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 1.46.10
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अभू॑दु॒ भा उ॑ अं॒शवे॒ हिर॑ण्यं॒ प्रति॒ सूर्य॑: । व्य॑ख्यज्जि॒ह्वयासि॑तः ॥
अभूदु भा उ अंशवे हिरण्यं प्रति सूर्यः । व्यख्यज्जिह्वयासितः ॥
abhūd u bhā u aṃśave hiraṇyam prati sūryaḥ | vy akhyaj jihvayāsitaḥ ||
English translation:
“There was light to irradiate the dawn; the sun (rose) like god; the fire shone with darkened flames.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): praskaṇvaḥ kāṇvaḥ [praskaṇva kāṇva];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): aśvinau ;
Chandas (meter): virāḍgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अभू॑त् । ऊँ॒ इति॑ । भाः । ऊँ॒ इति॑ । अं॒शवे॑ । हिर॑ण्यम् । प्रति॑ । सूर्यः॑ । वि । अ॒ख्य॒त् । जि॒ह्वया॑ । असि॑तः ॥
अभूत् । ऊँ इति । भाः । ऊँ इति । अंशवे । हिरण्यम् । प्रति । सूर्यः । वि । अख्यत् । जिह्वया । असितः ॥
abhūt | oṃ iti | bhāḥ | oṃ iti | aṃśave | hiraṇyam | prati | sūryaḥ | vi | akhyat | jihvayā | asitaḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.46.10 English analysis of grammar]
[verb], singular, Root aorist (Ind.)
“become; be; originate; transform; happen; result; exist; be born; be; be; come to life; grow; elapse; come to mind; thrive; become; impend; show; conceive; understand; stand; constitute; serve; apply; behave.”
[adverb]
“ukāra; besides; now; indeed; u.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“beam; radiance; bhās [word]; fire.”
[adverb]
“ukāra; besides; now; indeed; u.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“sunbeam; beam; aṃśu [word]; thread.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“gold; jewelry; hiraṇya [word]; gold.”
[adverb]
“towards; per; regarding; respectively; according to; until.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“sun; Surya; sūrya [word]; right nostril; twelve; Calotropis gigantea Beng.; sūryakānta; sunlight; best.”
[adverb]
“apart; away; away.”
[verb], singular, Thematic aorist (Ind.)
“name; describe; call; enumerate; watch; know.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine
“tongue; tongue; jihvā [word]; fire.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“black; dark; dark; black.”