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 7.70.2

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

सिष॑क्ति॒ सा वां॑ सुम॒तिश्चनि॒ष्ठाता॑पि घ॒र्मो मनु॑षो दुरो॒णे । यो वां॑ समु॒द्रान्त्स॒रित॒: पिप॒र्त्येत॑ग्वा चि॒न्न सु॒युजा॑ युजा॒नः ॥
सिषक्ति सा वां सुमतिश्चनिष्ठातापि घर्मो मनुषो दुरोणे । यो वां समुद्रान्त्सरितः पिपर्त्येतग्वा चिन्न सुयुजा युजानः ॥
siṣakti sā vāṃ sumatiś caniṣṭhātāpi gharmo manuṣo duroṇe | yo vāṃ samudrān saritaḥ piparty etagvā cin na suyujā yujānaḥ ||

English translation:

“This excellent praise, redolent of food, propitiates you; the ewer has been heated in the dwelling of theworshipper, which, reaching you, fills the ocean and the rivers (through the rain it obtains), associating you (inthe rite), like two well-matched horses in a chariot.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

The ewer: gharma = pravarga; gharmaḥ pravargaśca

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vasiṣṭhaḥ [vasiṣṭha];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): aśvinau ;
Chandas (meter): virāṭtrisṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

सिस॑क्ति । सा । वा॒म् । सु॒ऽम॒तिः । चनि॑ष्ठा । अता॑पि । घ॒र्मः । मनु॑षः । दु॒रो॒णे । यः । वा॒म् । स॒मु॒द्रान् । स॒रितः॑ । पिप॑र्ति । एत॑ऽग्वा । चि॒त् । न । सु॒ऽयुजा॑ । यु॒जा॒नः ॥
सिसक्ति । सा । वाम् । सुमतिः । चनिष्ठा । अतापि । घर्मः । मनुषः । दुरोणे । यः । वाम् । समुद्रान् । सरितः । पिपर्ति । एतग्वा । चित् । न । सुयुजा । युजानः ॥
sisakti | sā | vām | su-matiḥ | caniṣṭhā | atāpi | gharmaḥ | manuṣaḥ | duroṇe | yaḥ | vām | samudrān | saritaḥ | piparti | eta-gvā | cit | na | su-yujā | yujānaḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 7.70.2 English analysis of grammar]

siṣakti < sac

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“accompany; follow; company; obey; participate; enter.”

< tad

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”

vāṃ < vām < tvad

[noun], accusative, dual

“you.”

sumatiś < sumatiḥ < sumati

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“benevolence; favor; Sumati.”

caniṣṭhātāpi < caniṣṭhā < caniṣṭha

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“gracious.”

caniṣṭhātāpi < atāpi < tap

[verb], singular, Aorist passive

“heat; burn; grieve; afflict; burn; afflict; trouble; boil.”

gharmo < gharmaḥ < gharma

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“sunlight; heat; summer; Gharma; Gharma; boiler; perspiration; caldron.”

manuṣo < manuṣaḥ < manus

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“Manu; man.”

duroṇe < duroṇa

[noun], locative, singular, neuter

“home; dwelling.”

yo < yaḥ < yad

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

vāṃ < vām < tvad

[noun], accusative, dual

“you.”

samudrān < samudra

[noun], accusative, plural, masculine

“ocean; Samudra; sea; samudra [word]; four.”

saritaḥ < sarit

[noun], accusative, plural, feminine

“river; stream.”

piparty < piparti < pṛ

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“protect; promote; rescue; help.”

etagvā < etagva

[noun], accusative, dual, masculine

“shining.”

cin < cit

[adverb]

“even; indeed.”

na

[adverb]

“not; like; no; na [word].”

suyujā < su

[adverb]

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

suyujā < yujā < yuj

[noun], accusative, dual, masculine

“amalgamated; harnessed.”

yujānaḥ < yuj

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“mix; use; endow; yoke; accompany; to practice Yoga; connect; hire; administer; compound; affect; add; concentrate; unite; join; prosecute; combine; supply; compound; attach to; appoint; fill; process; mobilize; mount; complement; eat; join; treat; coincide; affect; challenge.”

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