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 1.22.14
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
तयो॒रिद्घृ॒तव॒त्पयो॒ विप्रा॑ रिहन्ति धी॒तिभि॑: । ग॒न्ध॒र्वस्य॑ ध्रु॒वे प॒दे ॥
तयोरिद्घृतवत्पयो विप्रा रिहन्ति धीतिभिः । गन्धर्वस्य ध्रुवे पदे ॥
tayor id ghṛtavat payo viprā rihanti dhītibhiḥ | gandharvasya dhruve pade ||
English translation:
“The wise taste, through their pious acts, the ghee-resembling waters of these two, (abiding) in the permanent region of the Gandharvas. (Antarikṣa, the sphere of gandharvas, yakṣas and apsarasas, the firmament between heaven and earth).”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Ākāśe varmānayoḥ dyāvāpṛthivyoḥ
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): medhātithiḥ kāṇvaḥ [medhātithi kāṇva];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): dyāvāpṛthivyau ;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
तयोः॑ । इत् । घृ॒तऽव॑त् । पयः॑ । विप्राः॑ । रि॒ह॒न्ति॒ । धी॒तिऽभिः॑ । ग॒न्ध॒र्वस्य॑ । ध्रु॒वे । प॒दे ॥
तयोः । इत् । घृतवत् । पयः । विप्राः । रिहन्ति । धीतिभिः । गन्धर्वस्य । ध्रुवे । पदे ॥
tayoḥ | it | ghṛta-vat | payaḥ | viprāḥ | rihanti | dhīti-bhiḥ | gandharvasya | dhruve | pade
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.22.14 English analysis of grammar]
[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.”
[adverb]
“indeed; assuredly; entirely.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“buttery.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“milk; milky juice; water; fluid; juice; payas [word]; drink.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“Brahmin; poet; singer; priest; guru; Vipra.”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“lick.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, feminine
“thinking; prayer; understanding.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“Gandharva; castor-oil plant; horse; Gandharva; Indian cuckoo.”
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“certain; fixed; permanent; changeless; firm; safe; resident; immovable; fixed; fixed; vital; faithful.”
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“word; location; foot; footprint; pada [word]; verse; footstep; metrical foot; situation; dwelling; state; step; mark; position; trace; construction; animal foot; way; moment; social station; topographic point; path; residence; site; topic.”