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 10.146.6
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
आञ्ज॑नगन्धिं सुर॒भिं ब॑ह्व॒न्नामकृ॑षीवलाम् । प्राहं मृ॒गाणां॑ मा॒तर॑मरण्या॒निम॑शंसिषम् ॥
आञ्जनगन्धिं सुरभिं बह्वन्नामकृषीवलाम् । प्राहं मृगाणां मातरमरण्यानिमशंसिषम् ॥
āñjanagandhiṃ surabhim bahvannām akṛṣīvalām | prāham mṛgāṇām mātaram araṇyānim aśaṃsiṣam ||
English translation:
“I praise the musk-scented, fragrant, fertile, uncultivated Araṇyāni, the mother of wild animals.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): devamunirairammadaḥ [devamunirairammada];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): araṇyānī;
Chandas (meter): anuṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
आञ्ज॑नऽगन्धिम् । सु॒र॒भिम् । ब॒हु॒ऽअ॒न्नाम् । अकृ॑षिऽवलाम् । प्र । अ॒हम् । मृ॒गाणा॑म् । मा॒तर॑म् । अ॒र॒ण्या॒निम् । अ॒शं॒सि॒ष॒म् ॥
आञ्जनगन्धिम् । सुरभिम् । बहुअन्नाम् । अकृषिवलाम् । प्र । अहम् । मृगाणाम् । मातरम् । अरण्यानिम् । अशंसिषम् ॥
āñjana-gandhim | surabhim | bahu-annām | akṛṣi-valām | pra | aham | mṛgāṇām | mātaram | araṇyānim | aśaṃsiṣam
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 10.146.6 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], neuter
“anointing.”
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
“redolent(p); odoriferous.”
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
“fragrant; perfumed; surabhi [word].”
[noun]
“many; much(a); bahu [word]; abundant; long; large; abounding in(p); perennial.”
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
“food; foodstuff; grain; anna [word]; eating; boiled rice; meal.”
[adverb]
“not; akāra; a [taddhita]; a [word]; a; a.”
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
“farmer.”
[adverb]
“towards; ahead.”
[noun], nominative, singular
“I; mine.”
[noun], genitive, plural, masculine
“game; deer; animal; antelope; mṛga [word]; Mṛgaśiras.”
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
“mother; mātṛkā; mātṛ [word]; parent; Salvinia cucullata Roxb.; Citrullus colocynthis Schrad.; cow.”
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
“forest.”
[verb], singular, Athematic is aor. (Ind.)
“recommend; tell; praise; approve; communicate; recite; commend; bode; name; agree.”