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 1.37.11

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

त्यं चि॑द्घा दी॒र्घं पृ॒थुं मि॒हो नपा॑त॒ममृ॑ध्रम् । प्र च्या॑वयन्ति॒ याम॑भिः ॥
त्यं चिद्घा दीर्घं पृथुं मिहो नपातममृध्रम् । प्र च्यावयन्ति यामभिः ॥
tyaṃ cid ghā dīrgham pṛthum miho napātam amṛdhram | pra cyāvayanti yāmabhiḥ ||

English translation:

“They drive before them in their course, the long, vast, uninjurable, rain-retaining cloud.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): kaṇvo ghauraḥ [kaṇva ghaura];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): marūtaḥ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

त्यम् । चि॒त् । घ॒ । दी॒र्घम् । पृ॒थुम् । मि॒हः । नपा॑तम् । अमृ॑ध्रम् । प्र । च्य॒व॒य॒न्ति॒ । याम॑ऽभिः ॥
त्यम् । चित् । घ । दीर्घम् । पृथुम् । मिहः । नपातम् । अमृध्रम् । प्र । च्यवयन्ति । यामभिः ॥
tyam | cit | gha | dīrgham | pṛthum | mihaḥ | napātam | amṛdhram | pra | cyavayanti | yāma-bhiḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 1.37.11 English analysis of grammar]

tyaṃ < tyam < tya

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“that.”

cid < cit

[adverb]

“even; indeed.”

ghā < gha

[adverb]

dīrgham < dīrgha

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“long; long; long; large; far; deep; dīrgha [word].”

pṛthum < pṛthu

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“broad; wide; great; flat; pṛthu [word]; far.”

miho < mihaḥ < mih

[noun], genitive, singular, feminine

“fog.”

napātam < napāt

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“grandson; nephew; napāt [word].”

amṛdhram < amṛdhra

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

pra

[adverb]

“towards; ahead.”

cyāvayanti < cyāvay < √cyu

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“chase away; remove; move.”

yāmabhiḥ < yāman

[noun], instrumental, plural, neuter

“expedition; path; expedition; arrival.”

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