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 1.48.9

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

उष॒ आ भा॑हि भा॒नुना॑ च॒न्द्रेण॑ दुहितर्दिवः । आ॒वह॑न्ती॒ भूर्य॒स्मभ्यं॒ सौभ॑गं व्यु॒च्छन्ती॒ दिवि॑ष्टिषु ॥
उष आ भाहि भानुना चन्द्रेण दुहितर्दिवः । आवहन्ती भूर्यस्मभ्यं सौभगं व्युच्छन्ती दिविष्टिषु ॥
uṣa ā bhāhi bhānunā candreṇa duhitar divaḥ | āvahantī bhūry asmabhyaṃ saubhagaṃ vyucchantī diviṣṭiṣu ||

English translation:

“Shine around, Uṣas, with cheering lustre, bringing us every day much happiness, and scattering darkness.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): praskaṇvaḥ kāṇvaḥ [praskaṇva kāṇva];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): uṣāḥ ;
Chandas (meter): virāṭpathyābṛhatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

उषः॑ । आ । भा॒हि॒ । भा॒नुना॑ । च॒न्द्रेण॑ । दु॒हि॒तः॒ । दि॒वः॒ । आ॒ऽवह॑न्ती । भूरि॑ । अ॒स्मभ्य॑म् । सौभ॑गम् । वि॒ऽउ॒च्छन्ती॑ । दिवि॑ष्टिषु ॥
उषः । आ । भाहि । भानुना । चन्द्रेण । दुहितः । दिवः । आवहन्ती । भूरि । अस्मभ्यम् । सौभगम् । विउच्छन्ती । दिविष्टिषु ॥
uṣaḥ | ā | bhāhi | bhānunā | candreṇa | duhitaḥ | divaḥ | āvahantī | bhūri | asmabhyam | saubhagam | vi-ucchantī | diviṣṭiṣu

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 1.48.9 English analysis of grammar]

uṣa < uṣe < uṣā

[noun], vocative, singular, feminine

“Uṣā; dawn; burn.”

ā

[adverb]

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

bhāhi < bhā

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“look; shine; show; look like; glitter; reflect.”

bhānunā < bhānu

[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine

“sun; Surya; Calotropis gigantea Beng.; sunbeam; beam; luminosity; copper; light; twelve; appearance; Bhānu; flare.”

candreṇa < candra

[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine

“aglitter(p); shining.”

duhitar < duhitṛ

[noun], vocative, singular, feminine

“daughter; duhitṛ [word].”

divaḥ < div

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”

āvahantī < āvah < √vah

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“bring; marry; cause; run; perform; exude.”

bhūry < bhūri

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“much; many; much(a); abundant; rich; mighty; distinguished.”

asmabhyaṃ < asmabhyam < mad

[noun], dative, plural

“I; mine.”

saubhagaṃ < saubhagam < saubhaga

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“well-being.”

vyucchantī < vivas < √vas

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“dawn.”

diviṣṭiṣu < diviṣṭi

[noun], locative, plural, feminine

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