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 1.30.20
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
कस्त॑ उषः कधप्रिये भु॒जे मर्तो॑ अमर्त्ये । कं न॑क्षसे विभावरि ॥
कस्त उषः कधप्रिये भुजे मर्तो अमर्त्ये । कं नक्षसे विभावरि ॥
kas ta uṣaḥ kadhapriye bhuje marto amartye | kaṃ nakṣase vibhāvari ||
English translation:
“Uṣas, who are plural ased by praise, what mortal enjoy you, immortal? Whom, mighty one, do your affect?”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Uṣas = dawn, dyudevatāyāḥ duhitṛ, daughter of the person nified heaven
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): śunaḥśepa ājīgartiḥ [śunaśepa ājīgarti];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): uṣāḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
कः । ते॒ । उ॒षः॒ । क॒ध॒ऽप्रि॒ये॒ । भु॒जे । मर्तः॑ । अ॒म॒र्त्ये॒ । कम् । न॒क्ष॒से॒ । वि॒भा॒ऽव॒रि॒ ॥
कः । ते । उषः । कधप्रिये । भुजे । मर्तः । अमर्त्ये । कम् । नक्षसे । विभावरि ॥
kaḥ | te | uṣaḥ | kadha-priye | bhuje | martaḥ | amartye | kam | nakṣase | vibhā-vari
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.30.20 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“what; who; ka [pronoun].”
[noun], genitive, singular
“you.”
[noun], vocative, singular, feminine
“Ushas; dawn; uṣas [word]; morning.”
[noun], vocative, singular, feminine
[verb noun]
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“man.”
[noun], vocative, singular, feminine
“immortal.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“what; who; ka [pronoun].”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“reach; approach.”
[noun], vocative, singular, feminine
“night; Vibhāvarī; woman.”