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 4.5.7
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
तमिन्न्वे॒३॒॑व स॑म॒ना स॑मा॒नम॒भि क्रत्वा॑ पुन॒ती धी॒तिर॑श्याः । स॒सस्य॒ चर्म॒न्नधि॒ चारु॒ पृश्ने॒रग्रे॑ रु॒प आरु॑पितं॒ जबा॑रु ॥
तमिन्न्वेव समना समानमभि क्रत्वा पुनती धीतिरश्याः । ससस्य चर्मन्नधि चारु पृश्नेरग्रे रुप आरुपितं जबारु ॥
tam in nv eva samanā samānam abhi kratvā punatī dhītir aśyāḥ | sasasya carmann adhi cāru pṛśner agre rupa ārupitaṃ jabāru ||
English translation:
“May our (self) purifying praise, suited to his glory, and accompanied by worship, quickly attain to that omniform (Vaiśvānara) whose swift-ascending brilliant (orb) is stationed on the east of the earth, to mount, like the sun, above this immoveable heaven.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Viaśvānara: the sun; or, Agni as lightning, or Āditya; above immoveable heaven: sasasya carman adhi pṛśneḥ = svapata iva niścalasya dyulokasya upari caranāya, for going above the immoveable heaven like the sun
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vāmadevo gautamaḥ [vāmadeva gautama];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): vaiśvānaraḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
तम् । इत् । नु । ए॒व । स॒म॒ना । स॒मा॒नम् । अ॒भि । क्रत्वा॑ । पु॒न॒ती । धी॒तिः । अ॒श्याः॒ । स॒सस्य॑ । चर्म॑न् । अधि॑ । चारु॑ । पृश्नेः॑ । अग्ने॑ । रु॒पः । अरु॑पितम् । जबा॑रु ॥
तम् । इत् । नु । एव । समना । समानम् । अभि । क्रत्वा । पुनती । धीतिः । अश्याः । ससस्य । चर्मन् । अधि । चारु । पृश्नेः । अग्ने । रुपः । अरुपितम् । जबारु ॥
tam | it | nu | eva | samanā | samānam | abhi | kratvā | punatī | dhītiḥ | aśyāḥ | sasasya | carman | adhi | cāru | pṛśneḥ | agne | rupaḥ | arupitam | jabāru
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 4.5.7 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[adverb]
“indeed; assuredly; entirely.”
[adverb]
“now; already.”
[adverb]
“indeed; merely; thus; even; surely; same; eva [word]; successively; immediately; in truth.”
[adverb]
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“like; identical; common; like; alike(p); same; samāna [word]; akin(p); comparable; identical; mutual; equal.”
[adverb]
“towards; on.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine
“yajña; decision; plan; deliberation; intelligence; Kratu; will; kratu [word]; desire; resoluteness; ritual.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“purify; filter; blow; purify; purge; sift.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“thinking; prayer; understanding.”
[verb], singular, Aorist optative
“get; reach; enter (a state).”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“leather; hide; shield; skin; carman [word]; carman; hide.”
[adverb]
“on; from; accordingly.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“pleasant; beautiful; beloved; agreeable; cāru [word].”
[noun], genitive, singular, feminine
“Pṛśni; beam.”
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“tip; beginning; peak; end; front; top; beginning; battlefront; agra [word]; acme; fingertip; top; best; optimum; climax; matter; glans.”
[noun], genitive, singular, feminine
“Earth.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter