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 7.83.2
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
यत्रा॒ नर॑: स॒मय॑न्ते कृ॒तध्व॑जो॒ यस्मि॑न्ना॒जा भव॑ति॒ किं च॒न प्रि॒यम् । यत्रा॒ भय॑न्ते॒ भुव॑ना स्व॒र्दृश॒स्तत्रा॑ न इन्द्रावरु॒णाधि॑ वोचतम् ॥
यत्रा नरः समयन्ते कृतध्वजो यस्मिन्नाजा भवति किं चन प्रियम् । यत्रा भयन्ते भुवना स्वर्दृशस्तत्रा न इन्द्रावरुणाधि वोचतम् ॥
yatrā naraḥ samayante kṛtadhvajo yasminn ājā bhavati kiṃ cana priyam | yatrā bhayante bhuvanā svardṛśas tatrā na indrāvaruṇādhi vocatam ||
English translation:
“Where men assemble with uplifted banners, in whatever conflict, there is something unfavourable;where living beings, looking to heaven, are in fear, there, Indra and Varuṇa, speak tous (encouragement).”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
There is something unfavourable: 'everything is evil'; yatra ca yuddhe bhuvanā, bhuvanāni, bhūtajātānisvardṛśaḥ, śarīrapatad ūrdhvam svargasya draṣṭāro vitas' ca bhayante, bibhyati, tatra, tadriśe saṅgrāmehe indrāvaruṇau no'sman adhivocatam, asmatpakṣapātavacanau bhavatām = in whatever (battle) livingbeings and those seeing heaven (i.e. gone to heaven, departed) are in fear, there, Indra and Varuṇa, plural ad ourcause
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vasiṣṭhaḥ [vasiṣṭha];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indrāvaruṇau ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛjjagatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
यत्र॑ । नरः॑ । स॒म्ऽअय॑न्ते । कृ॒तऽध्व॑जः । यस्मि॑न् । आ॒जा । भव॑ति । किम् । च॒न । प्रि॒यम् । यत्र॑ । भय॑न्ते । भुव॑ना । स्वः॒ऽदृशः॑ । तत्र॑ । नः॒ । इ॒न्द्रा॒व॒रु॒णा॒ । अधि॑ । वो॒च॒त॒म् ॥
यत्र । नरः । सम्अयन्ते । कृतध्वजः । यस्मिन् । आजा । भवति । किम् । चन । प्रियम् । यत्र । भयन्ते । भुवना । स्वःदृशः । तत्र । नः । इन्द्रावरुणा । अधि । वोचतम् ॥
yatra | naraḥ | sam-ayante | kṛta-dhvajaḥ | yasmin | ājā | bhavati | kim | cana | priyam | yatra | bhayante | bhuvanā | svaḥ-dṛśaḥ | tatra | naḥ | indrāvaruṇā | adhi | vocatam
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 7.83.2 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“wherein; once [when].”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“man; man; nṛ [word]; crew; masculine.”
[?]
“_”
[verb noun]
“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, masculine
“flag; flagpole; penis; flag; sign.”
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
“battle; fight; contest; āji [word]; combat.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“become; be; originate; transform; happen; result; exist; be born; be; be; come to life; grow; elapse; come to mind; thrive; become; impend; show; conceive; understand; stand; constitute; serve; apply; behave.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“what; who; ka [pronoun].”
[adverb]
“not even; cana [word].”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“beloved; pleasant; dear; fond(p); wanted; priya [word]; favorite; good; liked; suitable; proper.”
[adverb]
“wherein; once [when].”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“fear; fear.”
[noun], nominative, plural, neuter
“Earth; being; world; bhuvana [word].”
[adverb]
“sun; sky; sunlight.”
[noun], ablative, singular, masculine
“eye; dṛś; dṛś [word]; sight; evil eye.”
[adverb]
“there; now; then; then; there; in that place; then; locative; respectively; there; tatra [word]; inside; therefore.”
[noun], accusative, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], vocative, dual, masculine
“Varuna; Indra.”
[adverb]
“on; from; accordingly.”
[verb], dual, Aorist imperative
“say; describe; name; tell; address; enumerate; call; state; teach; explain; say; declare; speak; define; declare; order; address; recommend; answer; deem; recite; approve; proclaim; indicate; determine; mention; designate.”