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 1.123.11
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
सु॒सं॒का॒शा मा॒तृमृ॑ष्टेव॒ योषा॒विस्त॒न्वं॑ कृणुषे दृ॒शे कम् । भ॒द्रा त्वमु॑षो वित॒रं व्यु॑च्छ॒ न तत्ते॑ अ॒न्या उ॒षसो॑ नशन्त ॥
सुसंकाशा मातृमृष्टेव योषाविस्तन्वं कृणुषे दृशे कम् । भद्रा त्वमुषो वितरं व्युच्छ न तत्ते अन्या उषसो नशन्त ॥
susaṃkāśā mātṛmṛṣṭeva yoṣāvis tanvaṃ kṛṇuṣe dṛśe kam | bhadrā tvam uṣo vitaraṃ vy uccha na tat te anyā uṣaso naśanta ||
English translation:
“Radiant as a bride decorated by her mother, you willingly display your person n to the view. Do you, auspicious Uṣā, remove the investing (gloom), for, other dawns than you do not disperse it.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): dīrghatamasaḥ putraḥ kakṣīvān [dīrghatamasa putra kakṣīvān];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): uṣāḥ ;
Chandas (meter): bhurikpaṅkti ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
सु॒ऽस॒ङ्का॒शा । मा॒तृमृ॑ष्टाऽइव । योषा॑ । आ॒विः । त॒न्व॑म् । कृ॒णु॒षे॒ । दृ॒शे । कम् । भ॒द्रा । त्वम् । उ॒षः॒ । वि॒ऽत॒रम् । वि । उ॒च्छ॒ । न । तत् । ते॒ । अ॒न्याः । उ॒षसः॑ । न॒श॒न्त॒ ॥
सुसङ्काशा । मातृमृष्टाइव । योषा । आविः । तन्वम् । कृणुषे । दृशे । कम् । भद्रा । त्वम् । उषः । वितरम् । वि । उच्छ । न । तत् । ते । अन्याः । उषसः । नशन्त ॥
su-saṅkāśā | mātṛmṛṣṭāiva | yoṣā | āviḥ | tanvam | kṛṇuṣe | dṛśe | kam | bhadrā | tvam | uṣaḥ | vi-taram | vi | uccha | na | tat | te | anyāḥ | uṣasaḥ | naśanta
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.123.11 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“look; appearance; color; similarity; saṃkāśa [word]; guise.”
[noun], feminine
“mother; mātṛkā; mātṛ [word]; parent; Salvinia cucullata Roxb.; Citrullus colocynthis Schrad.; cow.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“purify; polish; rub; remove.”
[adverb]
“like; as it were; somehow; just so.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“woman; puppet; daughter.”
[adverb]
“openly; obviously.”
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
“body; self; own(a); person; form.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“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.”
[verb noun]
“see; observe; view; visit; look; learn; meet; read; teach; examine; watch; see; notice; perceive; diagnose; travel to; show; detect; know; know; understand; understand; follow.”
[adverb]
“kaṃ [word].”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“auspicious; lovely; good; happy; bhadra [word]; lucky; fine-looking; beautiful.”
[noun], nominative, singular
“you.”
[noun], vocative, singular, feminine
“Ushas; dawn; uṣas [word]; morning.”
[adverb]
[adverb]
“apart; away; away.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“dawn; shine.”
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[noun], accusative, 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], dative, singular
“you.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“other; another(a); remaining; different; anya [word]; other than; more(a); fresh; any(a).”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“Ushas; dawn; uṣas [word]; morning.”
[verb], plural, Present injunctive
“reach; achieve; enter (a state); reach.”