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 10.94.5
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
सु॒प॒र्णा वाच॑मक्र॒तोप॒ द्यव्या॑ख॒रे कृष्णा॑ इषि॒रा अ॑नर्तिषुः । न्य१॒॑ङ्नि य॒न्त्युप॑रस्य निष्कृ॒तं पु॒रू रेतो॑ दधिरे सूर्य॒श्वित॑: ॥
सुपर्णा वाचमक्रतोप द्यव्याखरे कृष्णा इषिरा अनर्तिषुः । न्यङ्नि यन्त्युपरस्य निष्कृतं पुरू रेतो दधिरे सूर्यश्वितः ॥
suparṇā vācam akratopa dyavy ākhare kṛṣṇā iṣirā anartiṣuḥ | nyaṅ ni yanty uparasya niṣkṛtam purū reto dadhire sūryaśvitaḥ ||
English translation:
“The well-gliding stones made a noise in the firmament; they danced (like) the black deer in the stall;they exude down from the upper stone the expressed (Soma); white as the sun they yield abundant moisture.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): arbudaḥ kādraveyaḥ sarpaḥ [arbuda kādraveya sarpa];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): grāvāṇaḥ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
सु॒ऽप॒र्णाः । वाच॑म् । अ॒क्र॒त॒ । उप॑ । द्यवि॑ । आ॒ऽख॒रे । कृष्णाः॑ । इ॒षि॒राः । अ॒न॒र्ति॒षुः॒ । न्य॑क् । नि । य॒न्ति॒ । उप॑रस्य । निः॒ऽकृ॒तम् । पु॒रु । रेतः॑ । द॒धि॒रे॒ । सू॒र्य॒ऽश्वितः॑ ॥
सुपर्णाः । वाचम् । अक्रत । उप । द्यवि । आखरे । कृष्णाः । इषिराः । अनर्तिषुः । न्यक् । नि । यन्ति । उपरस्य । निःकृतम् । पुरु । रेतः । दधिरे । सूर्यश्वितः ॥
su-parṇāḥ | vācam | akrata | upa | dyavi | ākhare | kṛṣṇāḥ | iṣirāḥ | anartiṣuḥ | nyak | ni | yanti | uparasya | niḥ-kṛtam | puru | retaḥ | dadhire | sūrya-śvitaḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 10.94.5 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“Garuda; Suparṇa; bird of prey; Suparṇa; suparṇa; Suparṇa; eagle.”
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
“speech; statement; voice; voice; speech; language; vāc [word]; word; literary composition; conversation; sound; Sarasvati; cry; assurance; spell.”
[verb], plural, Root aorist (Ind.)
“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.”
[adverb]
“towards; on; next.”
[noun], locative, singular
“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
“lair.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“Krishna; Kṛṣṇa; Vishnu; Arjuna; Kṛṣṇa; Vyāsa; Shiva; Kṛṣṇa; Kṛṣṇa; Kṛṣṇa; Kṛṣṇa; Kṛṣṇa.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“vigorous; bracing; quick.”
[verb], plural, Athematic is aor. (Ind.)
“dance; dance.”
[?]
“_”
[adverb]
“back; down.”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“go; travel; enter (a state); return; walk; continue; reach; ask.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“later(a); future(a); nether.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“place; rendezvous.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“many; much(a); very.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“semen; sperm.”
[verb], plural, Perfect indicative
“put; give; cause; get; hold; make; provide; lend; wear; install; have; enter (a state); supply; hold; take; show.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine