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 2.35.14

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अ॒स्मिन्प॒दे प॑र॒मे त॑स्थि॒वांस॑मध्व॒स्मभि॑र्वि॒श्वहा॑ दीदि॒वांस॑म् । आपो॒ नप्त्रे॑ घृ॒तमन्नं॒ वह॑न्तीः स्व॒यमत्कै॒: परि॑ दीयन्ति य॒ह्वीः ॥
अस्मिन्पदे परमे तस्थिवांसमध्वस्मभिर्विश्वहा दीदिवांसम् । आपो नप्त्रे घृतमन्नं वहन्तीः स्वयमत्कैः परि दीयन्ति यह्वीः ॥
asmin pade parame tasthivāṃsam adhvasmabhir viśvahā dīdivāṃsam | āpo naptre ghṛtam annaṃ vahantīḥ svayam atkaiḥ pari dīyanti yahvīḥ ||

English translation:

“The abundant waters, bearing sustenance to their grandson, flow round him with spontaneous movements; when abiding in his supreme sphere, and shining daily with imperishable (rays).”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): gṛtsamadaḥ śaunakaḥ [gṛtsamada śaunaka];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): apānnapāt;
Chandas (meter): triṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अ॒स्मिन् । प॒दे । प॒र॒मे । त॒स्थि॒ऽवांस॑म् । अ॒ध्व॒स्मऽभिः॑ । वि॒श्वहा॑ । दीदि॒ऽवांस॑म् । आपः॑ । नप्त्रे॑ । घृ॒तम् । अन्न॑म् । वह॑न्तीः । स्व॒यम् । अत्कैः॑ । परि॑ । दी॒य॒न्ति॒ । य॒ह्वीः ॥
अस्मिन् । पदे । परमे । तस्थिवांसम् । अध्वस्मभिः । विश्वहा । दीदिवांसम् । आपः । नप्त्रे । घृतम् । अन्नम् । वहन्तीः । स्वयम् । अत्कैः । परि । दीयन्ति । यह्वीः ॥
asmin | pade | parame | tasthi-vāṃsam | adhvasma-bhiḥ | viśvahā | dīdi-vāṃsam | āpaḥ | naptre | ghṛtam | annam | vahantīḥ | svayam | atkaiḥ | pari | dīyanti | yahvīḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 2.35.14 English analysis of grammar]

asmin < idam

[noun], locative, singular, neuter

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

pade < pada

[noun], locative, singular, neuter

“word; location; foot; footprint; pada [word]; verse; footstep; metrical foot; situation; dwelling; state; step; mark; position; trace; construction; animal foot; way; moment; social station; topographic point; path; residence; site; topic.”

parame < parama

[noun], locative, singular, neuter

“extreme; best; excellent; highest; highest; devoted(p); maximal; distant; parama [word]; very; farthermost.”

tasthivāṃsam < sthā

[verb noun], accusative, singular

“stay; stand; situate; exist; [in]; resist; endure; put; soak; be; stop; adhere; get stale; concentrate; grow; trust; wake; consociate; last; dwell; lie; stand; stop.”

adhvasmabhir < adhvasmabhiḥ < adhvasman

[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine

“immaculate.”

viśvahā

[adverb]

dīdivāṃsam < dīdī

[verb noun], accusative, singular

“shine; glitter.”

āpo < āpaḥ < ap

[noun], nominative, plural, feminine

“water; body of water; water; ap [word]; juice; jala.”

naptre < naptṛ

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

“grandson; nephew; naptṛ [word].”

ghṛtam < ghṛta

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“ghee; fat.”

annaṃ < annam < anna

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“food; foodstuff; grain; anna [word]; eating; boiled rice; meal.”

vahantīḥ < vah

[verb noun], nominative, plural

“transport; bring; marry; run; drive; vāhay; drive; run; pull; nirvāpay; blow; transport; discharge; assume; remove.”

svayam

[adverb]

“personally; spontaneously; svayam [word]; voluntarily.”

atkaiḥ < atka

[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine

“garment.”

pari

[adverb]

“from; about; around.”

dīyanti <

[verb], plural, Present indikative

yahvīḥ < yahvī

[noun], nominative, plural, feminine

“river.”

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