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 1.159.2
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
उ॒त म॑न्ये पि॒तुर॒द्रुहो॒ मनो॑ मा॒तुर्महि॒ स्वत॑व॒स्तद्धवी॑मभिः । सु॒रेत॑सा पि॒तरा॒ भूम॑ चक्रतुरु॒रु प्र॒जाया॑ अ॒मृतं॒ वरी॑मभिः ॥
उत मन्ये पितुरद्रुहो मनो मातुर्महि स्वतवस्तद्धवीमभिः । सुरेतसा पितरा भूम चक्रतुरुरु प्रजाया अमृतं वरीमभिः ॥
uta manye pitur adruho mano mātur mahi svatavas tad dhavīmabhiḥ | suretasā pitarā bhūma cakratur uru prajāyā amṛtaṃ varīmabhiḥ ||
English translation:
“Verily I propitiate, by my invocations, the mind of the benevolent father, and the great and spontaneous (affection) of the mother (of all beings). The parents, with kindness, have secured, by their excellent protections, the vast and manifold immortality of their progeny.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
The mother of all beings: Heaven, dyuloka is the father, and earth, pṛthivi, the mother: dyaur vaḥ pitā, pṛthivī mātā;
Mātā = antarikṣa, the firmament (mātāntarikṣam nirmāyantesminbhūtāni-- Nirukta 2.8)
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): dīrghatamā aucathyaḥ [dīrghatamas aucathya];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): dyāvāpṛthivyau ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛjjagatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
उ॒त । म॒न्ये॒ । पि॒तुः । अ॒द्रुहः॑ । मनः॑ । मा॒तुः । महि॑ । स्वऽत॑वः । तत् । हवी॑मऽभिः । सु॒ऽरेत॑सा । पि॒तरा॑ । भूम॑ । च॒क्र॒तुः॒ । उ॒रु । प्र॒ऽजायाः॑ । अ॒मृत॑म् । वरी॑मऽभिः ॥
उत । मन्ये । पितुः । अद्रुहः । मनः । मातुः । महि । स्वतवः । तत् । हवीमभिः । सुरेतसा । पितरा । भूम । चक्रतुः । उरु । प्रजायाः । अमृतम् । वरीमभिः ॥
uta | manye | pituḥ | adruhaḥ | manaḥ | mātuḥ | mahi | sva-tavaḥ | tat | havīma-bhiḥ | su-retasā | pitarā | bhūma | cakratuḥ | uru | pra-jāyāḥ | amṛtam | varīma-bhiḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.159.2 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“and; besides; uta [indecl.]; similarly; alike; even.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“think of; name; believe; teach; honor; deem; recommend; approve; think; define; call; respect; believe; enumerate; understand; see; describe.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“father; Pitṛ; ancestor; parent; paternal ancestor; pitṛ [word]; forefather.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“friendly; benign.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“mind; Manas; purpose; idea; attention; heart; decision; manas [word]; manas [indecl.]; spirit; temper; intelligence.”
[noun], genitive, singular, feminine
“mother; mātṛkā; mātṛ [word]; parent; Salvinia cucullata Roxb.; Citrullus colocynthis Schrad.; cow.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“great; firm.”
[noun]
“own(a); respective(a); akin(p); sva [word]; individual; present(a); independent.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“strong; energetic.”
[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], instrumental, plural, neuter
“call; invocation.”
[adverb]
“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”
[noun], nominative, dual, masculine
“semen; sperm.”
[noun], nominative, dual, masculine
“father; Pitṛ; ancestor; parent; paternal ancestor; pitṛ [word]; forefather.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“Earth; floor.”
[verb], dual, Perfect indicative
“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.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“wide; broad; great; uru [word]; much(a); excellent.”
[noun], dative, singular, feminine
“people; offspring; being; national; man; prajā [word]; creature; child; descendants; population; race; animal.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“immortal; amṛta; imperishable.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, neuter