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 1.30.2

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

श॒तं वा॒ यः शुची॑नां स॒हस्रं॑ वा॒ समा॑शिराम् । एदु॑ नि॒म्नं न री॑यते ॥
शतं वा यः शुचीनां सहस्रं वा समाशिराम् । एदु निम्नं न रीयते ॥
śataṃ vā yaḥ śucīnāṃ sahasraṃ vā samāśirām | ed u nimnaṃ na rīyate ||

English translation:

“May he who is (the recipient) of a hundred pure, and of a thousand distilled, (libations), come (to the rite), as water to low (plural ces).”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

श॒तम् । वा॒ । यः । शुची॑नाम् । स॒हस्र॑म् । वा॒ । सम्ऽआ॑शिराम् । आ । इत् । ऊँ॒ इति॑ । नि॒म्नम् । न । री॒य॒ते॒ ॥
शतम् । वा । यः । शुचीनाम् । सहस्रम् । वा । सम्आशिराम् । आ । इत् । ऊँ इति । निम्नम् । न । रीयते ॥
śatam | vā | yaḥ | śucīnām | sahasram | vā | sam-āśirām | ā | it | oṃ iti | nimnam | na | rīyate

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 1.30.2 English analysis of grammar]

śataṃ < śatam < śata

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“hundred; one-hundredth; śata [word].”

[adverb]

“or; optionally; either.”

yaḥ < yad

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

śucīnāṃ < śucīnām < śuci

[noun], genitive, plural, feminine

“clean; clean; pure; bright; clear; honest; śuci [word]; clear; impeccant.”

sahasraṃ < sahasram < sahasra

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“thousand; one-thousandth; sahasra [word].”

[adverb]

“or; optionally; either.”

samāśirām < samāśir

[noun], genitive, plural, masculine

ed < ā

[adverb]

“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”

ed < id

[adverb]

“indeed; assuredly; entirely.”

u

[adverb]

“ukāra; besides; now; indeed; u.”

nimnaṃ < nimnam < nimna

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“depression; depth.”

na

[adverb]

“not; like; no; na [word].”

rīyate < ri

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“free; liberate; run; let go of.”

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