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 3.54.6
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
क॒विर्नृ॒चक्षा॑ अ॒भि षी॑मचष्ट ऋ॒तस्य॒ योना॒ विघृ॑ते॒ मद॑न्ती । नाना॑ चक्राते॒ सद॑नं॒ यथा॒ वेः स॑मा॒नेन॒ क्रतु॑ना संविदा॒ने ॥
कविर्नृचक्षा अभि षीमचष्ट ऋतस्य योना विघृते मदन्ती । नाना चक्राते सदनं यथा वेः समानेन क्रतुना संविदाने ॥
kavir nṛcakṣā abhi ṣīm acaṣṭa ṛtasya yonā vighṛte madantī | nānā cakrāte sadanaṃ yathā veḥ samānena kratunā saṃvidāne ||
English translation:
“The far-seeing beholder of mankind (the sun), surveys this heaven and earth, rejoicing when deficient in moisture in the womb of the waters (the firmament), both concurring in community (of function), although they occupy various dwellings, like the diversified nests of a bird.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
In community of function: in the interchange of moisture
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): prajāpatirvaiśvāmitro vācyo vā [prajāpatirvaiśvāmitra vācya vā];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): viśvedevā:;
Chandas (meter): triṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
क॒विः । नृ॒ऽचक्षा॑ । अ॒भि । सी॒म् । अ॒च॒ष्ट॒ । ऋ॒तस्य॑ । योना॑ । विघृ॑ते॒ इति॒ विऽघृ॑ते । मद॑न्ती॒ इति॑ । नाना॑ । च॒क्रा॒ते॒ इति॑ । सद॑नम् । यथा॑ । वेः । स॒मा॒नेन॑ । क्रतु॑ना । स॒व्ँम्वि॒दा॒ने इति॑ स॒म्ऽवि॒दा॒ने ॥
कविः । नृचक्षा । अभि । सीम् । अचष्ट । ऋतस्य । योना । विघृते इति विघृते । मदन्ती इति । नाना । चक्राते इति । सदनम् । यथा । वेः । समानेन । क्रतुना । सव्ँम्विदाने इति सम्विदाने ॥
kaviḥ | nṛ-cakṣā | abhi | sīm | acaṣṭa | ṛtasya | yonā | vighṛteitivi-ghṛte | madantī iti | nānā | cakrāteiti | sadanam | yathā | veḥ | samānena | kratunā | saṃvidāne itisam-vidāne
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 3.54.6 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“poet; wise man; bard; Venus; Uśanas; kavi [word]; Kavi; prophet; guru; Brahma.”
[noun], masculine
“man; man; nṛ [word]; crew; masculine.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“eye; look; radiance.”
[adverb]
“towards; on.”
[adverb]
[verb], singular, Imperfect
“watch; look.”
[noun], genitive, singular, neuter
“truth; order; fixed order; ṛta [word]; law; custom; custom.”
[noun], locative, singular, feminine
“vagina; vulva; uterus; beginning; origin; reincarnation; birthplace; family; production; cause; race; grain; raw material; birth; kind; caste; kinship; bed.”
[noun], accusative, dual, neuter
[verb noun], accusative, dual
“rut; intoxicate; delight; revel; rejoice; drink; ramp; exult.”
[adverb]
“variously; differently; many; individually.”
[verb], dual, Perfect indicative
“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], accusative, singular, neuter
“seat; weakness; inertness; dwelling; exhaustion; numbness; home; residence; seat; inanition; location.”
[adverb]
“equally; as; so that; like; how; yathā [word]; that; wherein.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“vi; bird; vi.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine
“samāna.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine
“yajña; decision; plan; deliberation; intelligence; Kratu; will; kratu [word]; desire; resoluteness; ritual.”
[verb noun], nominative, dual
“agree; know; match; recognize.”