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 1.140.7
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
स सं॒स्तिरो॑ वि॒ष्टिर॒: सं गृ॑भायति जा॒नन्ने॒व जा॑न॒तीर्नित्य॒ आ श॑ये । पुन॑र्वर्धन्ते॒ अपि॑ यन्ति दे॒व्य॑म॒न्यद्वर्प॑: पि॒त्रोः कृ॑ण्वते॒ सचा॑ ॥
स संस्तिरो विष्टिरः सं गृभायति जानन्नेव जानतीर्नित्य आ शये । पुनर्वर्धन्ते अपि यन्ति देव्यमन्यद्वर्पः पित्रोः कृण्वते सचा ॥
sa saṃstiro viṣṭiraḥ saṃ gṛbhāyati jānann eva jānatīr nitya ā śaye | punar vardhante api yanti devyam anyad varpaḥ pitroḥ kṛṇvate sacā ||
English translation:
“Now hidden, now displayed, he seizes (on the fuel), as if understanding (the purpose of the worshipper), and even reposes amidst the conscious (flames); again they break forth, and repair to the divine (fire of sacrifice), blending with which they give a different (luminous)form to their parents, (heaven and earth).”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): dīrghatamā aucathyaḥ [dīrghatamas aucathya];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): virāḍjagatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
सः । स॒म्ऽस्तिरः॑ । वि॒ऽष्टिरः॑ । सम् । गृ॒भा॒य॒ति॒ । जा॒नन् । ए॒व । जा॒न॒तीः । नित्यः॑ । आ । श॒ये॒ । पुनः॑ । व॒र्ध॒न्ते॒ । अपि॑ । य॒न्ति॒ । दे॒व्य॑म् । अ॒न्यत् । वर्पः॑ । पि॒त्रोः । कृ॒ण्व॒ते॒ । सचा॑ ॥
सः । सम्स्तिरः । विष्टिरः । सम् । गृभायति । जानन् । एव । जानतीः । नित्यः । आ । शये । पुनः । वर्धन्ते । अपि । यन्ति । देव्यम् । अन्यत् । वर्पः । पित्रोः । कृण्वते । सचा ॥
saḥ | sam-stiraḥ | vi-ṣṭiraḥ | sam | gṛbhāyati | jānan | eva | jānatīḥ | nityaḥ | ā | śaye | punaḥ | vardhante | api | yanti | devyam | anyat | varpaḥ | pitroḥ | kṛṇvate | sacā
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.140.7 English analysis of grammar]
[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.”
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
[adverb]
“sam; together; together; saṃ.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“accept.”
[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.”
[adverb]
“indeed; merely; thus; even; surely; same; eva [word]; successively; immediately; in truth.”
[verb noun], accusative, plural
“know; diagnose; perceive; know; come to know; notice; determine; think of; find; learn; perceive; identify; recognize; understand; know; learn; ascertain; detect; deem.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“continuous; own(a); changeless; everlasting; continual; devoted(p); permanent; obligatory; continuing; indispensable; native; addicted; connatural; necessary; durable; ageless; invariable; biological.”
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“lie; sleep.”
[adverb]
“again; further; now; over and over; subsequently; repeatedly; however; besides.”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“increase; grow; vṛdh; increase; succeed; strengthen; grow up; spread.”
[adverb]
“besides; even; surely; though; furthermore; among; contrastingly; assuredly.”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“go; travel; enter (a state); return; walk; continue; reach; ask.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“other; another(a); remaining; different; anya [word]; other than; more(a); fresh; any(a).”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“form; look; disguise.”
[noun], locative, dual, masculine
“father; Pitṛ; ancestor; parent; paternal ancestor; pitṛ [word]; forefather.”
[verb], plural, 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.”
[adverb]
“jointly.”