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 6.28.6
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
यू॒यं गा॑वो मेदयथा कृ॒शं चि॑दश्री॒रं चि॑त्कृणुथा सु॒प्रती॑कम् । भ॒द्रं गृ॒हं कृ॑णुथ भद्रवाचो बृ॒हद्वो॒ वय॑ उच्यते स॒भासु॑ ॥
यूयं गावो मेदयथा कृशं चिदश्रीरं चित्कृणुथा सुप्रतीकम् । भद्रं गृहं कृणुथ भद्रवाचो बृहद्वो वय उच्यते सभासु ॥
yūyaṃ gāvo medayathā kṛśaṃ cid aśrīraṃ cit kṛṇuthā supratīkam | bhadraṃ gṛhaṃ kṛṇutha bhadravāco bṛhad vo vaya ucyate sabhāsu ||
English translation:
“Do you, cows, give us nourisment; render the emaciated, the unlovely body the reverse; do you, whose lowing is auspicious, make my dwelling prosperous; great is the abundance that is attributed to you in religious assemblies.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Bṛhad vo vaya ucyate sabhāsu, great of you the food is said in assemblies; or, great is the food given to you in assemblies, it is given by all, sarvair dīyate ityarthaḥ
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): bharadvājo bārhaspatyaḥ [bharadvāja bārhaspatya];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): gāvaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): triṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
यू॒यम् । गा॒वः॒ । मे॒द॒य॒थ॒ । कृ॒शम् । चि॒त् । अ॒श्री॒रम् । चि॒त् । कृ॒णु॒थ॒ । सु॒ऽप्रती॑कम् । भ॒द्रम् । गृ॒हम् । कृ॒णु॒थ॒ । भ॒द्र॒ऽवा॒चः॒ । बृ॒हत् । वः॒ । वयः॑ । उ॒च्य॒ते॒ । स॒भासु॑ ॥
यूयम् । गावः । मेदयथ । कृशम् । चित् । अश्रीरम् । चित् । कृणुथ । सुप्रतीकम् । भद्रम् । गृहम् । कृणुथ । भद्रवाचः । बृहत् । वः । वयः । उच्यते । सभासु ॥
yūyam | gāvaḥ | medayatha | kṛśam | cit | aśrīram | cit | kṛṇutha | su-pratīkam | bhadram | gṛham | kṛṇutha | bhadra-vācaḥ | bṛhat | vaḥ | vayaḥ | ucyate | sabhāsu
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 6.28.6 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, plural
“you.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“cow; cattle; go [word]; Earth; bull; floor; milk; beam; sunbeam; leather; hide; horn; language; bowstring; earth; ox; Svarga.”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“thin; low; bony; kṛśa [word]; insignificant; forceless.”
[adverb]
“even; indeed.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“ugly; unpleasant.”
[adverb]
“even; indeed.”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“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
“fine-looking.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“auspicious; lovely; good; happy; bhadra [word]; lucky; fine-looking; beautiful.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“house; palace; temple; home; place; family; family; stable.”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“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]
“auspicious; lovely; good; happy; bhadra [word]; lucky; fine-looking; beautiful.”
[noun], vocative, plural, feminine
“speech; statement; voice; voice; speech; language; vāc [word]; word; literary composition; conversation; sound; Sarasvati; cry; assurance; spell.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“large; great; loud; high; much(a); exalted; abundant; intensive; strong; huge.”
[noun], genitive, plural
“you.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“age; vigor; old age; strength; vayas [word]; aging; power; youth; food.”
[verb], singular, Indikativ Pr￤s. Passiv
“say; describe; name; tell; address; enumerate; call; state; teach; explain; say; declare; speak; define; declare; order; address; recommend; answer; deem; recite; approve; proclaim; indicate; determine; mention; designate.”
[noun], locative, plural, feminine
“assembly hall; sabhā [word]; assembly; audience.”