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 1.123.12
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अश्वा॑वती॒र्गोम॑तीर्वि॒श्ववा॑रा॒ यत॑माना र॒श्मिभि॒: सूर्य॑स्य । परा॑ च॒ यन्ति॒ पुन॒रा च॑ यन्ति भ॒द्रा नाम॒ वह॑माना उ॒षास॑: ॥
अश्वावतीर्गोमतीर्विश्ववारा यतमाना रश्मिभिः सूर्यस्य । परा च यन्ति पुनरा च यन्ति भद्रा नाम वहमाना उषासः ॥
aśvāvatīr gomatīr viśvavārā yatamānā raśmibhiḥ sūryasya | parā ca yanti punar ā ca yanti bhadrā nāma vahamānā uṣāsaḥ ||
English translation:
“Possessed of horses, possessed of cows, existing through all time, vying with the rays of the sun (in dissipating darkness), auspicious dawns, sending down benefits (on mankind), pass away and again return.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): dīrghatamasaḥ putraḥ kakṣīvān [dīrghatamasa putra kakṣīvān];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): uṣāḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अश्व॑ऽवतीः । गोऽम॑तीः । वि॒श्वऽवा॑राः । यत॑मानाः । र॒श्मिऽभिः॑ । सूर्य॑स्य । परा॑ । च॒ । यन्ति॑ । पुनः॑ । आ । च॒ । य॒न्ति॒ । भ॒द्रा । नाम॑ । वह॑मानाः । उ॒षसः॑ ॥
अश्ववतीः । गोमतीः । विश्ववाराः । यतमानाः । रश्मिभिः । सूर्यस्य । परा । च । यन्ति । पुनः । आ । च । यन्ति । भद्रा । नाम । वहमानाः । उषसः ॥
aśva-vatīḥ | go--matīḥ | viśva-vārāḥ | yatamānāḥ | raśmi-bhiḥ | sūryasya | parā | ca | yanti | punaḥ | ā | ca | yanti | bhadrā | nāma | vahamānāḥ | uṣasaḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.123.12 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“rich in horses.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“rich in cattle; bovine.”
[noun]
“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“treasure; choice.”
[verb noun], nominative, plural
“strive; endeavor; join; equal; rival.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine
“beam; rein; sunbeam; shininess; cord.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“sun; Surya; sūrya [word]; right nostril; twelve; Calotropis gigantea Beng.; sūryakānta; sunlight; best.”
[adverb]
“away.”
[adverb]
“and; besides; then; now; even.”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“go; travel; enter (a state); return; walk; continue; reach; ask.”
[adverb]
“again; further; now; over and over; subsequently; repeatedly; however; besides.”
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[adverb]
“and; besides; then; now; even.”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“go; travel; enter (a state); return; walk; continue; reach; ask.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“auspicious; lovely; good; happy; bhadra [word]; lucky; fine-looking; beautiful.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“name; appellation; nāman [word]; nāmakaraṇa; surname; noun; word.”
[verb noun], nominative, plural
“transport; bring; marry; run; drive; vāhay; drive; run; pull; nirvāpay; blow; transport; discharge; assume; remove.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“Ushas; dawn; uṣas [word]; morning.”