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 1.71.1
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
उप॒ प्र जि॑न्वन्नुश॒तीरु॒शन्तं॒ पतिं॒ न नित्यं॒ जन॑य॒: सनी॑ळाः । स्वसा॑र॒: श्यावी॒मरु॑षीमजुष्रञ्चि॒त्रमु॒च्छन्ती॑मु॒षसं॒ न गाव॑: ॥
उप प्र जिन्वन्नुशतीरुशन्तं पतिं न नित्यं जनयः सनीळाः । स्वसारः श्यावीमरुषीमजुष्रञ्चित्रमुच्छन्तीमुषसं न गावः ॥
upa pra jinvann uśatīr uśantam patiṃ na nityaṃ janayaḥ sanīḻāḥ | svasāraḥ śyāvīm aruṣīm ajuṣrañ citram ucchantīm uṣasaṃ na gāvaḥ ||
English translation:
“The contiguous fingers, loving the affectionate Agni, as wives love their own husbands, plural ase him (with offered oblations), and honour him, who is entitled to honour, (with gesticulations), as the rays of light (are assiduous in the service) of the dawn, which is (at first) dark, (then) glimmering, and (finally) radiant.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): parāśaraḥ śāktaḥ [parāśara śākta];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): triṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
उप॑ । प्र । जि॒न्व॒न् । उ॒श॒तीः । उ॒शन्त॑म् । पति॑म् । न । नित्य॑म् । जन॑यः । सऽनी॑ळाः । स्वसा॑रः । श्यावी॑म् । अरु॑षीम् । अ॒जु॒ष्र॒न् । चि॒त्रम् । उ॒च्छन्ती॑म् । उ॒षस॑म् । न । गावः॑ ॥
उप । प्र । जिन्वन् । उशतीः । उशन्तम् । पतिम् । न । नित्यम् । जनयः । सनीळाः । स्वसारः । श्यावीम् । अरुषीम् । अजुष्रन् । चित्रम् । उच्छन्तीम् । उषसम् । न । गावः ॥
upa | pra | jinvan | uśatīḥ | uśantam | patim | na | nityam | janayaḥ | sa-nīḷāḥ | svasāraḥ | śyāvīm | aruṣīm | ajuṣran | citram | ucchantīm | uṣasam | na | gāvaḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.71.1 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“towards; on; next.”
[adverb]
“towards; ahead.”
[verb], plural, Present injunctive
“enliven; animate.”
[verb noun], nominative, plural
“desire; agree; call; care; like; love.”
[verb noun], accusative, singular
“desire; agree; call; care; like; love.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“husband; overlord; king; deity; īśvara; ruler; pati [word]; commanding officer; leader; owner; mayor; lord.”
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“continuous; own(a); changeless; everlasting; continual; devoted(p); permanent; obligatory; continuing; indispensable; native; addicted; connatural; necessary; durable; ageless; invariable; biological.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“wife; jan; woman; jani [word]; birth.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“kindred; equal; sanīḍa [word].”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“sister; svasṛ [word].”
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
“brown; dark; śyāva [word].”
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
“red; red.”
[verb], plural, Root aorist (Ind.)
“enjoy; endow; possess; frequent; accompany; induce; consume; approve; affect; attend; befit; blend; contract.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“manifold; extraordinary; beautiful; divers(a); varicolored; bright; bright; bright; outstanding; agitated; aglitter(p); brilliant; painted; obvious; patched; bizarre.”
[verb noun], accusative, singular
“dawn; shine.”
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
“Ushas; dawn; uṣas [word]; morning.”
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“cow; cattle; go [word]; Earth; bull; floor; milk; beam; sunbeam; leather; hide; horn; language; bowstring; earth; ox; Svarga.”