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 1.124.5
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
पूर्वे॒ अर्धे॒ रज॑सो अ॒प्त्यस्य॒ गवां॒ जनि॑त्र्यकृत॒ प्र के॒तुम् । व्यु॑ प्रथते वित॒रं वरी॑य॒ ओभा पृ॒णन्ती॑ पि॒त्रोरु॒पस्था॑ ॥
पूर्वे अर्धे रजसो अप्त्यस्य गवां जनित्र्यकृत प्र केतुम् । व्यु प्रथते वितरं वरीय ओभा पृणन्ती पित्रोरुपस्था ॥
pūrve ardhe rajaso aptyasya gavāṃ janitry akṛta pra ketum | vy u prathate vitaraṃ varīya obhā pṛṇantī pitror upasthā ||
English translation:
“Born in the eastern quarter of the spacious firmament, she displays a banner of rays of light. plural ced on the lap of both parents (heaven and earth), filling them (with radiance), she enjoys vast and wide-spread renown.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): kakṣīvān dairghatamasaḥ auśijaḥ [kakṣīvān dairghatamasa auśija];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): uṣāḥ ;
Chandas (meter): paṅktiḥ ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
पूर्वे॑ । अर्धे॑ । रज॑सः । अ॒प्त्यस्य॑ । गवा॑म् । जनि॑त्री । अ॒कृ॒त॒ । प्र । के॒तुम् । वि । ऊँ॒ इति॑ । प्र॒थ॒ते॒ । वि॒ऽत॒रम् । वरी॑यः । आ । उ॒भा । पृ॒णन्ती॑ । पि॒त्रोः । उ॒पऽस्था॑ ॥
पूर्वे । अर्धे । रजसः । अप्त्यस्य । गवाम् । जनित्री । अकृत । प्र । केतुम् । वि । ऊँ इति । प्रथते । वितरम् । वरीयः । आ । उभा । पृणन्ती । पित्रोः । उपस्था ॥
pūrve | ardhe | rajasaḥ | aptyasya | gavām | janitrī | akṛta | pra | ketum | vi | oṃ iti | prathate | vi-taram | varīyaḥ | ā | ubhā | pṛṇantī | pitroḥ | upa-sthā
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.124.5 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“aforesaid(a); antecedent; previous(a); first; eastern; former(a); pūrva [word]; age-old; anterior; bygone; fore(a); predictive; firstborn; easterly; instrumental.”
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“one-half; ardha [word].”
[noun], genitive, singular, neuter
“powder; menorrhea; dust; Rajas; atmosphere; rajas; pollen; passion; rajas [word]; sindūra; rust; tin; impurity; dark; sky.”
[noun], genitive, singular, neuter
[noun], genitive, plural, masculine
“cow; cattle; go [word]; Earth; bull; floor; milk; beam; sunbeam; leather; hide; horn; language; bowstring; earth; ox; Svarga.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“mother.”
[verb], singular, Root aorist (Ind.)
“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]
“towards; ahead.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“banner; ketu; sunbeam; enemy; sign; Premna spinosa Roxb.; comet; signal; signal; luminosity.”
[adverb]
“apart; away; away.”
[adverb]
“ukāra; besides; now; indeed; u.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“be known; expand; expand; boom.”
[adverb]
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“broad; further.”
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[noun], accusative, dual, masculine
“both(a).”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“satisfy.”
[noun], genitive, dual, masculine
“father; Pitṛ; ancestor; parent; paternal ancestor; pitṛ [word]; forefather.”
[noun], accusative, dual, masculine
“genitalia; lap; sexual desire; anus.”