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 1.25.5
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
क॒दा क्ष॑त्र॒श्रियं॒ नर॒मा वरु॑णं करामहे । मृ॒ळी॒कायो॑रु॒चक्ष॑सम् ॥
कदा क्षत्रश्रियं नरमा वरुणं करामहे । मृळीकायोरुचक्षसम् ॥
kadā kṣatraśriyaṃ naram ā varuṇaṃ karāmahe | mṛḻīkāyorucakṣasam ||
English translation:
“When for our happiness, shall we bring hither Varuṇa, eminent in strength, the guide (of men), the regarder of many?”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Uru-cakṣasam = bahunān draṣṭāram, the beholder of many
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): śunaḥśepa ājīgartiḥ [śunaśepa ājīgarti];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): varuṇaḥ;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
क॒दा । क्ष॒त्र॒ऽश्रिय॑म् । नर॑म् । आ । वरु॑णम् । क॒रा॒म॒हे॒ । मृ॒ळी॒काय॑ । उ॒रु॒ऽचक्ष॑सम् ॥
कदा । क्षत्रश्रियम् । नरम् । आ । वरुणम् । करामहे । मृळीकाय । उरुचक्षसम् ॥
kadā | kṣatra-śriyam | naram | ā | varuṇam | karāmahe | mṛḷīkāya | uru-cakṣasam
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.25.5 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“when; kadā [word].”
[noun], neuter
“Kshatriya; dominion; Kshatriya; kṣatra [word]; power.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“mister; Ms.; Lakshmi; good fortune; well-being; magnificence; glory; beauty; Aegle marmelos (Linn.) Correa; dignity; power; śrī [word]; śrī; prosperity; auspiciousness.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“man; man; Nara; person; people; Nara; Puruṣa; nara [word]; servant; hero.”
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“Varuna; varuṇa [word]; Crataeva religiosa Forst.; Varuṇa; varuṇādi.”
[verb], plural, Aorist conj./subj.
“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.”
[noun], dative, singular, neuter
“compassion; favor.”
[noun]
“wide; broad; great; uru [word]; much(a); excellent.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“eye; look; radiance.”