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 1.43.5
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
यः शु॒क्र इ॑व॒ सूर्यो॒ हिर॑ण्यमिव॒ रोच॑ते । श्रेष्ठो॑ दे॒वानां॒ वसु॑: ॥
यः शुक्र इव सूर्यो हिरण्यमिव रोचते । श्रेष्ठो देवानां वसुः ॥
yaḥ śukra iva sūryo hiraṇyam iva rocate | śreṣṭho devānāṃ vasuḥ ||
English translation:
“Who is so brilliant as Śaṃyu, who gratifies like gold, the best of the gods, the provider of habitations?”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): kaṇvo ghauraḥ [kaṇva ghaura];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): rudraḥ ;
Chandas (meter): virāḍgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
यः । शु॒क्रःऽइ॑व । सूर्यः॑ । हिर॑ण्यम्ऽइव । रोच॑ते । श्रेष्ठः॑ । दे॒वानाम् । वसुः॑ ॥
यः । शुक्रःइव । सूर्यः । हिरण्यम्इव । रोचते । श्रेष्ठः । देवानाम् । वसुः ॥
yaḥ | śukraḥ-iva | sūryaḥ | hiraṇyam-iva | rocate | śreṣṭhaḥ | devānām | vasuḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.43.5 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“bright; clear; white; light; pure.”
[adverb]
“like; as it were; somehow; just so.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“sun; Surya; sūrya [word]; right nostril; twelve; Calotropis gigantea Beng.; sūryakānta; sunlight; best.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“gold; jewelry; hiraṇya [word]; gold.”
[adverb]
“like; as it were; somehow; just so.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“please; shine.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“best; better; chief(a); beautiful.”
[noun], genitive, plural, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“good; good; benign; vasu [word].”