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 1.71.2
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
वी॒ळु चि॑द्दृ॒ळ्हा पि॒तरो॑ न उ॒क्थैरद्रिं॑ रुज॒न्नङ्गि॑रसो॒ रवे॑ण । च॒क्रुर्दि॒वो बृ॑ह॒तो गा॒तुम॒स्मे अह॒: स्व॑र्विविदुः के॒तुमु॒स्राः ॥
वीळु चिद्दृळ्हा पितरो न उक्थैरद्रिं रुजन्नङ्गिरसो रवेण । चक्रुर्दिवो बृहतो गातुमस्मे अहः स्वर्विविदुः केतुमुस्राः ॥
vīḻu cid dṛḻhā pitaro na ukthair adriṃ rujann aṅgiraso raveṇa | cakrur divo bṛhato gātum asme ahaḥ svar vividuḥ ketum usrāḥ ||
English translation:
“Our forefathers, the Aṅgirasas, by their praises (of Agni), terrified the strong and daring devourer, (Paṇi), by the sound; they made for us a path to the vast heaven, and obtained accessible day, the ensign of day, (Āditya) and the cows (that had been stolen).”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Ketu = indicator or cause of day being known; Āditya, the sun
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): parāśaraḥ śāktaḥ [parāśara śākta];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
वी॒ळु । चि॒त् । दृ॒ळ्हा । पि॒तरः॑ । नः॒ । उ॒क्थैः । अद्रि॑म् । रुज॑न् । अङ्गि॑रसः । रवे॑ण । च॒क्रुः । दि॒वः । बृ॒ह॒तः । गा॒तुम् । अ॒स्मे इति॑ । अह॒रिति॑ । स्वः॑ । वि॒वि॒दुः॒ । के॒तुम् । उ॒स्राः ॥
वीळु । चित् । दृळ्हा । पितरः । नः । उक्थैः । अद्रिम् । रुजन् । अङ्गिरसः । रवेण । चक्रुः । दिवः । बृहतः । गातुम् । अस्मे इति । अहरिति । स्वः । विविदुः । केतुम् । उस्राः ॥
vīḷu | cit | dṛḷhā | pitaraḥ | naḥ | ukthaiḥ | adrim | rujan | aṅgirasaḥ | raveṇa | cakruḥ | divaḥ | bṛhataḥ | gātum | asme iti | ahariti | svaḥ | vividuḥ | ketum | usrāḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.71.2 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“hard; firm.”
[adverb]
“even; indeed.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“vajra; fortress; bark of Feronia elephantum.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“father; Pitṛ; ancestor; parent; paternal ancestor; pitṛ [word]; forefather.”
[noun], genitive, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, neuter
“hymn; praise; uktha [word]; encomium.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“mountain; rock; seven; stone; adri; grindstone; adri; rock.”
[verb], plural, Present injunctive
“break; bend.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“Aṅgiras; Aṅgiras; Brahman; Atharva-Veda; aṅgiras [word]; Aṅgiras.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine
“sound; howl; thunder; cry; talk; cry.”
[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.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“large; great; loud; high; much(a); exalted; abundant; intensive; strong; huge.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“path; way.”
[noun], dative, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“day; day; ahar [word]; day; day.”
[adverb]
“sun; sky; sunlight.”
[verb], plural, Perfect indicative
“find; detect; marry; get; think.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“banner; ketu; sunbeam; enemy; sign; Premna spinosa Roxb.; comet; signal; signal; luminosity.”
[noun], genitive, singular, feminine
“dawn.”