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 3.55.11
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
नाना॑ चक्राते य॒म्या॒३॒॑ वपूं॑षि॒ तयो॑र॒न्यद्रोच॑ते कृ॒ष्णम॒न्यत् । श्यावी॑ च॒ यदरु॑षी च॒ स्वसा॑रौ म॒हद्दे॒वाना॑मसुर॒त्वमेक॑म् ॥
नाना चक्राते यम्या वपूंषि तयोरन्यद्रोचते कृष्णमन्यत् । श्यावी च यदरुषी च स्वसारौ महद्देवानामसुरत्वमेकम् ॥
nānā cakrāte yamyā vapūṃṣi tayor anyad rocate kṛṣṇam anyat | śyāvī ca yad aruṣī ca svasārau mahad devānām asuratvam ekam ||
English translation:
“The twin pair (day and night) adopt various forms; one of them shines brightly, the other is black; twin sisters are they, one black and the other white; great and unequalled is the might of the gods.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): prajāpatirvaiśvāmitro vācyo vā [prajāpatirvaiśvāmitra vācya vā];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): viśvedevā, ahorātrī ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
नाना॑ । च॒क्रा॒ते॒ इति॑ । य॒म्या॑ । वपूं॑षि । तयोः॑ । अ॒न्यत् । रोच॑ते । कृ॒ष्णम् । अ॒न्यत् । श्यावी॑ । च॒ । यत् । अरु॑षी । च॒ । स्वसा॑रौ । म॒हत् । दे॒वाना॑म् । अ॒सु॒र॒ऽत्वम् । एक॑म् ॥
नाना । चक्राते इति । यम्या । वपूंषि । तयोः । अन्यत् । रोचते । कृष्णम् । अन्यत् । श्यावी । च । यत् । अरुषी । च । स्वसारौ । महत् । देवानाम् । असुरत्वम् । एकम् ॥
nānā | cakrāteiti | yamyā | vapāūṃṣi | tayoḥ | anyat | rocate | kṛṣṇam | anyat | śyāvī | ca | yat | aruṣī | ca | svasārau | mahat | devānām | asura-tvam | ekam
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 3.55.11 English analysis of grammar]
[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], nominative, dual, feminine
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“body; form; miracle; human body; beauty; look; spectacle; figure; embodiment.”
[noun], genitive, dual, feminine
“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, neuter
“other; another(a); remaining; different; anya [word]; other than; more(a); fresh; any(a).”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“please; shine.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“black; dark; dark; blue; black.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“other; another(a); remaining; different; anya [word]; other than; more(a); fresh; any(a).”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“brown; dark; śyāva [word].”
[adverb]
“and; besides; then; now; even.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“red; red.”
[adverb]
“and; besides; then; now; even.”
[noun], nominative, dual, feminine
“sister; svasṛ [word].”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“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.”
[noun], genitive, plural, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[noun], masculine
“Asura; lord; asura [word]; sulfur.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“state; quality; cause; reason.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“one; single(a); alone(p); some(a); single(a); eka [word]; alone(p); excellent; each(a); some(a); one; same; alone(p); some(a); consistent; any(a); undifferentiated; disjunct.”