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 10.114.1

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

घ॒र्मा सम॑न्ता त्रि॒वृतं॒ व्या॑पतु॒स्तयो॒र्जुष्टिं॑ मात॒रिश्वा॑ जगाम । दि॒वस्पयो॒ दिधि॑षाणा अवेषन्वि॒दुर्दे॒वाः स॒हसा॑मानम॒र्कम् ॥
घर्मा समन्ता त्रिवृतं व्यापतुस्तयोर्जुष्टिं मातरिश्वा जगाम । दिवस्पयो दिधिषाणा अवेषन्विदुर्देवाः सहसामानमर्कम् ॥
gharmā samantā trivṛtaṃ vy āpatus tayor juṣṭim mātariśvā jagāma | divas payo didhiṣāṇā aveṣan vidur devāḥ sahasāmānam arkam ||

English translation:

“The two sources of heat (Agni and Āditya) spreading to the limit (of the horizon), have pervaded thethreefold (universe); Mātariśvan has come to give them plural asure; (when) the shining (rays) reached theadorable (sun), having the brilliancy of the Sāman, sustaining (the universe), they attained the water of heaven.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): sadhrirvairupo dharmo vā tāpasaḥ [sadhrirvairupa dharmatāpasa];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): viśvedevā:;
Chandas (meter): triṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

घ॒र्मा । सम्ऽअ॑न्ता । त्रि॒ऽवृत॑म् । वि । आ॒प॒तुः॒ । तयोः॑ । जुष्टि॑म् । मा॒त॒रिश्वा॑ । ज॒गा॒म॒ । दि॒वः । पयः॑ । दिधि॑षाणाः । अ॒वे॒ष॒न् । वि॒दुः । दे॒वाः । स॒हऽसा॑मानम् । अ॒र्कम् ॥
घर्मा । सम्अन्ता । त्रिवृतम् । वि । आपतुः । तयोः । जुष्टिम् । मातरिश्वा । जगाम । दिवः । पयः । दिधिषाणाः । अवेषन् । विदुः । देवाः । सहसामानम् । अर्कम् ॥
gharmā | sam-antā | tri-vṛtam | vi | āpatuḥ | tayoḥ | juṣṭim | mātariśvā | jagāma | di vaḥ | payaḥ | didhiṣāṇāḥ | aveṣan | viduḥ | devāḥ | saha-sāmānam | arkam

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 10.114.1 English analysis of grammar]

gharmā < gharma

[noun], nominative, dual, masculine

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

samantā < samanta

[noun], nominative, dual, masculine

“contiguous; whole.”

trivṛtaṃ < trivṛtam < trivṛt

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“treble.”

vy < vi

[adverb]

“apart; away; away.”

āpatus < āpatuḥ < āp

[verb], dual, Perfect indicative

“enter (a state); get; reach; obtain; equal.”

tayor < tayoḥ < tad

[noun], genitive, dual, masculine

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

juṣṭim < juṣṭi

[noun], accusative, singular, feminine

“satisfaction; enjoyment.”

mātariśvā < mātariśvan

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“wind; Mātariśvan; Vayu; vāta.”

jagāma < gam

[verb], singular, Perfect indicative

“go; situate; enter (a state); travel; disappear; [in]; elapse; leave; reach; vanish; love; walk; approach; issue; hop on; gasify; get; come; die; drain; spread; transform; happen; discharge; ride; to be located; run; detect; refer; go; shall; drive.”

divas < divaḥ < div

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”

payo < payaḥ < payas

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“milk; milky juice; water; fluid; juice; payas [word]; drink.”

didhiṣāṇā < didhiṣāṇāḥ < didhiṣ < √dhā

[verb noun], nominative, plural

aveṣan < viṣ

[verb], plural, Imperfect

“labor; act; perform.”

vidur < viduḥ < vid

[verb], plural, Perfect indicative

“know; diagnose; perceive; know; accord; notice; deem; mind; learn; specify; watch; recognize; detect; call.”

devāḥ < deva

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”

sahasāmānam < sahasāman

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

arkam < arka

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“Calotropis gigantea Beng.; sun; copper; Surya; hymn; twelve; fire; beam.”

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