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 1.33.10
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
न ये दि॒वः पृ॑थि॒व्या अन्त॑मा॒पुर्न मा॒याभि॑र्धन॒दां प॒र्यभू॑वन् । युजं॒ वज्रं॑ वृष॒भश्च॑क्र॒ इन्द्रो॒ निर्ज्योति॑षा॒ तम॑सो॒ गा अ॑दुक्षत् ॥
न ये दिवः पृथिव्या अन्तमापुर्न मायाभिर्धनदां पर्यभूवन् । युजं वज्रं वृषभश्चक्र इन्द्रो निर्ज्योतिषा तमसो गा अदुक्षत् ॥
na ye divaḥ pṛthivyā antam āpur na māyābhir dhanadām paryabhūvan | yujaṃ vajraṃ vṛṣabhaś cakra indro nir jyotiṣā tamaso gā adukṣat ||
English translation:
“When the waters descended not upon the ends of the earth, and overspread not that giver of affluence with its productions, then Indra, the showerer, grasped his bolt, and with its brightness milked out the waters from the darkness.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): hiraṇyastūpa āṅgirasaḥ [hiraṇyastūpa āṅgirasa];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): triṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
न । ये । दि॒वः । पृ॒थि॒व्याः । अन्त॑म् । आ॒पुः । न । मा॒याभिः॑ । ध॒न॒ऽदाम् । प॒रि॒ऽअभू॑वन् । युज॑म् । वज्र॑म् । वृ॒ष॒भः । च॒क्रे॒ । इन्द्रः॑ । निः । ज्योति॑षा । तम॑सः । गाः । अ॒धु॒क्ष॒त् ॥
न । ये । दिवः । पृथिव्याः । अन्तम् । आपुः । न । मायाभिः । धनदाम् । परिअभूवन् । युजम् । वज्रम् । वृषभः । चक्रे । इन्द्रः । निः । ज्योतिषा । तमसः । गाः । अधुक्षत् ॥
na | ye | divaḥ | pṛthivyāḥ | antam | āpuḥ | na | māyābhiḥ | dhana-dām | pari-abhūvan | yujam | vajram | vṛṣabhaḥ | cakre | indraḥ | niḥ | jyotiṣā | tamasaḥ | gāḥ | adhukṣat
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.33.10 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”
[noun], genitive, singular, feminine
“Earth; pṛthivī; floor; Earth; earth; pṛthivī [word]; land.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“end; last syllable; end; end; boundary; inside; border; death; anta [word]; edge; end; shore; limit; region; outskirt; destruction; boundary; limit; anta; termination; corner; conclusion; hem; end; ant; edge.”
[verb], plural, Perfect indicative
“enter (a state); get; reach; obtain; equal.”
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[noun], instrumental, plural, feminine
“magic trick; Māyā; deception; illusion; māyā [word]; disguise; trick.”
[noun], neuter
“wealth; property; money; treasure; prize; dhana [word]; valuable; dhan; capital; fight.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“giving.”
[verb], plural, Root aorist (Ind.)
“overcome; contemn; enclose; discredit; happen.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“ally; friend; pair; two; companion.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“vajra; Vajra; vajra; vajra; lightning; abhra; vajramūṣā; diamond; vajra [word]; vajrakapāṭa; vajra; vaikrānta.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“bull; Vṛṣabha; Vṛṣabha; best.”
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
“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], nominative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[adverb]
“niḥ; away; out; without.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter
“light; star; luminosity; fire; jyotis [word]; digestion; planet; light; sunlight.”
[noun], ablative, singular, neuter
“dark; darkness; Tamas; tamas [word]; faint; tamas; gloom; ignorance.”
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
“cow; cattle; go [word]; Earth; bull; floor; milk; beam; sunbeam; leather; hide; horn; language; bowstring; earth; ox; Svarga.”
[verb], singular, sa aorist (Ind.)
“milk.”