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 1.164.36
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
स॒प्तार्ध॑ग॒र्भा भुव॑नस्य॒ रेतो॒ विष्णो॑स्तिष्ठन्ति प्र॒दिशा॒ विध॑र्मणि । ते धी॒तिभि॒र्मन॑सा॒ ते वि॑प॒श्चित॑: परि॒भुव॒: परि॑ भवन्ति वि॒श्वत॑: ॥
सप्तार्धगर्भा भुवनस्य रेतो विष्णोस्तिष्ठन्ति प्रदिशा विधर्मणि । ते धीतिभिर्मनसा ते विपश्चितः परिभुवः परि भवन्ति विश्वतः ॥
saptārdhagarbhā bhuvanasya reto viṣṇos tiṣṭhanti pradiśā vidharmaṇi | te dhītibhir manasā te vipaścitaḥ paribhuvaḥ pari bhavanti viśvataḥ ||
English translation:
“The seven (sustaining), the embryo (rain) for half a year, the fecundating (element) of the world, abide, by appointment, in the various functions of Viṣṇu. By their intelligence they pervade in thought all around (them), for they are intelligent and diffusive.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
The seven: the solar rays, saptārdhagarbhāḥ; either retaining the rains for half a year, i.e. during the dry months, or abiding in a part or half of space, or in the mid-heaven or firmament. Viṣṇu is the pervading sun; vyāpakasya Ādityasya, in whose various duties of cherishing the world, the solar rays are, by direction, pradiśā, especially employed
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): dīrghatamā aucathyaḥ [dīrghatamas aucathya];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): viśvedevā:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛjjagatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
स॒प्त । अ॒र्ध॒ऽग॒र्भाः । भुव॑नस्य । रेतः॑ । विष्णोः॑ । ति॒ष्ठ॒न्ति॒ । प्र॒ऽदिशा॑ । विऽध॑र्मणि । ते । धी॒तिऽभिः॑ । मन॑सा । ते । वि॒पः॒ऽचितः॑ । प॒रि॒ऽभुवः॑ । परि॑ । भ॒व॒न्ति॒ । वि॒श्वतः॑ ॥
सप्त । अर्धगर्भाः । भुवनस्य । रेतः । विष्णोः । तिष्ठन्ति । प्रदिशा । विधर्मणि । ते । धीतिभिः । मनसा । ते । विपःचितः । परिभुवः । परि । भवन्ति । विश्वतः ॥
sapta | ardha-garbhāḥ | bhuvanasya | retaḥ | viṣṇoḥ | tiṣṭhanti | pra-diśā | vi-dharmaṇi | te | dhīti-bhiḥ | manasā | te | vipaḥ-citaḥ | pari-bhuvaḥ | pari | bhavanti | viśvataḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.164.36 English analysis of grammar]
[noun]
“seven; seventh.”
[noun]
“half(a); ardha [word].”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“fetus; garbha; inside; cavity; embryo; uterus; child; pit; garbhadruti; filling; pregnancy; room; abdomen; fertilization; inside; hole; baby; calyx; midst.”
[noun], genitive, singular, neuter
“Earth; being; world; bhuvana [word].”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“semen; sperm.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“Vishnu; Krishna; Viṣṇu; Om; Shiva.”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“stay; stand; situate; exist; [in]; resist; endure; put; soak; be; stop; adhere; get stale; concentrate; grow; trust; wake; consociate; last; dwell; lie; stand; stop.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine
“quarter; direction; command; region; indication.”
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“receptacle; enclosure.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“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, feminine
“thinking; prayer; understanding.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter
“mind; Manas; purpose; idea; attention; heart; decision; manas [word]; manas [indecl.]; spirit; temper; intelligence.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“wise; expert.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“extended.”
[adverb]
“from; about; around.”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“become; be; originate; transform; happen; result; exist; be born; be; be; come to life; grow; elapse; come to mind; thrive; become; impend; show; conceive; understand; stand; constitute; serve; apply; behave.”
[adverb]
“everywhere; around; about.”