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 1.64.5

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

ई॒शा॒न॒कृतो॒ धुन॑यो रि॒शाद॑सो॒ वाता॑न्वि॒द्युत॒स्तवि॑षीभिरक्रत । दु॒हन्त्यूध॑र्दि॒व्यानि॒ धूत॑यो॒ भूमिं॑ पिन्वन्ति॒ पय॑सा॒ परि॑ज्रयः ॥
ईशानकृतो धुनयो रिशादसो वातान्विद्युतस्तविषीभिरक्रत । दुहन्त्यूधर्दिव्यानि धूतयो भूमिं पिन्वन्ति पयसा परिज्रयः ॥
īśānakṛto dhunayo riśādaso vātān vidyutas taviṣībhir akrata | duhanty ūdhar divyāni dhūtayo bhūmim pinvanti payasā parijrayaḥ ||

English translation:

“Enriching their worshipper, agitating the clouds, devourers of foes, they create the winds are lightnings by their power; the cirumambient and agitating Maruts milk heavenly udders, and sprinkle the earth with water.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): nodhā gautamaḥ [nodhas gautama];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): virāḍjagatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

ई॒शा॒न॒ऽकृतः॑ । धुन॑यः । रि॒शाद॑सः । वाता॑न् । वि॒ऽद्युतः॑ । तवि॑षीभिः । अ॒क्र॒त॒ । दु॒हन्ति॑ । ऊधः॑ । दि॒व्यानि॑ । धूत॑यः । भूमि॑म् । पि॒न्व॒न्ति॒ । पय॑सा । परि॑ऽज्रयः ॥
ईशानकृतः । धुनयः । रिशादसः । वातान् । विद्युतः । तविषीभिः । अक्रत । दुहन्ति । ऊधः । दिव्यानि । धूतयः । भूमिम् । पिन्वन्ति । पयसा । परिज्रयः ॥
īśāna-kṛtaḥ | dhunayaḥ | riśādasaḥ | vātān | vi-dyutaḥ | taviṣībhiḥ | akrata | duhanti | ūdhaḥ | divyāni | dhūtayaḥ | bhūmim | pinvanti | payasā | pari-jrayaḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 1.64.5 English analysis of grammar]

īśānakṛto < īśāna

[noun], masculine

“Shiva; Īśāna; ruler; Vishnu; īśvara; overlord.”

īśānakṛto < kṛtaḥ < kṛt

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“causing; making; performing; promotive; producing; doing; acting; writing; transforming; effecting.”

dhunayo < dhunayaḥ < dhuni

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“deafening; boisterous; noisy.”

riśādaso < riśādasaḥ < riśādas

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“superior; superior; proud.”

vātān < vāta

[noun], accusative, plural, masculine

“vāta; wind; fart; Vayu; air; draft; vāta [word]; Vāta; rheumatism; Marut.”

vidyutas < vidyutaḥ < vidyut

[noun], accusative, plural, feminine

“lightning; Vidyut; thunderbolt.”

taviṣībhir < taviṣībhiḥ < taviṣī

[noun], instrumental, plural, feminine

“strength; power.”

akrata < kṛ

[verb], plural, Root aorist (Ind.)

“make; perform; cause; produce; shape; construct; do; put; fill into; use; fuel; transform; bore; act; write; create; prepare; administer; dig; prepare; treat; take effect; add; trace; put on; process; treat; heed; hire; act; produce; assume; eat; ignite; chop; treat; obey; manufacture; appoint; evacuate; choose; understand; insert; happen; envelop; weigh; observe; practice; lend; bring; duplicate; plant; kṛ; concentrate; mix; knot; join; take; provide; utter; compose.”

duhanty < duhanti < duh

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“milk.”

ūdhar < ūdhas

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“udder; ūdhas [word]; night.”

divyāni < divya

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“divine; celestial; divine; heavenly; divine; beautiful; rain; agreeable.”

dhūtayo < dhūtayaḥ < dhūti

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“Marut.”

bhūmim < bhūmi

[noun], accusative, singular, feminine

“floor; earth; Earth; real property; region; pṛthivī; location; Earth; place; bhūja; floor; pit; bhūmi [word]; one; hole; shop; distance; country; space; land; territory; topographic point.”

pinvanti < pinv

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“swell; swell; overflow; abound.”

payasā < payas

[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter

“milk; milky juice; water; fluid; juice; payas [word]; drink.”

parijrayaḥ < parijri

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“whirling.”

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