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 6.22.2
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
तमु॑ न॒: पूर्वे॑ पि॒तरो॒ नव॑ग्वाः स॒प्त विप्रा॑सो अ॒भि वा॒जय॑न्तः । न॒क्ष॒द्दा॒भं ततु॑रिं पर्वते॒ष्ठामद्रो॑घवाचं म॒तिभि॒: शवि॑ष्ठम् ॥
तमु नः पूर्वे पितरो नवग्वाः सप्त विप्रासो अभि वाजयन्तः । नक्षद्दाभं ततुरिं पर्वतेष्ठामद्रोघवाचं मतिभिः शविष्ठम् ॥
tam u naḥ pūrve pitaro navagvāḥ sapta viprāso abhi vājayantaḥ | nakṣaddābhaṃ taturim parvateṣṭhām adroghavācam matibhiḥ śaviṣṭham ||
English translation:
“To him the seven sages, our ancient progenitors, performing the nine days' rite, were offerers of (sacrificial) food, celebrating with hymns the very strong (Indra), the humiliator of foes, the traverser of the heavens, he dweller in the clouds, whose commands are not to be disobeyed.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): bharadvājo bārhaspatyaḥ [bharadvāja bārhaspatya];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): triṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
तम् । ऊँ॒ इति॑ । नः॒ । पूर्वे॑ । पि॒तरः॑ । नव॑ऽग्वाः । स॒प्त । विप्रा॑सः । अ॒भि । वा॒जय॑न्तः । न॒क्ष॒त्ऽदा॒भम् । ततु॑रिम् । प॒र्व॒ते॒ऽस्थाम् । अद्रो॑घऽवाचम् । म॒तिऽभिः॑ । शवि॑ष्ठम् ॥
तम् । ऊँ इति । नः । पूर्वे । पितरः । नवग्वाः । सप्त । विप्रासः । अभि । वाजयन्तः । नक्षत्दाभम् । ततुरिम् । पर्वतेस्थाम् । अद्रोघवाचम् । मतिभिः । शविष्ठम् ॥
tam | oṃ iti | naḥ | pūrve | pitaraḥ | nava-gvāḥ | sapta | viprāsaḥ | abhi | vājayantaḥ | nakṣat-dābham | taturim | parvate--sthām | adrogha-vācam | mati-bhiḥ | śaviṣṭham
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 6.22.2 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[adverb]
“ukāra; besides; now; indeed; u.”
[noun], genitive, plural
“I; mine.”
[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.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“father; Pitṛ; ancestor; parent; paternal ancestor; pitṛ [word]; forefather.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“Navagva.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“seven; seventh.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“Brahmin; poet; singer; priest; guru; Vipra.”
[adverb]
“towards; on.”
[verb noun], nominative, plural
“incite.”
[verb noun]
“reach; approach.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
[noun]
“sincere; truthful.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“speech; statement; voice; voice; speech; language; vāc [word]; word; literary composition; conversation; sound; Sarasvati; cry; assurance; spell.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, feminine
“intelligence; decision; mind; hymn; purpose; idea; opinion; belief; desire; wish; conviction; plan; devotion.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“mighty.”