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 1.160.1
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
ते हि द्यावा॑पृथि॒वी वि॒श्वश॑म्भुव ऋ॒ताव॑री॒ रज॑सो धार॒यत्क॑वी । सु॒जन्म॑नी धि॒षणे॑ अ॒न्तरी॑यते दे॒वो दे॒वी धर्म॑णा॒ सूर्य॒: शुचि॑: ॥
ते हि द्यावापृथिवी विश्वशम्भुव ऋतावरी रजसो धारयत्कवी । सुजन्मनी धिषणे अन्तरीयते देवो देवी धर्मणा सूर्यः शुचिः ॥
te hi dyāvāpṛthivī viśvaśambhuva ṛtāvarī rajaso dhārayatkavī | sujanmanī dhiṣaṇe antar īyate devo devī dharmaṇā sūryaḥ śuciḥ ||
English translation:
“Those two, the divine Heaven and Earth, are the diffusers of happiness on all, encouragers of truth, able to sustain the water (of the rains), auspicious of birth, and energetic (in action); in the interval between whom proceeds the pure and divine Sun for (the discharge of his) duties.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): dīrghatamā aucathyaḥ [dīrghatamas aucathya];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): dyāvāpṛthivyau ;
Chandas (meter): virāḍjagatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
ते इति॑ । हि । द्यावा॑पृथि॒वी इति॑ । वि॒श्वऽश॑म्भुवा । ऋ॒तव॑री॒ इत्यृ॒तऽव॑री । रज॑सः । धा॒र॒यत्क॑वी॒ इति॑ धा॒र॒यत्ऽक॑वी । सु॒जन्म॑नी॒ इति॑ सु॒ऽजन्म॑नी । धि॒षणे॒ इति॑ । अ॒न्तः । ई॒य॒ते॒ । दे॒वः । दे॒वी इति॑ । धर्म॑णा । सूर्यः॑ । शुचिः॑ ॥
ते इति । हि । द्यावापृथिवी इति । विश्वशम्भुवा । ऋतवरी इत्यृतवरी । रजसः । धारयत्कवी इति धारयत्कवी । सुजन्मनी इति सुजन्मनी । धिषणे इति । अन्तः । ईयते । देवः । देवी इति । धर्मणा । सूर्यः । शुचिः ॥
te iti | hi | dyāvāpṛthivī iti | viśva-śambhuvā | ṛta-varī ity ṛta-varī | rajasaḥ | dhārayatkavī itidhārayat-kavī | sujanmanī itisu-janmanī | dhiṣaṇeiti | antaḥ | īyate | devaḥ | devī iti | dharmaṇā | sūryaḥ | śuciḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.160.1 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, dual, feminine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[adverb]
“because; indeed; for; therefore; hi [word].”
[noun], nominative, dual, feminine
“heaven and earth; dyāvāpṛthivī [word].”
[noun]
“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”
[noun], nominative, dual, feminine
“kind; benevolent.”
[noun], nominative, dual, feminine
“law-abiding; faithful; righteous.”
[noun], genitive, singular, neuter
“powder; menorrhea; dust; Rajas; atmosphere; rajas; pollen; passion; rajas [word]; sindūra; rust; tin; impurity; dark; sky.”
[verb noun]
“keep; sustain; put; hold; wear; hold; carry; keep alive; suppress; preserve; remember; stow; stop; have; fill into; endure; support; understand; fixate; govern; restrain.”
[noun], nominative, dual, feminine
“poet; wise man; bard; Venus; Uśanas; kavi [word]; Kavi; prophet; guru; Brahma.”
[adverb]
“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”
[noun], accusative, dual, feminine
“birth; reincarnation; lineage; origin; race; metempsychosis; parentage; descent; appearance; age; birthplace; beginning; being.”
[noun], accusative, dual, feminine
“heaven and earth.”
[adverb]
“inside; in; antar [word]; midmost; between; among.”
[verb], singular, Indikativ Pr￤s. Passiv
“go; travel; enter (a state); return; walk; continue; reach; ask.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[noun], accusative, dual, feminine
“Parvati; queen; goddess; Devi.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter
“regulation; Dharma; law; property.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“sun; Surya; sūrya [word]; right nostril; twelve; Calotropis gigantea Beng.; sūryakānta; sunlight; best.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“clean; clean; pure; bright; clear; honest; śuci [word]; clear; impeccant.”