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 1.50.7
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
वि द्यामे॑षि॒ रज॑स्पृ॒थ्वहा॒ मिमा॑नो अ॒क्तुभि॑: । पश्य॒ञ्जन्मा॑नि सूर्य ॥
वि द्यामेषि रजस्पृथ्वहा मिमानो अक्तुभिः । पश्यञ्जन्मानि सूर्य ॥
vi dyām eṣi rajas pṛthv ahā mimāno aktubhiḥ | paśyañ janmāni sūrya ||
English translation:
“You traverse the vast ethereal space, measuring days and nights, and contemplating all that have birth.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): praskaṇvaḥ kāṇvaḥ [praskaṇva kāṇva];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): sūryaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): virāḍgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
वि । द्याम् । ए॒षि॒ । रजः॑ । पृ॒थु । अहा॑ । मिमा॑नः । अ॒क्तुऽभिः॑ । पश्य॑न् । जन्मा॑नि । सू॒र्य॒ ॥
वि । द्याम् । एषि । रजः । पृथु । अहा । मिमानः । अक्तुभिः । पश्यन् । जन्मानि । सूर्य ॥
vi | dyām | eṣi | rajaḥ | pṛthu | ahā | mimānaḥ | aktu-bhiḥ | paśyan | janmāni | sūyar
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.50.7 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“apart; away; away.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“go; travel; enter (a state); return; walk; continue; reach; ask.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“powder; menorrhea; dust; Rajas; atmosphere; rajas; pollen; passion; rajas [word]; sindūra; rust; tin; impurity; dark; sky.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“broad; wide; great; flat; pṛthu [word]; far.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“day; aha [word]; day.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“weigh; measure; total; last; weigh; measure; give away; transform.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine
“night; dark; beam.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“see; view; watch; meet; observe; think of; look; examine; behold; visit; understand.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“birth; reincarnation; lineage; origin; race; metempsychosis; parentage; descent; appearance; age; birthplace; beginning; being.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“sun; Surya; sūrya [word]; right nostril; twelve; Calotropis gigantea Beng.; sūryakānta; sunlight; best.”