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 1.23.17
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अ॒मूर्या उप॒ सूर्ये॒ याभि॑र्वा॒ सूर्य॑: स॒ह । ता नो॑ हिन्वन्त्वध्व॒रम् ॥
अमूर्या उप सूर्ये याभिर्वा सूर्यः सह । ता नो हिन्वन्त्वध्वरम् ॥
amūr yā upa sūrye yābhir vā sūryaḥ saha | tā no hinvantv adhvaram ||
English translation:
“May those waters which are contiguous to the Sun, and those with which the Sun is associated, be propitious to our rite.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Cf. āpaḥ surye samāhitāḥ, waters are collected in the Sun: Taittirīya Āraṇyaka 2.8.21).
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): medhātithiḥ kāṇvaḥ [medhātithi kāṇva];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): āpaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अ॒मूः । याः । उप॑ । सूर्ये॑ । याभिः॑ । वा॒ । सूर्यः॑ । स॒ह । ताः । नः॒ । हि॒न्व॒न्तु॒ । अ॒ध्व॒रम् ॥
अमूः । याः । उप । सूर्ये । याभिः । वा । सूर्यः । सह । ताः । नः । हिन्वन्तु । अध्वरम् ॥
amūḥ | yāḥ | upa | sūrye | yābhiḥ | vā | sūryaḥ | saha | tāḥ | naḥ | hinvantu | adhvaram
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.23.17 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“that; John Doe; yonder; from here.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[adverb]
“towards; on; next.”
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
“sun; Surya; sūrya [word]; right nostril; twelve; Calotropis gigantea Beng.; sūryakānta; sunlight; best.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, feminine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[adverb]
“or; optionally; either.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“sun; Surya; sūrya [word]; right nostril; twelve; Calotropis gigantea Beng.; sūryakānta; sunlight; best.”
[adverb]
“together; together; with; jointly; together; saha [word]; along.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[noun], genitive, plural
“I; mine.”
[verb], plural, Present imperative
“impel; send; spur; stimulate; urge.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“yajña; ceremony; adhvara [word].”