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 2.12.7

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

यस्याश्वा॑सः प्र॒दिशि॒ यस्य॒ गावो॒ यस्य॒ ग्रामा॒ यस्य॒ विश्वे॒ रथा॑सः । यः सूर्यं॒ य उ॒षसं॑ ज॒जान॒ यो अ॒पां ने॒ता स ज॑नास॒ इन्द्र॑: ॥
यस्याश्वासः प्रदिशि यस्य गावो यस्य ग्रामा यस्य विश्वे रथासः । यः सूर्यं य उषसं जजान यो अपां नेता स जनास इन्द्रः ॥
yasyāśvāsaḥ pradiśi yasya gāvo yasya grāmā yasya viśve rathāsaḥ | yaḥ sūryaṃ ya uṣasaṃ jajāna yo apāṃ netā sa janāsa indraḥ ||

English translation:

“He, under whose control are horses and cattle, and villages, and all chariots; he who gave birth to the sun and to the dawn; and who is the leader of the waters; he, men, is Indra.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): gṛtsamadaḥ śaunakaḥ [gṛtsamada śaunaka];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

यस्य॑ । अश्वा॑सः । प्र॒ऽदिशि॑ । यस्य॑ । गावः॑ । यस्य॑ । ग्रामाः॑ । यस्य॑ । विश्वे॑ । रथा॑सः । यः । सूर्य॑म् । यः । उ॒षस॑म् । ज॒जान॑ । यः । अ॒पाम् । ने॒ता । सः । ज॒ना॒सः॒ । इन्द्रः॑ ॥
यस्य । अश्वासः । प्रदिशि । यस्य । गावः । यस्य । ग्रामाः । यस्य । विश्वे । रथासः । यः । सूर्यम् । यः । उषसम् । जजान । यः । अपाम् । नेता । सः । जनासः । इन्द्रः ॥
yasya | aśvāsaḥ | pra-diśi | yasya | gāvaḥ | yasya | grāmāḥ | yasya | viśve | rathāsaḥ | yaḥ | sūryam | yaḥ | uṣasam | jajāna | yaḥ | apām | netā | saḥ | janāsaḥ | indraḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 2.12.7 English analysis of grammar]

yasyāśvāsaḥ < yasya < yad

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

yasyāśvāsaḥ < aśvāsaḥ < aśva

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“horse; aśva [word]; Aśva; stallion.”

pradiśi < pradiś

[noun], locative, singular, feminine

“quarter; direction; command; region; indication.”

yasya < yad

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

gāvo < gāvaḥ < go

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“cow; cattle; go [word]; Earth; bull; floor; milk; beam; sunbeam; leather; hide; horn; language; bowstring; earth; ox; Svarga.”

yasya < yad

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

grāmā < grāmāḥ < grāma

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“village; grāma [word]; group; battalion; club; Hindu gamut; troop; multitude; crowd; kin; collection; people.”

yasya < yad

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

viśve < viśva

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”

rathāsaḥ < ratha

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“chariot; warrior; ratha [word]; Dalbergia oojeinensis; rattan.”

yaḥ < yad

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

sūryaṃ < sūryam < sūrya

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“sun; Surya; sūrya [word]; right nostril; twelve; Calotropis gigantea Beng.; sūryakānta; sunlight; best.”

ya < yaḥ < yad

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

uṣasaṃ < uṣasam < uṣas

[noun], accusative, singular, feminine

“Ushas; dawn; uṣas [word]; morning.”

jajāna < jan

[verb], singular, Perfect indicative

“become; originate; be born; transform; happen; result; grow; beget; produce; create; conceive; separate; cause; give birth; grow; produce; generate; be; become; arise; come on.”

yo < yaḥ < yad

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

apāṃ < apām < ap

[noun], genitive, plural, feminine

“water; body of water; water; ap [word]; juice; jala.”

netā < netṛ

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“leader; Vitex negundo.”

sa < tad

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”

janāsa < janāsaḥ < jana

[noun], vocative, plural, masculine

“people; national; man; relative; jan; Janaloka; person; jana [word]; man; attendant; Jana; foreigner; inhabitant; group.”

indraḥ < indra

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”

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