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 1.67.10

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

चित्ति॑र॒पां दमे॑ वि॒श्वायु॒: सद्मे॑व॒ धीरा॑: स॒म्माय॑ चक्रुः ॥
चित्तिरपां दमे विश्वायुः सद्मेव धीराः सम्माय चक्रुः ॥
cittir apāṃ dame viśvāyuḥ sadmeva dhīrāḥ sammāya cakruḥ ||

English translation:

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): parāśaraḥ śāktaḥ [parāśara śākta];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): Dvipadaa viraat;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

चित्तिः॑ । अ॒पाम् । दमे॑ । वि॒श्वऽआ॑युः । सद्म॑ऽइव । धीराः॑ । स॒म्ऽमाय॑ । च॒क्रुः॒ ॥
चित्तिः । अपाम् । दमे । विश्वआयुः । सद्मइव । धीराः । सम्माय । चक्रुः ॥
cittiḥ | apām | dame | viśva-āyuḥ | sadma-iva | dhīrāḥ | sam-māya | cakruḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 1.67.10 English analysis of grammar]

cittir < cittiḥ < citti

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“purpose.”

apāṃ < apām < ap

[noun], genitive, plural, feminine

“water; body of water; water; ap [word]; juice; jala.”

dame < dama

[noun], locative, singular, masculine

“dwelling; home.”

viśvāyuḥ < viśvāyu

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“lifelong.”

sadmeva < sadma < sadman

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“seat; house; stable; dwelling.”

sadmeva < iva

[adverb]

“like; as it were; somehow; just so.”

dhīrāḥ < dhīra

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“expert; wise; intelligent; versed; adept.”

saṃmāya < saṃmā < √mā

[verb noun]

“total; weigh; measure; create; last; look.”

cakruḥ < kṛ

[verb], plural, Perfect indicative

“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.”

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