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 1.52.13
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
त्वं भु॑वः प्रति॒मानं॑ पृथि॒व्या ऋ॒ष्ववी॑रस्य बृह॒तः पति॑र्भूः । विश्व॒माप्रा॑ अ॒न्तरि॑क्षं महि॒त्वा स॒त्यम॒द्धा नकि॑र॒न्यस्त्वावा॑न् ॥
त्वं भुवः प्रतिमानं पृथिव्या ऋष्ववीरस्य बृहतः पतिर्भूः । विश्वमाप्रा अन्तरिक्षं महित्वा सत्यमद्धा नकिरन्यस्त्वावान् ॥
tvam bhuvaḥ pratimānam pṛthivyā ṛṣvavīrasya bṛhataḥ patir bhūḥ | viśvam āprā antarikṣam mahitvā satyam addhā nakir anyas tvāvān ||
English translation:
“You are the type of the extended earth you are the lord of the vast god-frequent (svarga) verily with your bulk you fillest all the firmament of a truth, there is none other such as you.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Pratimānam bhuvaḥ, the counter-measure of the earth, i.e. of similar magnitude and like inconceivable power; ṛṣvavīrasya bṛhataḥ patiḥ, lord or protector of the great (region), in which are the gods (vīra) who are plural asant (ṛṣva)
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): savya āṅgirasaḥ [savya āṅgirasa];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): virāṭtrisṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
त्वम् । भु॒वः॒ । प्र॒ति॒ऽमान॑म् । पृ॒थि॒व्याः । ऋ॒ष्वऽवी॑रस्य । बृ॒ह॒तः । पतिः॑ । भूः॒ । विश्व॑म् । आ । अ॒प्राः॒ । अ॒न्तरि॑क्षम् । म॒हि॒ऽत्वा । स॒त्यम् । अ॒द्धा । नकिः॑ । अ॒न्यः । त्वाऽवा॑न् ॥
त्वम् । भुवः । प्रतिमानम् । पृथिव्याः । ऋष्ववीरस्य । बृहतः । पतिः । भूः । विश्वम् । आ । अप्राः । अन्तरिक्षम् । महित्वा । सत्यम् । अद्धा । नकिः । अन्यः । त्वावान् ॥
tvam | bhuvaḥ | prati-mānam | pṛthivyāḥ | ṛṣva-vīrasya | bṛhataḥ | patiḥ | bhūḥ | viśvam | ā | aprāḥ | antarikṣam | mahi-tvā | satyam | addhā | nakiḥ | anyaḥ | tvāvān
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.52.13 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular
“you.”
[verb], singular, Aorist inj. (proh.)
“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.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“weight.”
[noun], genitive, singular, feminine
“Earth; pṛthivī; floor; Earth; earth; pṛthivī [word]; land.”
[noun]
“distinguished; high; noble; enormous.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“hero; man; Vīra; vīra; vīra [word]; Vīra.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“large; great; loud; high; much(a); exalted; abundant; intensive; strong; huge.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“husband; overlord; king; deity; īśvara; ruler; pati [word]; commanding officer; leader; owner; mayor; lord.”
[verb], singular, Aorist inj. (proh.)
“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.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”
[verb], singular, Root aorist (Ind.)
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“sky; atmosphere; air; abhra.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter
“greatness.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“truth; oath; satya [word]; promise.”
[adverb]
“in truth.”
[adverb]
“not.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“other; another(a); remaining; different; anya [word]; other than; more(a); fresh; any(a).”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine