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 1.125.5
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
नाक॑स्य पृ॒ष्ठे अधि॑ तिष्ठति श्रि॒तो यः पृ॒णाति॒ स ह॑ दे॒वेषु॑ गच्छति । तस्मा॒ आपो॑ घृ॒तम॑र्षन्ति॒ सिन्ध॑व॒स्तस्मा॑ इ॒यं दक्षि॑णा पिन्वते॒ सदा॑ ॥
नाकस्य पृष्ठे अधि तिष्ठति श्रितो यः पृणाति स ह देवेषु गच्छति । तस्मा आपो घृतमर्षन्ति सिन्धवस्तस्मा इयं दक्षिणा पिन्वते सदा ॥
nākasya pṛṣṭhe adhi tiṣṭhati śrito yaḥ pṛṇāti sa ha deveṣu gacchati | tasmā āpo ghṛtam arṣanti sindhavas tasmā iyaṃ dakṣiṇā pinvate sadā ||
English translation:
“He who propitiates (the gods), gives to the gods, and sits at ease upon the summit of heaven; to him the flowing waters bear their essence; to him this fertile (earth) ever yields abundance.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Iyam dakṣiṇā: by this, capable earth; bhūmi, earth, that is able, dakṣa, to bear crops
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): kakṣīvān dairghatamasaḥ [kakṣīvān dairghatamasa];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): dampatī ;
Chandas (meter): jagatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
नाक॑स्य । पृ॒ष्ठे । अधि॑ । ति॒ष्ठ॒ति॒ । श्रि॒तः । यः । पृ॒णाति॑ । सः । ह॒ । दे॒वेषु॑ । ग॒च्छ॒ति॒ । तस्मै॑ । आपः॑ । घृ॒तम् । अ॒र्ष॒न्ति॒ । सिन्ध॑वः । तस्मै॑ । इ॒यम् । दक्षि॑णा । पि॒न्व॒ते॒ । सदा॑ ॥
नाकस्य । पृष्ठे । अधि । तिष्ठति । श्रितः । यः । पृणाति । सः । ह । देवेषु । गच्छति । तस्मै । आपः । घृतम् । अर्षन्ति । सिन्धवः । तस्मै । इयम् । दक्षिणा । पिन्वते । सदा ॥
nākasya | pṛṣṭhe | adhi | tiṣṭhati | śritaḥ | yaḥ | pṛṇāti | saḥ | ha | deveṣu | gacchati | tasmai | āpaḥ | ghṛtam | arṣanti | sindhavaḥ | tasmai | iyam | dakṣiṇā | pinvate | sadā
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.125.5 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“sky; celestial sphere; Svarga; nāka [word].”
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“back; top; top; surface; shell; peak; Pṛṣṭha; flat roof; pṛṣṭha [word]; back; roof.”
[adverb]
“on; from; accordingly.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“stay; stand; situate; exist; [in]; resist; endure; put; soak; be; stop; adhere; get stale; concentrate; grow; trust; wake; consociate; last; dwell; lie; stand; stop.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“situate; dwell; go; lurk; reach; rear; repose; cling to.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“fill; elapse; pull back; fill; satisfy; bestow; meet; stuff; load; mix; complete.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[adverb]
“indeed; ha [word].”
[noun], locative, plural, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“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.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“water; body of water; water; ap [word]; juice; jala.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“ghee; fat.”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“run.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“river; Indus; sindhu [word].”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“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, feminine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“Dakṣiṇā; south; dakṣiṇā [word]; gift; South.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“swell; swell; overflow; abound.”
[adverb]
“always; continually; always; perpetually.”