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 1.163.7
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अत्रा॑ ते रू॒पमु॑त्त॒मम॑पश्यं॒ जिगी॑षमाणमि॒ष आ प॒दे गोः । य॒दा ते॒ मर्तो॒ अनु॒ भोग॒मान॒ळादिद्ग्रसि॑ष्ठ॒ ओष॑धीरजीगः ॥
अत्रा ते रूपमुत्तममपश्यं जिगीषमाणमिष आ पदे गोः । यदा ते मर्तो अनु भोगमानळादिद्ग्रसिष्ठ ओषधीरजीगः ॥
atrā te rūpam uttamam apaśyaṃ jigīṣamāṇam iṣa ā pade goḥ | yadā te marto anu bhogam ānaḻ ād id grasiṣṭha oṣadhīr ajīgaḥ ||
English translation:
“I behold your most excellent form coming eagerly to (receive) your food in your (holy) plural ce of earth; when your attendant brings you nigh to the enjoyment (of the provender), therefore gredy, you devour the fodder.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
The fodder: identical with the sun; applied to his acceptance of the oblations offered in the ceremony
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): dīrghatamā aucathyaḥ [dīrghatamas aucathya];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): aśvo'gniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): triṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अत्र॑ । ते॒ । रू॒पम् । उ॒त्ऽत॒मम् । अ॒प॒श्य॒म् । जिगी॑षमाणम् । इ॒षः । आ । प॒दे । गोः । य॒दा । ते॒ । मर्तः॑ । अनु॑ । भोग॑म् । आन॑ट् । आत् । इत् । ग्रसि॑ष्ठः । ओष॑धीः । अ॒जी॒ग॒रिति॑ ॥
अत्र । ते । रूपम् । उत्तमम् । अपश्यम् । जिगीषमाणम् । इषः । आ । पदे । गोः । यदा । ते । मर्तः । अनु । भोगम् । आनट् । आत् । इत् । ग्रसिष्ठः । ओषधीः । अजीगरिति ॥
atra | te | rūpam | ut-tamam | apaśyam | jigīṣamāṇam | iṣaḥ | ā | pade | goḥ | yadā | te | martaḥ | anu | bhogam | ānaṭ | āt | it | grasiṣṭhaḥ | oṣadhīḥ | ajīgariti
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.163.7 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“now; there; then; then; there; here; here; in the following; alternatively; now.”
[noun], genitive, singular
“you.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“form; appearance; beauty; look; shape; shape; symptom; feature; nature; guise; rūpa [word]; one; appearance; likeness; color; kind; vowel; type; disguise; aspect; form; derivative; omen; vision.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“best; excellent; highest; better; extreme; last; first; topmost; chief(a); higher; highest; maximal; uttama [word]; prevailing; finest.”
[verb], singular, Imperfect
“see; view; watch; meet; observe; think of; look; examine; behold; visit; understand.”
[verb noun], accusative, singular
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
“refreshment; enjoyment; stores.”
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“word; location; foot; footprint; pada [word]; verse; footstep; metrical foot; situation; dwelling; state; step; mark; position; trace; construction; animal foot; way; moment; social station; topographic point; path; residence; site; topic.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“cow; cattle; go [word]; Earth; bull; floor; milk; beam; sunbeam; leather; hide; horn; language; bowstring; earth; ox; Svarga.”
[adverb]
“once [when]; if.”
[noun], genitive, singular
“you.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“man.”
[adverb]
“subsequently; behind; along; towards; because.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“enjoyment; use; bhoga [word]; property; sexual intercourse; possession.”
[verb], singular, Root aorist (Ind.)
“reach; achieve; enter (a state); reach.”
[adverb]
“then.”
[adverb]
“indeed; assuredly; entirely.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
“herb; plant; drug; simple; oṣadhi [word]; remedy.”
[verb], singular, Redupl. Aorist (Ind.)
“wake; watch; awaken; wake up; oversee.”