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 2.28.5
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
वि मच्छ्र॑थाय रश॒नामि॒वाग॑ ऋ॒ध्याम॑ ते वरुण॒ खामृ॒तस्य॑ । मा तन्तु॑श्छेदि॒ वय॑तो॒ धियं॑ मे॒ मा मात्रा॑ शार्य॒पस॑: पु॒र ऋ॒तोः ॥
वि मच्छ्रथाय रशनामिवाग ऋध्याम ते वरुण खामृतस्य । मा तन्तुश्छेदि वयतो धियं मे मा मात्रा शार्यपसः पुर ऋतोः ॥
vi mac chrathāya raśanām ivāga ṛdhyāma te varuṇa khām ṛtasya | mā tantuś chedi vayato dhiyam me mā mātrā śāry apasaḥ pura ṛtoḥ ||
English translation:
“Cast off from me sin, Varuṇa, as if it were a rope; may we obtain from you a channel (filled) with water; cut not the thread of me (engaged in) weaving pious works; blight not the elements of holy rites before the season (of their maturity).”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): kūrmo gārtsamado gṛtsamado vā [kūrma gārtsamada gṛtsamada vā];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): varuṇaḥ;
Chandas (meter): triṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
वि । मत् । श्र॒थ॒य॒ । र॒श॒नाम्ऽइ॑व । आगः॑ । ऋ॒ध्याम॑ । ते॒ । व॒रु॒ण॒ । खाम् । ऋ॒तस्य॑ । मा । तन्तुः॑ । छे॒दि॒ । वय॑तः । धिय॑म् । मे॒ । मा । मात्रा॑ । शा॒रि॒ । अ॒पसः॑ । पु॒रा । ऋ॒तोः ॥
वि । मत् । श्रथय । रशनाम्इव । आगः । ऋध्याम । ते । वरुण । खाम् । ऋतस्य । मा । तन्तुः । छेदि । वयतः । धियम् । मे । मा । मात्रा । शारि । अपसः । पुरा । ऋतोः ॥
vi | mat | śrathaya | raśanām-iva | āgaḥ | ṛdhyāma | te | varuṇa | khām | ṛtasya | mā | tantuḥ | chedi | vayataḥ | dhiyam | me | mā | mātrā | śāri | apasaḥ | purā | ṛtoḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 2.28.5 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“apart; away; away.”
[noun], ablative, singular
“I; mine.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
“rein; bridle; girdle; cord.”
[adverb]
“like; as it were; somehow; just so.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“sin; evildoing; mistake.”
[verb], plural, Aorist optative
“boom; stick to.”
[noun], dative, singular
“you.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Varuna; varuṇa [word]; Crataeva religiosa Forst.; Varuṇa; varuṇādi.”
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
[noun], genitive, singular, neuter
“truth; order; fixed order; ṛta [word]; law; custom; custom.”
[adverb]
“not.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“thread; fiber; lineage; cobweb; fibril; stalk.”
[verb], singular, Aorist passive
“cut off; cut; incise; destroy; chop; resolve; divide; hew; open; interrupt; strike; fell; cut.”
[verb noun], genitive, singular
“weave.”
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
“intelligence; prayer; mind; insight; idea; hymn; purpose; art; knowledge.”
[noun], genitive, singular
“I; mine.”
[adverb]
“not.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“measure; weight; quantity; syllable; mātrā; property; part; particle; mātrā [word]; household effects; morsel; mirror; substance.”
[verb], singular, Aorist passive
“fall off; break; disintegrate; crush; break; fracture.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“busy; effective; hardworking.”
[adverb]
“ahead; puras [word]; easterly; eastward; east; earlier.”
[noun], ablative, singular, masculine
“season; turn; menstruation; ṛtu [word]; time period; order; six.”