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 1.50.5
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
प्र॒त्यङ्दे॒वानां॒ विश॑: प्र॒त्यङ्ङुदे॑षि॒ मानु॑षान् । प्र॒त्यङ्विश्वं॒ स्व॑र्दृ॒शे ॥
प्रत्यङ्देवानां विशः प्रत्यङ्ङुदेषि मानुषान् । प्रत्यङ्विश्वं स्वर्दृशे ॥
pratyaṅ devānāṃ viśaḥ pratyaṅṅ ud eṣi mānuṣān | pratyaṅ viśvaṃ svar dṛśe ||
English translation:
“You rise in the presence of the Maruts, you rise in the presence of mankind, and so as to be seen in the presence of the whole (region) of heaven.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Prayam devānām viśaḥ = before the men or people of the gods, i.e. the Maruts (who are elsewhere designated: maruto vai devānām viśaḥ)
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): praskaṇvaḥ kāṇvaḥ [praskaṇva kāṇva];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): sūryaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): yavamadhyāvirāḍgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
प्र॒त्यङ् । दे॒वाना॑म् । विशः॑ । प्र॒त्यङ् । उत् । ए॒षि॒ । मानु॑षान् । प्र॒त्यङ् । विश्व॑म् । स्वः॑ । दृ॒शे ॥
प्रत्यङ् । देवानाम् । विशः । प्रत्यङ् । उत् । एषि । मानुषान् । प्रत्यङ् । विश्वम् । स्वः । दृशे ॥
pratyaṅ | devānām | viśaḥ | pratyaṅ | ut | eṣi | mānuṣān | pratyaṅ | viśvam | svaḥ | dṛśe
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.50.5 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“western; facing; westbound; backward; pratyañc [word]; inverted.”
[noun], genitive, plural, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
“people; tribe; Vaisya; national; viś; real property; Vaisya.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“western; facing; westbound; backward; pratyañc [word]; inverted.”
[adverb]
“up.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“go; travel; enter (a state); return; walk; continue; reach; ask.”
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
“man; man.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“western; facing; westbound; backward; pratyañc [word]; inverted.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”
[adverb]
“sun; sky; sunlight.”
[verb noun]
“see; observe; view; visit; look; learn; meet; read; teach; examine; watch; see; notice; perceive; diagnose; travel to; show; detect; know; know; understand; understand; follow.”