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 1.70.4

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अद्रौ॑ चिदस्मा अ॒न्तर्दु॑रो॒णे वि॒शां न विश्वो॑ अ॒मृत॑: स्वा॒धीः ॥
अद्रौ चिदस्मा अन्तर्दुरोणे विशां न विश्वो अमृतः स्वाधीः ॥
adrau cid asmā antar duroṇe viśāṃ na viśvo amṛtaḥ svādhīḥ ||

English translation:

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अद्रौ॑ । चित् । अ॒स्मै॒ । अ॒न्तः । दु॒रो॒णे । वि॒शाम् । न । विश्वः॑ । अ॒मृतः॑ । सु॒ऽआ॒धीः ॥
अद्रौ । चित् । अस्मै । अन्तः । दुरोणे । विशाम् । न । विश्वः । अमृतः । सुआधीः ॥
adrau | cit | asmai | antaḥ | duroṇe | viśām | na | viśvaḥ | amṛtaḥ | su-ādhīḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 1.70.4 English analysis of grammar]

adrau < adri

[noun], locative, singular, masculine

“mountain; rock; seven; stone; adri; grindstone; adri; rock.”

cid < cit

[adverb]

“even; indeed.”

asmā < asmai < idam

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”

antar

[adverb]

“inside; in; antar [word]; midmost; between; among.”

duroṇe < duroṇa

[noun], locative, singular, neuter

“home; dwelling.”

viśāṃ < viśām < viś

[noun], genitive, plural, feminine

“people; tribe; Vaisya; national; viś; real property; Vaisya.”

na

[adverb]

“not; like; no; na [word].”

viśvo < viśvaḥ < viśva

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”

amṛtaḥ < amṛta

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“immortal; amṛta; imperishable.”

svādhīḥ < svādhī

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“devout; heedful; prudent.”

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