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 1.69.2

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

परि॒ प्रजा॑त॒: क्रत्वा॑ बभूथ॒ भुवो॑ दे॒वानां॑ पि॒ता पु॒त्रः सन् ॥
परि प्रजातः क्रत्वा बभूथ भुवो देवानां पिता पुत्रः सन् ॥
pari prajātaḥ kratvā babhūtha bhuvo devānām pitā putraḥ san ||

English translation:

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): parāśaraḥ śaktiputraḥ [parāśara śaktiputra];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛtpaṅkti ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

परि॑ । प्रऽजा॑तः । क्रत्वा॑ । ब॒भू॒थ॒ । भुवः॑ । दे॒वाना॑म् । पि॒ता । पु॒त्रः । सन् ॥
परि । प्रजातः । क्रत्वा । बभूथ । भुवः । देवानाम् । पिता । पुत्रः । सन् ॥
pari | pra-jātaḥ | kratvā | babhūtha | bhuvaḥ | devānām | pitā | putraḥ | san

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 1.69.2 English analysis of grammar]

pari

[adverb]

“from; about; around.”

prajātaḥ < prajan < √jan

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“become; originate; result; be born; give birth; beget; grow; issue.”

kratvā < kratu

[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine

“yajña; decision; plan; deliberation; intelligence; Kratu; will; kratu [word]; desire; resoluteness; ritual.”

babhūtha < bhū

[verb], singular, Perfect indicative

“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.”

bhuvo < bhuvaḥ < bhū

[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.”

devānām < deva

[noun], genitive, plural, masculine

“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”

pitā < pitṛ

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“father; Pitṛ; ancestor; parent; paternal ancestor; pitṛ [word]; forefather.”

putraḥ < putra

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“son; putra [word]; male child; Putra; Bodhisattva.”

san < as

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”

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