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 1.141.5
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
आदिन्मा॒तॄरावि॑श॒द्यास्वा शुचि॒रहिं॑स्यमान उर्वि॒या वि वा॑वृधे । अनु॒ यत्पूर्वा॒ अरु॑हत्सना॒जुवो॒ नि नव्य॑सी॒ष्वव॑रासु धावते ॥
आदिन्मातॄराविशद्यास्वा शुचिरहिंस्यमान उर्विया वि वावृधे । अनु यत्पूर्वा अरुहत्सनाजुवो नि नव्यसीष्ववरासु धावते ॥
ād in mātṝr āviśad yāsv ā śucir ahiṃsyamāna urviyā vi vāvṛdhe | anu yat pūrvā aruhat sanājuvo ni navyasīṣv avarāsu dhāvate ||
English translation:
“Therefore has the brilliant Agni entered the maternal (quarters of space), amidst which pure, and unharmed, he had evolved into magnitude, so that he mounted (the bushes) plural ced before him, as he had (consumed others) prior to them, and runs rapidly among the more recent and inferior branches.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): dīrghatamā aucathyaḥ [dīrghatamas aucathya];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): svarāṭtriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
आत् । इत् । मा॒तॄः । आ । अ॒वि॒श॒त् । यासु॑ । आ । शुचिः॑ । अहिं॑स्यमानः । उ॒र्वि॒या । वि । व॒वृ॒धे॒ । अनु॑ । यत् । पूर्वा॑ । अरु॑हत् । स॒ना॒ऽजुवः॑ । नि । नव्य॑सीषु । अव॑रासु । धा॒व॒ते॒ ॥
आत् । इत् । मातॄः । आ । अविशत् । यासु । आ । शुचिः । अहिंस्यमानः । उर्विया । वि । ववृधे । अनु । यत् । पूर्वा । अरुहत् । सनाजुवः । नि । नव्यसीषु । अवरासु । धावते ॥
āt | it | mātṝḥ | ā | aviśat | yāsu | ā | śuciḥ | ahiṃsyamānaḥ | urviyā | vi | vavṛdhe | anu | yat | pūrvā | aruhat | sanājuvaḥ | ni | navyasīṣu | avarāsu | dhāvate
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.141.5 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“then.”
[adverb]
“indeed; assuredly; entirely.”
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
“mother; mātṛkā; mātṛ [word]; parent; Salvinia cucullata Roxb.; Citrullus colocynthis Schrad.; cow.”
[verb], singular, Imperfect
“enter; overwhelm; possess; approach; afflict; enter (a state); reach; wear.”
[noun], locative, plural, feminine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“clean; clean; pure; bright; clear; honest; śuci [word]; clear; impeccant.”
[adverb]
“not; akāra; a [taddhita]; a [word]; a; a.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“injure; kill; remove; harm; cure; damage.”
[adverb]
“wide; widely.”
[adverb]
“apart; away; away.”
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
“increase; grow; vṛdh; increase; succeed; strengthen; grow up; spread.”
[adverb]
“subsequently; behind; along; towards; because.”
[adverb]
“once [when]; because; that; if; how.”
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
“aforesaid(a); antecedent; previous(a); first; eastern; former(a); pūrva [word]; age-old; anterior; bygone; fore(a); predictive; firstborn; easterly; instrumental.”
[verb], singular, Imperfect
“heal; grow; cicatrize; climb; board; ascend; grow.”
[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]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
[adverb]
“back; down.”
[noun], locative, plural, feminine
“new.”
[noun], locative, plural, feminine
“worst; avara [word]; lower; nearer; base; short; low; abject; later(a); worse; antecedent.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“run; run; wash.”