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 1.25.13

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

बिभ्र॑द्द्रा॒पिं हि॑र॒ण्ययं॒ वरु॑णो वस्त नि॒र्णिज॑म् । परि॒ स्पशो॒ नि षे॑दिरे ॥
बिभ्रद्द्रापिं हिरण्ययं वरुणो वस्त निर्णिजम् । परि स्पशो नि षेदिरे ॥
bibhrad drāpiṃ hiraṇyayaṃ varuṇo vasta nirṇijam | pari spaśo ni ṣedire ||

English translation:

Varuṇa clothes his well-nourished (person n), wearing golden armour, whence the (reflected)  rays are spread around.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

Bibhad drāpim hiraṇyayam = suvarṇamayam kavacam, armour or mail made of gold; an apparent allusion to Varuṇa as an image

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): śunaḥśepa ājīgartiḥ [śunaśepa ājīgarti];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): varuṇaḥ;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

बिभ्र॑त् । द्रा॒पिम् । हि॒र॒ण्यय॑म् । वरु॑णः । व॒स्त॒ । निः॒ऽनिज॑म् । परि॑ । स्पशः॑ । नि । से॒दि॒रे॒ ॥
बिभ्रत् । द्रापिम् । हिरण्ययम् । वरुणः । वस्त । निःनिजम् । परि । स्पशः । नि । सेदिरे ॥
bibhrat | drāpim | hiraṇyayam | varuṇaḥ | vasta | niḥ-nijam | pari | spaśaḥ | ni | sedire

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 1.25.13 English analysis of grammar]

bibhrad < bibhrat < bhṛ

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“bring; hold; fill; support; wear; possess; carry; nourish; keep; hire; have; satiate; follow; bear.”

drāpiṃ < drāpim < drāpi

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“garment; cape.”

hiraṇyayaṃ < hiraṇyayam < hiraṇyaya

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“gold; aureate; hiraṇyaya [word].”

varuṇo < varuṇaḥ < varuṇa

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“Varuna; varuṇa [word]; Crataeva religiosa Forst.; Varuṇa; varuṇādi.”

vasta < vas

[verb], singular, Present injunctive

“wear.”

nirṇijam < nirṇij

[noun], accusative, singular, feminine

“attire; garment.”

pari

[adverb]

“from; about; around.”

spaśo < spaśaḥ < spaś

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“lookout; spy; spaś.”

ni

[adverb]

“back; down.”

ṣedire < sad

[verb], plural, Perfect indicative

“sit down; break down; slow; sink; crumble; fracture; perish; ride; stop; besiege; tire.”

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