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 7.81.1
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
प्रत्यु॑ अदर्श्याय॒त्यु१॒॑च्छन्ती॑ दुहि॒ता दि॒वः । अपो॒ महि॑ व्ययति॒ चक्ष॑से॒ तमो॒ ज्योति॑ष्कृणोति सू॒नरी॑ ॥
प्रत्यु अदर्श्यायत्युच्छन्ती दुहिता दिवः । अपो महि व्ययति चक्षसे तमो ज्योतिष्कृणोति सूनरी ॥
praty u adarśy āyaty ucchantī duhitā divaḥ | apo mahi vyayati cakṣase tamo jyotiṣ kṛṇoti sūnarī ||
English translation:
“The daughter of heaven is everywhere beheld advancing and shedding light; she drives away the deepdarkness that objects may meet the eye; the kind guide of man, she diffuses light.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vasiṣṭhaḥ [vasiṣṭha];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): uṣāḥ ;
Chandas (meter): virāḍabṛhatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
प्रति॑ । ऊँ॒ इति॑ । अ॒द॒र्शि॒ । आ॒ऽय॒ती । उ॒च्छन्ती॑ । दु॒हि॒ता । दि॒वः । अपो॒ इति॑ । महि॑ । व्य॒य॒ति॒ । चक्ष॑से । तमः॑ । ज्योतिः॑ । कृ॒णो॒ति॒ । सू॒नरी॑ ॥
प्रति । ऊँ इति । अदर्शि । आयती । उच्छन्ती । दुहिता । दिवः । अपो इति । महि । व्ययति । चक्षसे । तमः । ज्योतिः । कृणोति । सूनरी ॥
prati | oṃ iti | adarśi | āyatī | ucchantī | duhitā | divaḥ | apo iti | mahi | vyayati | cakṣase | tamaḥ | jyotiḥ | kṛṇoti | sūnarī
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 7.81.1 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“towards; per; regarding; respectively; according to; until.”
[adverb]
“ukāra; besides; now; indeed; u.”
[verb], singular, Aorist passive
“see; observe; view; visit; look; learn; meet; read; teach; examine; watch; see; notice; perceive; diagnose; travel to; show; detect; know; know; understand; understand; follow.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“come; travel.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“dawn; shine.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“daughter; duhitṛ [word].”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”
[adverb]
“away.”
[adverb]
“ukāra; besides; now; indeed; u.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“great; firm.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“cover.”
[verb noun]
“watch; look.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“dark; darkness; Tamas; tamas [word]; faint; tamas; gloom; ignorance.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“light; star; luminosity; fire; jyotis [word]; digestion; planet; light; sunlight.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“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.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“noble.”