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 1.112.16
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
याभि॑र्नरा श॒यवे॒ याभि॒रत्र॑ये॒ याभि॑: पु॒रा मन॑वे गा॒तुमी॒षथु॑: । याभि॒: शारी॒राज॑तं॒ स्यूम॑रश्मये॒ ताभि॑रू॒ षु ऊ॒तिभि॑रश्वि॒ना ग॑तम् ॥
याभिर्नरा शयवे याभिरत्रये याभिः पुरा मनवे गातुमीषथुः । याभिः शारीराजतं स्यूमरश्मये ताभिरू षु ऊतिभिरश्विना गतम् ॥
yābhir narā śayave yābhir atraye yābhiḥ purā manave gātum īṣathuḥ | yābhiḥ śārīr ājataṃ syūmaraśmaye tābhir ū ṣu ūtibhir aśvinā gatam ||
English translation:
“With those aids, leaders (of sacrifices), which you afforded to Śayu, to Atri, and formerly to Manu, anxious (to show them) the way (to escape from evil); with those by which you shot arrows (upon the foes) of Syūmaraśmi; with them, Aśvis, willingly come hither.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Gātum iṣathuḥ, you wishem to go (out of evil or danger). Manu was a rājaṛṣi, whom the Aśvins extricated from want, by teaching him the art of sowing seeds of barley and other grains. Syūmaraśmi was a ṛṣi
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): kutsaḥ āṅgirasaḥ [kutsa āṅgirasa];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): ādime mantre prathamapādasya dyāvāpṛthivyau, dvitīyasya agniḥ, śiṣṭasya sūktasyāśvinau;
Chandas (meter): jagatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
याभिः॑ । न॒रा॒ । श॒यवे॑ । याभिः॑ । अत्र॑ये । याभिः॑ । पु॒रा । मन॑वे । गा॒तुम् । ई॒षथुः॑ । याभिः॑ । शारीः॑ । आज॑तम् । स्यूम॑ऽरश्मये । ताभिः॑ । ऊँ॒ इति॑ । सु । ऊ॒तिऽभिः॑ । अ॒श्वि॒ना॒ । आ । ग॒त॒म् ॥
याभिः । नरा । शयवे । याभिः । अत्रये । याभिः । पुरा । मनवे । गातुम् । ईषथुः । याभिः । शारीः । आजतम् । स्यूमरश्मये । ताभिः । ऊँ इति । सु । ऊतिभिः । अश्विना । आ । गतम् ॥
yābhiḥ | narā | śayave | yābhiḥ | atraye | yābhiḥ | purā | manave | gātum | īṣathuḥ | yābhiḥ | śārīḥ | ājatam | syūma-raśmaye | tābhiḥ | oṃ iti | su | ūti-bhiḥ | aśvinā | ā | gatam
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.112.16 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], instrumental, plural, feminine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], nominative, dual, masculine
“man; man; nṛ [word]; crew; masculine.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
[noun], instrumental, plural, feminine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“Atri; Atri; atri [word].”
[noun], instrumental, plural, feminine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[adverb]
“once; earlier; first; purā [indecl.].”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“Manu; mantra; Manusmṛti; fourteen; man; manu [word]; Vaivasvata; incantation; sacred text.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“path; way.”
[verb], dual, Perfect indicative
“desire; recommend; approve; seek; call; search; try; prefer; love; commend; assent; permit; choose.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, feminine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
[verb], dual, Imperfect
“drive; expel.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
[noun], instrumental, plural, feminine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[adverb]
“ukāra; besides; now; indeed; u.”
[adverb]
“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, feminine
“aid; favor; ūti [word].”
[noun], vocative, dual, masculine
“Asvins; two.”
[verb], dual, Aorist imperative
“go; situate; enter (a state); travel; disappear; [in]; elapse; leave; reach; vanish; love; walk; approach; issue; hop on; gasify; get; come; die; drain; spread; transform; happen; discharge; ride; to be located; run; detect; refer; go; shall; drive.”