamaḥ ||
English translation:
“Wandering in the track of the Apsarasas and the Gandharvas, and the wild beasts, the radiant (Sun),cognizant of all that is knowable, (is my) sweet and most delightful friend.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Radiant Sun: or, Agni, or Vāyu
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): munayo vātaraśanāḥ [munaya vātaraśanāḥ];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): keśinaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdanuṣṭup;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अ॒प्स॒रसा॑म् । ग॒न्ध॒र्वाणा॑म् । मृ॒गाणा॑म् । चर॑णे । चर॑न् । के॒शी । केत॑स्य । वि॒द्वान् । सखा॑ । स्वा॒दुः । म॒दिन्ऽत॑मः ॥
अप्सरसाम् । गन्धर्वाणाम् । मृगाणाम् । चरणे । चरन् । केशी । केतस्य । विद्वान् । सखा । स्वादुः । मदिन्तमः ॥
apsarasām | gandharvāṇām | mṛgāṇām | caraṇe | caran | keśī | ketasya | vidvān | sakhā | svāduḥ | madin-tamaḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 10.136.6 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], genitive, plural, feminine
“Apsaras.”
[noun], genitive, plural, masculine
“Gandharva; castor-oil plant; horse; Gandharva; Indian cuckoo.”
[noun], genitive, plural, masculine
“game; deer; animal; antelope; mṛga [word]; Mṛgaśiras.”
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
“foot; Vedic school; caraṇa; one-fourth; wheel; performance.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“car; wander; perform; travel; bore; produce; make; dwell; dig; act; observe; enter (a state); observe; cause; crop; behave; practice; heed; process; administer.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“haired.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“wish; will; purpose; expectation; house.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“know; diagnose; perceive; know; accord; notice; deem; mind; learn; specify; watch; recognize; detect; call.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“friend; companion; sakhi [word].”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Madhura; sweet; sweet; dainty; agreeable.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“exhilarating; intoxicant.”