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 1.70.2

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

आ दैव्या॑नि व्र॒ता चि॑कि॒त्वाना मानु॑षस्य॒ जन॑स्य॒ जन्म॑ ॥
आ दैव्यानि व्रता चिकित्वाना मानुषस्य जनस्य जन्म ॥
ā daivyāni vratā cikitvān ā mānuṣasya janasya janma ||

English translation:

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

आ । दैव्या॑नि । व्र॒ता । चि॒कि॒त्वान् । आ । मानु॑षस्य । जन॑स्य । जन्म॑ ॥
आ । दैव्यानि । व्रता । चिकित्वान् । आ । मानुषस्य । जनस्य । जन्म ॥
ā | daivyāni | vratā | cikitvān | ā | mānuṣasya | janasya | janma

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 1.70.2 English analysis of grammar]

ā

[adverb]

“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”

daivyāni < daivya

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“divine; divine; celestial.”

vratā < vrata

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“vrata (vote); commandment; law; oath; command; rule; custom; vrata [word]; rule; behavior.”

cikitvān < cit

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“notice; observe; attend to; intend.”

ā

[adverb]

“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”

mānuṣasya < mānuṣa

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“human.”

janasya < jana

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“people; national; man; relative; jan; Janaloka; person; jana [word]; man; attendant; Jana; foreigner; inhabitant; group.”

janma < janman

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“birth; reincarnation; lineage; origin; race; metempsychosis; parentage; descent; appearance; age; birthplace; beginning; being.”

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