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 5.78.8
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
यथा॒ वातो॒ यथा॒ वनं॒ यथा॑ समु॒द्र एज॑ति । ए॒वा त्वं द॑शमास्य स॒हावे॑हि ज॒रायु॑णा ॥
यथा वातो यथा वनं यथा समुद्र एजति । एवा त्वं दशमास्य सहावेहि जरायुणा ॥
yathā vāto yathā vanaṃ yathā samudra ejati | evā tvaṃ daśamāsya sahāvehi jarāyuṇā ||
English translation:
“As the wind, as the wood, as the ocean are agitated, so do you, gestation of ten months, invested with the uterine membranes, descend.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): saptavadhrirātreyaḥ [saptavadhrirātreya];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): aśvinau ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdanuṣṭup;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
यथा॑ । वातः॑ । यथा॑ । वन॑म् । यथा॑ । स॒मु॒द्रः । एज॑ति । ए॒व । त्वम् । द॒श॒ऽमा॒स्य॒ । स॒ह । अव॑ । इ॒हि॒ । ज॒रायु॑णा ॥
यथा । वातः । यथा । वनम् । यथा । समुद्रः । एजति । एव । त्वम् । दशमास्य । सह । अव । इहि । जरायुणा ॥
yathā | vātaḥ | yathā | vanam | yathā | samudraḥ | ejati | eva | tvam | daśa-māsya | saha | ava | ihi | jarāyuṇā
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 5.78.8 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“equally; as; so that; like; how; yathā [word]; that; wherein.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“vāta; wind; fart; Vayu; air; draft; vāta [word]; Vāta; rheumatism; Marut.”
[adverb]
“equally; as; so that; like; how; yathā [word]; that; wherein.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“forest; wood; tree; grove; vana [word]; forest; brush.”
[adverb]
“equally; as; so that; like; how; yathā [word]; that; wherein.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“ocean; Samudra; sea; samudra [word]; four.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“move; stir; tremble; travel.”
[adverb]
“indeed; merely; thus; even; surely; same; eva [word]; successively; immediately; in truth.”
[noun], nominative, singular
“you.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
[adverb]
“together; together; with; jointly; together; saha [word]; along.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“descend; go; learn; know; disappear.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine
“afterbirth; chorion; placenta.”