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 2.13.7

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

यः पु॒ष्पिणी॑श्च प्र॒स्व॑श्च॒ धर्म॒णाधि॒ दाने॒ व्य१॒॑वनी॒रधा॑रयः । यश्चास॑मा॒ अज॑नो दि॒द्युतो॑ दि॒व उ॒रुरू॒र्वाँ अ॒भित॒: सास्यु॒क्थ्य॑: ॥
यः पुष्पिणीश्च प्रस्वश्च धर्मणाधि दाने व्यवनीरधारयः । यश्चासमा अजनो दिद्युतो दिव उरुरूर्वाँ अभितः सास्युक्थ्यः ॥
yaḥ puṣpiṇīś ca prasvaś ca dharmaṇādhi dāne vy avanīr adhārayaḥ | yaś cāsamā ajano didyuto diva urur ūrvām̐ abhitaḥ sāsy ukthyaḥ ||

English translation:

“You who have caused, by culture, the flowering and fruitful (plural nts) to spread over the field; who have genitive rated the various luminaries of heaven; and who, of vast bulk, comprehend vast (bodies); you are he who is to be praised.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

यः । पु॒ष्पिणीः॑ । च॒ । प्र॒ऽस्वः॑ । च॒ । धर्म॑णा । अधि॑ । दाने॑ । वि । अ॒वनीः॑ । अधा॑रयः । यः । च॒ । अस॑माः । अज॑नः । दि॒द्युतः॑ । दि॒वः । उ॒रुः । ऊ॒र्वान् । अ॒भितः॑ । सः । अ॒सि॒ । उ॒क्थ्यः॑ ॥
यः । पुष्पिणीः । च । प्रस्वः । च । धर्मणा । अधि । दाने । वि । अवनीः । अधारयः । यः । च । असमाः । अजनः । दिद्युतः । दिवः । उरुः । ऊर्वान् । अभितः । सः । असि । उक्थ्यः ॥
yaḥ | puṣpiṇīḥ | ca | pra-svaḥ | ca | dharmaṇā | adhi | dāne | vi | avanīḥ | adhārayaḥ | yaḥ | ca | asamāḥ | ajanaḥ | didyutaḥ | divaḥ | uruḥ | ūrvān | abhitaḥ | saḥ | asi | ukthyaḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 2.13.7 English analysis of grammar]

yaḥ < yad

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

puṣpiṇīś < puṣpiṇīḥ < puṣpin

[noun], accusative, plural, feminine

“flowering.”

ca

[adverb]

“and; besides; then; now; even.”

prasvaś < prasvaḥ < prasū

[noun], accusative, plural, feminine

“mother; grass.”

ca

[adverb]

“and; besides; then; now; even.”

dharmaṇādhi < dharmaṇā < dharman

[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter

“regulation; Dharma; law; property.”

dharmaṇādhi < adhi

[adverb]

“on; from; accordingly.”

dāne < dāna

[noun], locative, singular, neuter

vy < vi

[adverb]

“apart; away; away.”

avanīr < avanīḥ < avanī

[noun], accusative, plural, feminine

adhārayaḥ < dhāray < √dhṛ

[verb], singular, Imperfect

“keep; sustain; put; hold; wear; hold; carry; keep alive; suppress; preserve; remember; stow; stop; have; fill into; endure; support; understand; fixate; govern; restrain.”

yaś < yaḥ < yad

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

cāsamā < ca

[adverb]

“and; besides; then; now; even.”

cāsamā < asamāḥ < asama

[noun], accusative, plural, feminine

“incomparable; unlike.”

ajano < ajanaḥ < jan

[verb], singular, Imperfect

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

didyuto < didyutaḥ < didyut

[noun], accusative, plural, feminine

“arrow; Didyut.”

diva < divaḥ < div

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”

urur < uruḥ < uru

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“wide; broad; great; uru [word]; much(a); excellent.”

ūrvāṃ < ūrvām < ūrva

[noun], accusative, singular, feminine

“great.”

abhitaḥ < abhitas

[adverb]

“about; around; regarding; about.”

sāsy < 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.”

sāsy < asi < as

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”

ukthyaḥ < ukthya

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“applaudable.”

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