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 1.164.8
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
मा॒ता पि॒तर॑मृ॒त आ ब॑भाज धी॒त्यग्रे॒ मन॑सा॒ सं हि ज॒ग्मे । सा बी॑भ॒त्सुर्गर्भ॑रसा॒ निवि॑द्धा॒ नम॑स्वन्त॒ इदु॑पवा॒कमी॑युः ॥
माता पितरमृत आ बभाज धीत्यग्रे मनसा सं हि जग्मे । सा बीभत्सुर्गर्भरसा निविद्धा नमस्वन्त इदुपवाकमीयुः ॥
mātā pitaram ṛta ā babhāja dhīty agre manasā saṃ hi jagme | sā bībhatsur garbharasā nividdhā namasvanta id upavākam īyuḥ ||
English translation:
“The mother, (earth), worships the father, (sun), with holy rites, for the sake of water; but he has anticipated (her wants) in his mind; whereupon desirous of progeny, she is penetrated by the dews of impregnation, and, (all) expectant of abundance, exchange words (of congratulation).”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Exchange words: metaphocial account of the agency of the sun sending rain upon the earth and its consequent fertility
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): dīrghatamā aucathyaḥ [dīrghatamas aucathya];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): viśvedevā:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
मा॒ता । पि॒तर॑म् । ऋ॒ते । आ । ब॒भा॒ज॒ । धी॒ती । अग्रे॑ । मन॑सा । सम् । हि । ज॒ग्मे । सा । बी॒भ॒त्सुः । गर्भ॑ऽरसा । निऽवि॑द्धा । नम॑स्वन्तः । इत् । उ॒प॒ऽवा॒कम् । ई॒युः॒ ॥
माता । पितरम् । ऋते । आ । बभाज । धीती । अग्रे । मनसा । सम् । हि । जग्मे । सा । बीभत्सुः । गर्भरसा । निविद्धा । नमस्वन्तः । इत् । उपवाकम् । ईयुः ॥
mātā | pitaram | ṛte | ā | babhāja | dhītī | agre | manasā | sam | hi | jagme | sā | bībhatsuḥ | garbha-rasā | ni-viddhā | namasvantaḥ | it | upa-vākam | īyuḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.164.8 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“mother; mātṛkā; mātṛ [word]; parent; Salvinia cucullata Roxb.; Citrullus colocynthis Schrad.; cow.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“father; Pitṛ; ancestor; parent; paternal ancestor; pitṛ [word]; forefather.”
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“truth; order; fixed order; ṛta [word]; law; custom; custom.”
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
“eat; enjoy; enter (a state); worship; love; flee; possess; fall to one's share; partake; share; get; approach; love; use.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine
“thinking; prayer; understanding.”
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“tip; beginning; peak; end; front; top; beginning; battlefront; agra [word]; acme; fingertip; top; best; optimum; climax; matter; glans.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter
“mind; Manas; purpose; idea; attention; heart; decision; manas [word]; manas [indecl.]; spirit; temper; intelligence.”
[adverb]
“sam; together; together; saṃ.”
[adverb]
“because; indeed; for; therefore; hi [word].”
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
“go; situate; enter (a state); travel; disappear; [in]; elapse; leave; reach; vanish; love; walk; approach; issue; hop on; gasify; get; come; die; drain; spread; transform; happen; discharge; ride; to be located; run; detect; refer; go; shall; drive.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“coy; reserved.”
[noun], masculine
“fetus; garbha; inside; cavity; embryo; uterus; child; pit; garbhadruti; filling; pregnancy; room; abdomen; fertilization; inside; hole; baby; calyx; midst.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“mercury; juice; medicine; rasa; alchemy; liquid; Rasa; mahārasa; taste; broth; elixir; resin; rasa; essence; six; water; soup; liquid body substance; rasa; formulation; myrrh; rasa [word]; amṛta; purpose; delight; solution; milk; beverage; alcohol; sap; nectar; Rasātala.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“respectful.”
[adverb]
“indeed; assuredly; entirely.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
[verb], plural, Perfect indicative
“go; travel; enter (a state); return; walk; continue; reach; ask.”