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 1.123.9

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

जा॒न॒त्यह्न॑: प्रथ॒मस्य॒ नाम॑ शु॒क्रा कृ॒ष्णाद॑जनिष्ट श्विती॒ची । ऋ॒तस्य॒ योषा॒ न मि॑नाति॒ धामाह॑रहर्निष्कृ॒तमा॒चर॑न्ती ॥
जानत्यह्नः प्रथमस्य नाम शुक्रा कृष्णादजनिष्ट श्वितीची । ऋतस्य योषा न मिनाति धामाहरहर्निष्कृतमाचरन्ती ॥
jānaty ahnaḥ prathamasya nāma śukrā kṛṣṇād ajaniṣṭa śvitīcī | ṛtasya yoṣā na mināti dhāmāhar-ahar niṣkṛtam ācarantī ||

English translation:

“The self-illumined dawn, announcing the declination of the first (portion) of the day, is born white-shining out of the gloom; cleansing (with the radiance) of the sun, she impairs not his splendour, but daily adds embellishment (to his lustre).”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): dīrghatamasaḥ putraḥ kakṣīvān [dīrghatamasa putra kakṣīvān];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): uṣāḥ ;
Chandas (meter): virāṭtrisṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

जा॒न॒ती । अह्नः॑ । प्र॒थ॒मस्य॑ । नाम॑ । शु॒क्रा । कृ॒ष्णात् । अ॒ज॒नि॒ष्ट॒ । श्वि॒ती॒ची । ऋ॒तस्य॑ । योषा॑ । न । मि॒ना॒ति॒ । धाम॑ । अहः॑ऽअहः । निः॒ऽकृ॒तम् । आ॒ऽचर॑न्ती ॥
जानती । अह्नः । प्रथमस्य । नाम । शुक्रा । कृष्णात् । अजनिष्ट । श्वितीची । ऋतस्य । योषा । न । मिनाति । धाम । अहःअहः । निःकृतम् । आचरन्ती ॥
jānatī | ahnaḥ | prathamasya | nāma | śukrā | kṛṣṇāt | ajaniṣṭa | śvitīcī | ṛtasya | yoṣā | na | mināti | dhāma | ahaḥ-ahaḥ | niḥ-kṛtam | ācarantī

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 1.123.9 English analysis of grammar]

jānaty < jānatī < jñā

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“know; diagnose; perceive; know; come to know; notice; determine; think of; find; learn; perceive; identify; recognize; understand; know; learn; ascertain; detect; deem.”

ahnaḥ < ahar

[noun], genitive, singular, neuter

“day; day; ahar [word]; day; day.”

prathamasya < prathama

[noun], genitive, singular, neuter

“first; prathama [word]; third; young; chief(a); best; antecedent.”

nāma < nāman

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“name; appellation; nāman [word]; nāmakaraṇa; surname; noun; word.”

śukrā < śukra

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“bright; clear; white; light; pure.”

kṛṣṇād < kṛṣṇāt < kṛṣṇa

[noun], ablative, singular, neuter

“sauvīrāñjana; kṛṣṇalavaṇa; lead; kṛṣṇavarga; añjana; kācalavaṇa; sauvarcala; iron; pepper; darkness; black.”

ajaniṣṭa < jan

[verb], singular, Athematic is aor. (Ind.)

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

śvitīcī < śvitīci

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“bright.”

ṛtasya < ṛta

[noun], genitive, singular, neuter

“truth; order; fixed order; ṛta [word]; law; custom; custom.”

yoṣā

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“woman; puppet; daughter.”

na

[adverb]

“not; like; no; na [word].”

mināti <

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“transgress; damage.”

dhāmāhar < dhāma < dhāman

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“domain; dwelling; law; appearance; light; race; agreement; color; location.”

dhāmāhar < ahar

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“day; day; ahar [word]; day; day.”

ahar

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“day; day; ahar [word]; day; day.”

niṣkṛtam < niṣkṛta

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“place; rendezvous.”

ācarantī < ācar < √car

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“perform; prowl; administer; make; frequent; treat; cause; approach; heed; treat; act; produce; behave; put on; do; undertake.”

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