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 2.24.14
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
ब्रह्म॑ण॒स्पते॑रभवद्यथाव॒शं स॒त्यो म॒न्युर्महि॒ कर्मा॑ करिष्य॒तः । यो गा उ॒दाज॒त्स दि॒वे वि चा॑भजन्म॒हीव॑ री॒तिः शव॑सासर॒त्पृथ॑क् ॥
ब्रह्मणस्पतेरभवद्यथावशं सत्यो मन्युर्महि कर्मा करिष्यतः । यो गा उदाजत्स दिवे वि चाभजन्महीव रीतिः शवसासरत्पृथक् ॥
brahmaṇas pater abhavad yathāvaśaṃ satyo manyur mahi karmā kariṣyataḥ | yo gā udājat sa dive vi cābhajan mahīva rītiḥ śavasāsarat pṛthak ||
English translation:
“The purpose of Brahmaṇaspati, engaging in a great work, has been successful, according to his wish; for he it was who recovered (the stolen) cattle for (the dwellers in) heaven; and distrubuted them; so that of their own power they took different directions, like (the branches of) a mighty river.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): gṛtsamadaḥ śaunakaḥ [gṛtsamada śaunaka];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): brahmaṇaspatiḥ;
Chandas (meter): jagatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
ब्रह्म॑णः । पतेः॑ । अ॒भ॒व॒त् । य॒था॒ऽव॒शम् । स॒त्यः । म॒न्युः । महि॑ । कर्म॑ । क॒रि॒ष्य॒तः । यः । गाः । उ॒त्ऽआज॑त् । सः । दि॒वे । वि । च॒ । अ॒भ॒ज॒त् । म॒हीऽइ॑व । री॒तिः । शव॑सा । अ॒स॒र॒त् । पृथ॑क् ॥
ब्रह्मणः । पतेः । अभवत् । यथावशम् । सत्यः । मन्युः । महि । कर्म । करिष्यतः । यः । गाः । उत्आजत् । सः । दिवे । वि । च । अभजत् । महीइव । रीतिः । शवसा । असरत् । पृथक् ॥
brahmaṇaḥ | pateḥ | abhavat | yathāvaśam | satyaḥ | manyuḥ | mahi | karma | kariṣyataḥ | yaḥ | gāḥ | ut-ājat | saḥ | dive | vi | ca | abhajat | mahī-iva | rītiḥ | śavasā | asarat | pṛthak
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 2.24.14 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“Brahmaṇaspati.”
[verb], singular, Imperfect
“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]
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“true; real; real; faithful; good.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“anger; fury; rage; wrath.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“great; firm.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“action; saṃskāra; ritual; procedure; karman; treatment; object; function; production; job; operation; karman [word]; act; job; passive voice; activity; consequence; function; yajña; pañcakarman; cooking; occupation; profession; construction; duty; method; natural process; duty; therapy.”
[verb noun], genitive, singular
“make; perform; cause; produce; shape; construct; do; put; fill into; use; fuel; transform; bore; act; write; create; prepare; administer; dig; prepare; treat; take effect; add; trace; put on; process; treat; heed; hire; act; produce; assume; eat; ignite; chop; treat; obey; manufacture; appoint; evacuate; choose; understand; insert; happen; envelop; weigh; observe; practice; lend; bring; duplicate; plant; kṛ; concentrate; mix; knot; join; take; provide; utter; compose.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
“cow; cattle; go [word]; Earth; bull; floor; milk; beam; sunbeam; leather; hide; horn; language; bowstring; earth; ox; Svarga.”
[verb], singular, Imperfect
[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], accusative, dual, neuter
“day; sky; Svarga.”
[adverb]
“apart; away; away.”
[adverb]
“and; besides; then; now; even.”
[verb], singular, Imperfect
“eat; enjoy; enter (a state); worship; love; flee; possess; fall to one's share; partake; share; get; approach; love; use.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“great; great; distinguished; much(a); adult; long; high.”
[adverb]
“like; as it were; somehow; just so.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“brass; rītikā; method; bell metal; stream; expressive style; manner.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter
“strength; power; superiority.”
[verb], singular, Thematic aorist (Ind.)
“sṛ; liquefy; run; spread; stretch out.”
[adverb]
“individually; apart; each; by the piece; independently; pṛthak [word].”