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 2.40.2
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
इ॒मौ दे॒वौ जाय॑मानौ जुषन्ते॒मौ तमां॑सि गूहता॒मजु॑ष्टा । आ॒भ्यामिन्द्र॑: प॒क्वमा॒मास्व॒न्तः सो॑मापू॒षभ्यां॑ जनदु॒स्रिया॑सु ॥
इमौ देवौ जायमानौ जुषन्तेमौ तमांसि गूहतामजुष्टा । आभ्यामिन्द्रः पक्वमामास्वन्तः सोमापूषभ्यां जनदुस्रियासु ॥
imau devau jāyamānau juṣantemau tamāṃsi gūhatām ajuṣṭā | ābhyām indraḥ pakvam āmāsv antaḥ somāpūṣabhyāṃ janad usriyāsu ||
English translation:
“(The gods) propitiate these two divinities at the moment of the ir birth, for they drive away the disagreeable glooms; with these two, Soma and Pūṣaṇ, Indra genitive rates the mature (milk) in the immature heifers.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
The mature milk: i.e. the rain inthe clouds
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): gṛtsamadaḥ śaunakaḥ [gṛtsamada śaunaka];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): somāpūṣaṇāvaditiśca ;
Chandas (meter): virāṭtrisṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
इ॒मौ । दे॒वौ । जाय॑मानौ । जु॒ष॒न्त॒ । इ॒मौ । तमां॑सि । गू॒ह॒ता॒म् । अजु॑ष्टा । आ॒भ्याम् । इन्द्रः॑ । प॒क्वम् । आ॒मासु॑ । अ॒न्तरिति॑ । सो॒मापू॒षऽभ्या॑म् । ज॒न॒त् । उ॒स्रिया॑सु ॥
इमौ । देवौ । जायमानौ । जुषन्त । इमौ । तमांसि । गूहताम् । अजुष्टा । आभ्याम् । इन्द्रः । पक्वम् । आमासु । अन्तरिति । सोमापूषभ्याम् । जनत् । उस्रियासु ॥
imau | devau | jāyamānau | juṣanta | imau | tamāṃsi | gūhatām | ajuṣṭā | ābhyām | indraḥ | pakvam | āmāsu | antariti | somāpūṣa-bhyām | janat | usriyāsu
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 2.40.2 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], accusative, dual, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[noun], accusative, dual, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[verb noun], accusative, dual
“become; originate; be born; transform; happen; result; grow; beget; produce; create; conceive; separate; cause; give birth; grow; produce; generate; be; become; arise; come on.”
[verb], plural, Present injunctive
“enjoy; endow; possess; frequent; accompany; induce; consume; approve; affect; attend; befit; blend; contract.”
[noun], nominative, dual, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“dark; darkness; Tamas; tamas [word]; faint; tamas; gloom; ignorance.”
[verb], dual, Imperfect
“hide; cover; conceal; shroud; obscure.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“unpleasant.”
[noun], instrumental, dual, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“heated; pakva; ripe; cooked; festering; baked; developed; doomed; digested; pakva [word]; suppurative; gray; fruiting; done.”
[noun], locative, plural, feminine
“uncooked; unfestering; unburnt; green; undigested; fusty; raw.”
[adverb]
“inside; in; antar [word]; midmost; between; among.”
[noun], instrumental, dual, masculine
[verb], singular, Present injunctive
“become; originate; be born; transform; happen; result; grow; beget; produce; create; conceive; separate; cause; give birth; grow; produce; generate; be; become; arise; come on.”
[noun], locative, plural, feminine
“cow; dairy product.”