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 2.24.11
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
योऽव॑रे वृ॒जने॑ वि॒श्वथा॑ वि॒भुर्म॒हामु॑ र॒ण्वः शव॑सा व॒वक्षि॑थ । स दे॒वो दे॒वान्प्रति॑ पप्रथे पृ॒थु विश्वेदु॒ ता प॑रि॒भूर्ब्रह्म॑ण॒स्पति॑: ॥
योऽवरे वृजने विश्वथा विभुर्महामु रण्वः शवसा ववक्षिथ । स देवो देवान्प्रति पप्रथे पृथु विश्वेदु ता परिभूर्ब्रह्मणस्पतिः ॥
yo 'vare vṛjane viśvathā vibhur mahām u raṇvaḥ śavasā vavakṣitha | sa devo devān prati paprathe pṛthu viśved u tā paribhūr brahmaṇas patiḥ ||
English translation:
“He, who is all-pervading and delighting, is willing to sustain by his strength the noble, worshipper, as well as one who is in low distress; greatly is that Brahmaṇaspati renowned amongst the gods, and therefore is he verily supreme above all (beings).”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): gṛtsamadaḥ śaunakaḥ [gṛtsamada śaunaka];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): brahmaṇaspatiḥ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛjjagatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
यः । अव॑रे । वृ॒जने॑ । वि॒श्वऽथा॑ । वि॒ऽभुः म॒हाम् । ऊँ॒ इति॑ । र॒ण्वः । शव॑सा । व॒वक्षि॑थ । सः । दे॒वः । दे॒वान् । प्रति॑ । प॒प्र॒थे॒ । पृ॒थु । विश्वा॑ । इत् । ऊँ॒ इति॑ । ता । प॒रि॒ऽभूः । ब्रह्म॑णः । पतिः॑ ॥
यः । अवरे । वृजने । विश्वथा । विभुः महाम् । ऊँ इति । रण्वः । शवसा । ववक्षिथ । सः । देवः । देवान् । प्रति । पप्रथे । पृथु । विश्वा । इत् । ऊँ इति । ता । परिभूः । ब्रह्मणः । पतिः ॥
yaḥ | avare | vṛjane | viśva-thā | vi-bhuḥ mahām | oṃ iti | raṇvaḥ | śavasā | vavakṣitha | saḥ | devaḥ | devān | prati | paprathe | pṛthu | viśvā | it | oṃ iti | tā | pari-bhūḥ | brahmaṇaḥ | patiḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 2.24.11 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“worst; avara [word]; lower; nearer; base; short; low; abject; later(a); worse; antecedent.”
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“community; settlement.”
[adverb]
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“mighty; abundant; big.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“large; eminent; great; loud; dangerous; strong; long; high; much(a); mahant [word]; ample; very; great; adult; important; dark; high; abundant; violent; remarkable; mighty; big; long.”
[adverb]
“ukāra; besides; now; indeed; u.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“agreeable; happy; delightful; gay.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter
“strength; power; superiority.”
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
“grow; grow.”
[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.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[adverb]
“towards; per; regarding; respectively; according to; until.”
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
“be known; expand; expand; boom.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“broad; wide; great; flat; pṛthu [word]; far.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”
[adverb]
“indeed; assuredly; entirely.”
[adverb]
“ukāra; besides; now; indeed; u.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“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, masculine
“extended.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Brahmaṇaspati.”