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 1.118.6
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
उद्वन्द॑नमैरतं दं॒सना॑भि॒रुद्रे॒भं द॑स्रा वृषणा॒ शची॑भिः । निष्टौ॒ग्र्यं पा॑रयथः समु॒द्रात्पुन॒श्च्यवा॑नं चक्रथु॒र्युवा॑नम् ॥
उद्वन्दनमैरतं दंसनाभिरुद्रेभं दस्रा वृषणा शचीभिः । निष्टौग्र्यं पारयथः समुद्रात्पुनश्च्यवानं चक्रथुर्युवानम् ॥
ud vandanam airataṃ daṃsanābhir ud rebhaṃ dasrā vṛṣaṇā śacībhiḥ | niṣ ṭaugryam pārayathaḥ samudrāt punaś cyavānaṃ cakrathur yuvānam ||
English translation:
“By your deeds, Dasras, you raised up Vandanā, and, showerers (of benefits), Rebha; you bore the son of Tugra over the sea, and made Cyavana young.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): kakṣīvān;Devatā (deity/subject-matter): aśvinau ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
उत् । वन्द॑नम् । ऐ॒र॒त॒म् । दं॒सना॑भिः । उत् । रे॒भम् । द॒स्रा॒ । वृ॒ष॒णा॒ । शची॑भिः । निः । तौ॒ग्र्यम् । पा॒र॒य॒थः॒ । स॒मु॒द्रात् । पुन॒रिति॑ । च्यवा॑नम् । च॒क्र॒थुः॒ । युवा॑नम् ॥
उत् । वन्दनम् । ऐरतम् । दंसनाभिः । उत् । रेभम् । दस्रा । वृषणा । शचीभिः । निः । तौग्र्यम् । पारयथः । समुद्रात् । पुनरिति । च्यवानम् । चक्रथुः । युवानम् ॥
ut | vandanam | airatam | daṃsanābhiḥ | ut | rebham | dasrā | vṛṣaṇā | śacībhiḥ | niḥ | taugryam | pārayathaḥ | samudrāt | punariti | cyavānam | cakrathuḥ | yuvānam
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.118.6 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“up.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
[verb], dual, Imperfect
“go.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, feminine
“wonder; power.”
[adverb]
“up.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“bard; eulogist.”
[noun], vocative, dual, masculine
“Asvins.”
[noun], vocative, dual, masculine
“bull; Indra; stallion; Vṛṣan; man.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, feminine
“Śacī; power; dexterity; ability; aid.”
[adverb]
“niḥ; away; out; without.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“Bhujyu.”
[verb], dual, Present indikative
“rescue; keep alive; satisfy; save; resist; endure.”
[noun], ablative, singular, masculine
“ocean; Samudra; sea; samudra [word]; four.”
[adverb]
“again; further; now; over and over; subsequently; repeatedly; however; besides.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“Cyavana.”
[verb], dual, Perfect indicative
“make; perform; cause; produce; shape; construct; do; put; fill into; use; fuel; transform; bore; act; write; create; prepare; administer; dig; prepare; treat; take effect; add; trace; put on; process; treat; heed; hire; act; produce; assume; eat; ignite; chop; treat; obey; manufacture; appoint; evacuate; choose; understand; insert; happen; envelop; weigh; observe; practice; lend; bring; duplicate; plant; kṛ; concentrate; mix; knot; join; take; provide; utter; compose.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“young person; yuvan [word]; taruṇabandha; yuvan; yuvan; young buck; young.”