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 3.59.7
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अ॒भि यो म॑हि॒ना दिवं॑ मि॒त्रो ब॒भूव॑ स॒प्रथा॑: । अ॒भि श्रवो॑भिः पृथि॒वीम् ॥
अभि यो महिना दिवं मित्रो बभूव सप्रथाः । अभि श्रवोभिः पृथिवीम् ॥
abhi yo mahinā divam mitro babhūva saprathāḥ | abhi śravobhiḥ pṛthivīm ||
English translation:
“The renowned Mitra, who by his might presides over heaven, is he who presides over the earth by (the gift of) food.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): gopavana ātreyaḥ saptavadhrirvā [gopavana ātreya saptavadhrirvā];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): mitraḥ;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अ॒भि । यः । म॒हि॒ना । दिव॑म् । मि॒त्रः । ब॒भूव॑ । स॒ऽप्रथाः॑ । अ॒भि । श्रवः॑ऽभिः । पृ॒थि॒वीम् ॥
अभि । यः । महिना । दिवम् । मित्रः । बभूव । सप्रथाः । अभि । श्रवःभिः । पृथिवीम् ॥
abhi | yaḥ | mahinā | divam | mitraḥ | babhūva | sa-prathāḥ | abhi | śravaḥ-bhiḥ | pṛthivīm
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 3.59.7 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“towards; on.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter
“greatness; enormousness.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“friend; Mitra; mitra [word]; sun; ally.”
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
“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]
“with; little; together.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“width.”
[adverb]
“towards; on.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, neuter
“fame; glory; ear.”
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
“Earth; pṛthivī; floor; Earth; earth; pṛthivī [word]; land.”