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 1.24.12
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
तदिन्नक्तं॒ तद्दिवा॒ मह्य॑माहु॒स्तद॒यं केतो॑ हृ॒द आ वि च॑ष्टे । शुन॒:शेपो॒ यमह्व॑द्गृभी॒तः सो अ॒स्मान्राजा॒ वरु॑णो मुमोक्तु ॥
तदिन्नक्तं तद्दिवा मह्यमाहुस्तदयं केतो हृद आ वि चष्टे । शुनःशेपो यमह्वद्गृभीतः सो अस्मान्राजा वरुणो मुमोक्तु ॥
tad in naktaṃ tad divā mahyam āhus tad ayaṃ keto hṛda ā vi caṣṭe | śunaḥśepo yam ahvad gṛbhītaḥ so asmān rājā varuṇo mumoktu ||
English translation:
“This (your praise) they repeat to me by night and by day; this knowledge speaks to my heart; may he whom the fettered Śunahśepas has invoked, may the regal Varuṇa set us free.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): śunaḥśepa ājīgartiḥ sa kṛtrimo vaiśvāmitro devarātaḥ [śunaśepa ājīgarti sa kṛtrima vaiśvāmitra devarāta];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): varuṇaḥ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
तत् । इत् । नक्त॑म् । तत् । दिवा॑ । मह्य॑म् । आ॒हुः॒ । तत् । अ॒यम् । केतः॑ । हृ॒दः । आ । वि । च॒ष्टे॒ । शुनः॒शेपः॑ । यम् । अह्व॑त् । गृ॒भी॒तः । सः । अ॒स्मान् । राजा॑ । वरु॑णः । मु॒मो॒क्तु॒ ॥
तत् । इत् । नक्तम् । तत् । दिवा । मह्यम् । आहुः । तत् । अयम् । केतः । हृदः । आ । वि । चष्टे । शुनःशेपः । यम् । अह्वत् । गृभीतः । सः । अस्मान् । राजा । वरुणः । मुमोक्तु ॥
tat | it | naktam | tat | divā | mahyam | āhuḥ | tat | ayam | ketaḥ | hṛdaḥ | ā | vi | caṣṭe | śunaḥśepaḥ | yam | ahvat | gṛbhītaḥ | saḥ | asmān | rājā | varuṇaḥ | mumoktu
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.24.12 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“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
“night; night.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[adverb]
“by day; divā [indecl.].”
[noun], dative, singular
“I; mine.”
[verb], plural, Perfect indicative
“describe; state; say; enumerate; call; name; teach; tell; deem; explain; say; define.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“wish; will; purpose; expectation; house.”
[noun], ablative, singular, neuter
“heart; heart; mind; breast; hṛd [word].”
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[adverb]
“apart; away; away.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“watch; look.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Śunaḥśepa.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[verb], singular, Thematic aorist (Ind.)
“raise; call on; call; summon.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“take; grasp; take out; extract; perceive; pick; assume; include; accept; understand; use; learn; possess; keep; choose; accept; afflict; suck; paralyze; mention; mistake; eat; wear; embrace; fill into; capture; eclipse; get; collect; hand down; marry; heed; touch.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[noun], accusative, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“king; Kshatriya; rājan [word]; best; rājāvarta; Yakṣa.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Varuna; varuṇa [word]; Crataeva religiosa Forst.; Varuṇa; varuṇādi.”
[verb], singular, Perfect imperative
“liberate; emit; get rid of; shoot; release; put; tousle; secrete; fill into; shoot; spill; lose; ejaculate; exclude; free; remove; loosen; let go of; add; shed; want; save; defecate; heal; fart; open; abandon; discard; precipitate; reject; lay; unleash; exhale; discharge.”