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 1.25.8
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
वेद॑ मा॒सो धृ॒तव्र॑तो॒ द्वाद॑श प्र॒जाव॑तः । वेदा॒ य उ॑प॒जाय॑ते ॥
वेद मासो धृतव्रतो द्वादश प्रजावतः । वेदा य उपजायते ॥
veda māso dhṛtavrato dvādaśa prajāvataḥ | vedā ya upajāyate ||
English translation:
“He, who accepting the rites (dedicated to him) knows the twelve months and their productions and that which is supplementarily engendered.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
An allusion to the thirteenth, the supplementary or intercalary month of the Hindu unisolar year and to the transition to the lunar year from the solar year; 'that thirteenth or additional month which is produced of itself, in connection with the year', yaḥ trayodaśo adhikamāsa upajāyate saṃvatsarasamīpe svayam evotpadyate
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): śunaḥśepa ājīgartiḥ [śunaśepa ājīgarti];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): varuṇaḥ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
वेद॑ । मा॒सः । धृ॒तऽव्र॑तः । द्वाद॑श । प्र॒जाऽव॑तः । वेद॑ । यः । उ॒प॒ऽजाय॑ते ॥
वेद । मासः । धृतव्रतः । द्वादश । प्रजावतः । वेद । यः । उपजायते ॥
veda | māsaḥ | dhṛta-vrataḥ | dvādaśa | prajāvataḥ | veda | yaḥ | upa-jāyate
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.25.8 English analysis of grammar]
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
“know; diagnose; perceive; know; accord; notice; deem; mind; learn; specify; watch; recognize; detect; call.”
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
“month; lunar month.”
[verb noun]
“keep; put; hold; assume; wear; take; promise; stay; exist; hold; begin; dip.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“vrata (vote); commandment; law; oath; command; rule; custom; vrata [word]; rule; behavior.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“twelve; twelfth.”
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
“prolific.”
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
“know; diagnose; perceive; know; accord; notice; deem; mind; learn; specify; watch; recognize; detect; call.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“originate; happen.”