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 1.105.16
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अ॒सौ यः पन्था॑ आदि॒त्यो दि॒वि प्र॒वाच्यं॑ कृ॒तः । न स दे॑वा अति॒क्रमे॒ तं म॑र्तासो॒ न प॑श्यथ वि॒त्तं मे॑ अ॒स्य रो॑दसी ॥
असौ यः पन्था आदित्यो दिवि प्रवाच्यं कृतः । न स देवा अतिक्रमे तं मर्तासो न पश्यथ वित्तं मे अस्य रोदसी ॥
asau yaḥ panthā ādityo divi pravācyaṃ kṛtaḥ | na sa devā atikrame tam martāso na paśyatha vittam me asya rodasī ||
English translation:
“The sun, who is avowedly made the path in heaven, is not to be disregarded, Gods, by you; but you, mortals, regard him not. Heaven and earth be conscious of this (my affliction).”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Asau yaḥ panthā ādityo divi pravācyam kṛtaḥ: panthā is an epithet of Āditya, the sun, as satatagamī, the ever-going; interpreted as a path, the sun is the road to heaven: sūryadvāreṇa virajāḥ prayānti, those who are free from soul go by the gate of the sun
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): āptyastrita āṅgirasaḥ kutso vā [āptyastrita āṅgirasa kutsa vā];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): viśvedevā:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛtpaṅkti ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अ॒सौ । यः । पन्थाः॑ । आ॒दि॒त्यः । दि॒वि । प्र॒ऽवाच्य॑म् । कृ॒तः । न । सः । दे॒वाः॒ । अ॒ति॒ऽक्रमे॑ । तम् । म॒र्ता॒सः॒ । न । प॒श्य॒थ॒ । वि॒त्तम् । मे॒ । अ॒स्य । रो॒द॒सी॒ इति॑ ॥
असौ । यः । पन्थाः । आदित्यः । दिवि । प्रवाच्यम् । कृतः । न । सः । देवाः । अतिक्रमे । तम् । मर्तासः । न । पश्यथ । वित्तम् । मे । अस्य । रोदसी इति ॥
asau | yaḥ | panthāḥ | ādityaḥ | divi | pra-vācyam | kṛtaḥ | na | saḥ | devāḥ | ati-krame | tam | martāsaḥ | na | paśyatha | vittam | me | asya | rodasī iti
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.105.16 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“that; John Doe; yonder; from here.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“way; road; path [word]; journey; method.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“āditya.”
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“describe; name; enumerate; call; explain; teach; state; tell; impart; convey; address; proclaim.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“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.”
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[noun], vocative, plural, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[verb noun]
“transgress; pass; elapse; neglect; transgress; traverse; separate.”
[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.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“man.”
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“see; view; watch; meet; observe; think of; look; examine; behold; visit; understand.”
[verb], dual, Present imperative
“know; diagnose; perceive; know; accord; notice; deem; mind; learn; specify; watch; recognize; detect; call.”
[noun], genitive, singular
“I; mine.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[noun], vocative, dual, neuter
“heaven and earth; Earth.”