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 1.105.12
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
नव्यं॒ तदु॒क्थ्यं॑ हि॒तं देवा॑सः सुप्रवाच॒नम् । ऋ॒तम॑र्षन्ति॒ सिन्ध॑वः स॒त्यं ता॑तान॒ सूर्यो॑ वि॒त्तं मे॑ अ॒स्य रो॑दसी ॥
नव्यं तदुक्थ्यं हितं देवासः सुप्रवाचनम् । ऋतमर्षन्ति सिन्धवः सत्यं तातान सूर्यो वित्तं मे अस्य रोदसी ॥
navyaṃ tad ukthyaṃ hitaṃ devāsaḥ supravācanam | ṛtam arṣanti sindhavaḥ satyaṃ tātāna sūryo vittam me asya rodasī ||
English translation:
“That new praiseworthy and commended (vigour) is seated in you, ye Gods, (by which) the rivers urge on the waters, and the sun diffuses his constant (light). Heaven and earth, be conscious of this (my affliction).”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Commended vigour: bala = strength, which is ukthyam (praiseworthy)
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): āptyastrita āṅgirasaḥ kutso vā [āptyastrita āṅgirasa kutsa vā];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): viśvedevā:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛtpaṅkti ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
नव्य॑म् । तत् । उ॒क्थ्य॑म् । हि॒तम् । देवा॑सः । सु॒ऽप्र॒वा॒च॒नम् । ऋ॒तम् । अ॒र्ष॒न्ति॒ सिन्ध॑वः । स॒त्यम् । त॒ता॒न॒ । सूर्यः॑ । वि॒त्तम् । मे॒ । अ॒स्य । रो॒द॒सी॒ इति॑ ॥
नव्यम् । तत् । उक्थ्यम् । हितम् । देवासः । सुप्रवाचनम् । ऋतम् । अर्षन्ति सिन्धवः । सत्यम् । ततान । सूर्यः । वित्तम् । मे । अस्य । रोदसी इति ॥
navyam | tat | ukthyam | hitam | devāsaḥ | su-pravācanam | ṛtam | arṣantisindhavaḥ | satyam | tatāna | sūryaḥ | vittam | me | asya | rodasī iti
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.105.12 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“new; fresh.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“applaudable.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“beneficial; wholesome; good; suitable; good; appropriate; pleasant; Aṣṭādhyāyī 5.1.5; friendly; agreeable.”
[noun], vocative, plural, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[adverb]
“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“announcement; fame.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“truth; order; fixed order; ṛta [word]; law; custom; custom.”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“run.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“river; Indus; sindhu [word].”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“truth; oath; satya [word]; promise.”
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
“expand; perform; cause; increase; write; spread; produce; spread; speak; propagate.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“sun; Surya; sūrya [word]; right nostril; twelve; Calotropis gigantea Beng.; sūryakānta; sunlight; best.”
[verb], dual, Present imperative
“know; diagnose; perceive; know; accord; notice; deem; mind; learn; specify; watch; recognize; detect; call.”
[noun], genitive, singular
“I; mine.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[noun], vocative, dual, neuter
“heaven and earth; Earth.”