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 7.100.6
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
किमित्ते॑ विष्णो परि॒चक्ष्यं॑ भू॒त्प्र यद्व॑व॒क्षे शि॑पिवि॒ष्टो अ॑स्मि । मा वर्पो॑ अ॒स्मदप॑ गूह ए॒तद्यद॒न्यरू॑पः समि॒थे ब॒भूथ॑ ॥
किमित्ते विष्णो परिचक्ष्यं भूत्प्र यद्ववक्षे शिपिविष्टो अस्मि । मा वर्पो अस्मदप गूह एतद्यदन्यरूपः समिथे बभूथ ॥
kim it te viṣṇo paricakṣyam bhūt pra yad vavakṣe śipiviṣṭo asmi | mā varpo asmad apa gūha etad yad anyarūpaḥ samithe babhūtha ||
English translation:
“What is to be proclaimed, Viṣṇu, of you, when you save. I am Śipiviṣṭa? Conceal not from us yourreal form, although you have engaged under a different form in battle.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Viṣṇu is said to have aided Vasiṣṭha inbattle under an assumed form, and, when questioned, is reported to have said: I am Śipiviṣṭa (śipayotrarasmaya ucyate tairāviṣṭo bhavati: Nirukta 5.7-8). Śipiviṣṭa = objectionable or unobjectionable. In thepreceding ṛca and the ṛca 7 of the preceding sūkta, the world is explained: penetrated, or clothed with rays oflight, raśmibhir ariṣṭa, the radiant, the splendid; it normally means, a man naturally without prepuce; just as aman is so denuded, so is Viṣṇu, according to his own declaration, uncovered by radiance-- tejasāanācchāditaḥ
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vasiṣṭhaḥ [vasiṣṭha];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): viṣṇuḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
किम् । इत् । ते॒ । वि॒ष्णो॒ इति॑ । प॒रि॒ऽचक्ष्य॑म् । भू॒त् । प्र । यत् । व॒व॒क्षे । शि॒पि॒ऽवि॒ष्टः । अ॒स्मि॒ । मा । वर्पः॑ । अ॒स्मत् । अप॑ । गू॒हः॒ । ए॒तत् । यत् । अ॒न्यऽरू॑पः । स॒मि॒थे । ब॒भूथ॑ ॥
किम् । इत् । ते । विष्णो इति । परिचक्ष्यम् । भूत् । प्र । यत् । ववक्षे । शिपिविष्टः । अस्मि । मा । वर्पः । अस्मत् । अप । गूहः । एतत् । यत् । अन्यरूपः । समिथे । बभूथ ॥
kim | it | te | viṣṇo iti | pari-cakṣyam | bhūt | pra | yat | vavakṣe | śipi-viṣṭaḥ | asmi | mā | varpaḥ | asmat | apa | gūhaḥ | etat | yat | anya-rūpaḥ | samithe | babhūtha
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 7.100.6 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“what; who; ka [pronoun].”
[adverb]
“indeed; assuredly; entirely.”
[noun], genitive, singular
“you.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Vishnu; Krishna; Viṣṇu; Om; Shiva.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“explain; criticize.”
[verb], singular, Aorist inj. (proh.)
“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.”
[adverb]
“towards; ahead.”
[adverb]
“once [when]; because; that; if; how.”
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
“grow; grow.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”
[adverb]
“not.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“form; look; disguise.”
[noun], ablative, plural
“I; mine.”
[adverb]
“away.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“hide; cover; conceal; shroud; obscure.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); etad [word].”
[adverb]
“once [when]; because; that; if; how.”
[noun]
“other; another(a); remaining; different; anya [word]; other than; more(a); fresh; any(a).”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“form; appearance; beauty; look; shape; shape; symptom; feature; nature; guise; rūpa [word]; one; appearance; likeness; color; kind; vowel; type; disguise; aspect; form; derivative; omen; vision.”
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
“battle; conflict.”
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
“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.”