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 1.81.5

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

आ प॑प्रौ॒ पार्थि॑वं॒ रजो॑ बद्ब॒धे रो॑च॒ना दि॒वि । न त्वावाँ॑ इन्द्र॒ कश्च॒न न जा॒तो न ज॑निष्य॒तेऽति॒ विश्वं॑ ववक्षिथ ॥
आ पप्रौ पार्थिवं रजो बद्बधे रोचना दिवि । न त्वावाँ इन्द्र कश्चन न जातो न जनिष्यतेऽति विश्वं ववक्षिथ ॥
ā paprau pārthivaṃ rajo badbadhe rocanā divi | na tvāvām̐ indra kaś cana na jāto na janiṣyate 'ti viśvaṃ vavakṣitha ||

English translation:

“He has filled the space of earth and the firmament (with his glory); he has fixed the constellations in the sky; no one has been ever born, now will be born, Indra, like you; you have sustained the universe.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): gotamo rāhūgaṇaḥ [gotama rāhūgaṇa];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdāstārapaṅkti ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

आ । प॒प्रौ॒ । पार्थि॑वम् । रजः॑ । ब॒द्ब॒धे । रो॒च॒ना । दि॒वि । न । त्वाऽवा॑न् । इ॒न्द्र॒ । कः । च॒न । न । जा॒तः । न । ज॒नि॒ष्य॒ते॒ । अति॑ । विश्व॑म् । व॒व॒क्षि॒थ॒ ॥
आ । पप्रौ । पार्थिवम् । रजः । बद्बधे । रोचना । दिवि । न । त्वावान् । इन्द्र । कः । चन । न । जातः । न । जनिष्यते । अति । विश्वम् । ववक्षिथ ॥
ā | paprau | pārthivam | rajaḥ | badbadhe | rocanā | divi | na | tvāvān | indra | kaḥ | cana | na | jātaḥ | na | janiṣyate | ati | viśvam | vavakṣitha

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 1.81.5 English analysis of grammar]

ā

[adverb]

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

paprau < prā

[verb], singular, Perfect indicative

“fill; satisfy.”

pārthivaṃ < pārthivam < pārthiva

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“earthly; earthen; mundane; royal; tellurian; sublunar.”

rajo < rajaḥ < rajas

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“powder; menorrhea; dust; Rajas; atmosphere; rajas; pollen; passion; rajas [word]; sindūra; rust; tin; impurity; dark; sky.”

badbadhe < badbadh < √bādh

[verb], singular, Present indikative

rocanā < rocana

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“light; celestial sphere.”

divi < div

[noun], locative, singular, masculine

“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”

na

[adverb]

“not; like; no; na [word].”

tvāvāṃ < tvāvat

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

indra

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”

kaścana

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“some(a); any(a); some(a); any(a).”

na

[adverb]

“not; like; no; na [word].”

jāto < jātaḥ < jan

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“become; originate; be born; transform; happen; result; grow; beget; produce; create; conceive; separate; cause; give birth; grow; produce; generate; be; become; arise; come on.”

na

[adverb]

“not; like; no; na [word].”

janiṣyate < jan

[verb], singular, Future

“become; originate; be born; transform; happen; result; grow; beget; produce; create; conceive; separate; cause; give birth; grow; produce; generate; be; become; arise; come on.”

'ti < ati

[adverb]

“very; excessively; beyond; excessively.”

viśvaṃ < viśvam < viśva

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

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

vavakṣitha < vakṣ

[verb], singular, Perfect indicative

“grow; grow.”

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