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 1.92.6

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अता॑रिष्म॒ तम॑सस्पा॒रम॒स्योषा उ॒च्छन्ती॑ व॒युना॑ कृणोति । श्रि॒ये छन्दो॒ न स्म॑यते विभा॒ती सु॒प्रती॑का सौमन॒साया॑जीगः ॥
अतारिष्म तमसस्पारमस्योषा उच्छन्ती वयुना कृणोति । श्रिये छन्दो न स्मयते विभाती सुप्रतीका सौमनसायाजीगः ॥
atāriṣma tamasas pāram asyoṣā ucchantī vayunā kṛṇoti | śriye chando na smayate vibhātī supratīkā saumanasāyājīgaḥ ||

English translation:

“We have crossed over the boundary of darkness. Uṣas restores the consciousness (of living beings); bright-shining, she smiles, like a flatterer to obtain favour, and, lovely in all her radiance, she has swallowed, for our delight the darkness.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): gotamo rāhūgaṇaḥ [gotama rāhūgaṇa];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): uṣāḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अता॑रिष्म । तम॑सः । पा॒रम् । अ॒स्य । उ॒षाः । उ॒च्छन्ती॑ । व॒युना॑ । कृ॒णो॒ति॒ । श्रि॒ये । छन्दः॑ । न । स्म॒य॒ते॒ । वि॒ऽभा॒ती । सु॒ऽप्रती॑का । सौ॒म॒न॒साय॑ । अ॒जी॒ग॒रिति॑ ॥
अतारिष्म । तमसः । पारम् । अस्य । उषाः । उच्छन्ती । वयुना । कृणोति । श्रिये । छन्दः । न । स्मयते । विभाती । सुप्रतीका । सौमनसाय । अजीगरिति ॥
atāriṣma | tamasaḥ | pāram | asya | uṣāḥ | ucchantī | vayunā | kṛṇoti | śriye | chandaḥ | na | smayate | vi-bhātī | su-pratīkā | saumanasāya | ajīgariti

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 1.92.6 English analysis of grammar]

atāriṣma < tṛ

[verb], plural, Athematic is aor. (Ind.)

“traverse; overcome; float; rescue; reach; satisfy.”

tamasas < tamas

[noun], genitive, singular, neuter

“dark; darkness; Tamas; tamas [word]; faint; tamas; gloom; ignorance.”

pāram < pāra

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“shore; pāra [word]; end; excellence.”

asyoṣā < asya < idam

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”

asyoṣā < uṣā

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“Uṣā; dawn; burn.”

ucchantī < vas

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“dawn; shine.”

vayunā < vayuna

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“convention; custom; means.”

kṛṇoti < kṛ

[verb], singular, 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.”

śriye < śrī

[noun], dative, singular, feminine

“mister; Ms.; Lakshmi; good fortune; well-being; magnificence; glory; beauty; Aegle marmelos (Linn.) Correa; dignity; power; śrī [word]; śrī; prosperity; auspiciousness.”

chando < chandaḥ < chanda

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

na

[adverb]

“not; like; no; na [word].”

smayate < smi

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“smile.”

vibhātī < vibhā < √bhā

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“shine.”

supratīkā < su

[adverb]

“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”

supratīkā < pratīkā < pratīka

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“face; surface.”

saumanasāyājīgaḥ < saumanasāya < saumanasa

[noun], dative, singular, neuter

“favor; satisfaction.”

saumanasāyājīgaḥ < ajīgaḥ < jāgṛ

[verb], singular, Redupl. Aorist (Ind.)

“wake; watch; awaken; wake up; oversee.”

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