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 4.14.5
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अना॑यतो॒ अनि॑बद्धः क॒थायं न्य॑ङ्ङुत्ता॒नोऽव॑ पद्यते॒ न । कया॑ याति स्व॒धया॒ को द॑दर्श दि॒वः स्क॒म्भः समृ॑तः पाति॒ नाक॑म् ॥
अनायतो अनिबद्धः कथायं न्यङ्ङुत्तानोऽव पद्यते न । कया याति स्वधया को ददर्श दिवः स्कम्भः समृतः पाति नाकम् ॥
anāyato anibaddhaḥ kathāyaṃ nyaṅṅ uttāno 'va padyate na | kayā yāti svadhayā ko dadarśa divaḥ skambhaḥ samṛtaḥ pāti nākam ||
English translation:
“This sun, not far removed and unobstructed, whether looking downwards or looking upwards, is harmed by no one; what is the power by which he travels? who has (truly) beheld him who, as the collective pillar of heaven, sustains the sky.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vāmadevo gautamaḥ [vāmadeva gautama];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agnirliṅgoktā vā ;
Chandas (meter): virāṭtrisṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अना॑यतः । अनि॑ऽबद्धः । क॒था । अ॒यम् । न्य॑ङ् । उ॒त्ता॒नः । अव॑ । प॒द्य॒ते॒ । न । कया॑ । या॒ति॒ । स्व॒धया॑ । कः । द॒द॒र्श॒ । दि॒वः । स्क॒म्भः । सम्ऽऋ॑तः । पा॒ति॒ । नाक॑म् ॥
अनायतः । अनिबद्धः । कथा । अयम् । न्यङ् । उत्तानः । अव । पद्यते । न । कया । याति । स्वधया । कः । ददर्श । दिवः । स्कम्भः । सम्ऋतः । पाति । नाकम् ॥
anāyataḥ | ani-baddhaḥ | kathā | ayam | nyaṅ | uttānaḥ | ava | padyate | na | kayā | yāti | svadhayā | kaḥ | dadarśa | divaḥ | skambhaḥ | sam-ṛtaḥ | pāti | nākam
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 4.14.5 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“not.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“measure in length; measure in width; extend; spread; lengthen; unfold; broaden; measure; broaden.”
[adverb]
“not; akāra; a [taddhita]; a [word]; a; a.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“bandh; connect; tie; bind; write; codify; paralyze; bandage; bind; wrap; fixate.”
[adverb]
“how.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“supine; upward; upright; skin-deep; raised; shallow.”
[adverb]
“down.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“fall.”
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine
“what; who; ka [pronoun].”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“go; enter (a state); travel; disappear; reach; come; campaign; elapse; arrive; drive; reach; leave; run; depart; ride.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine
“free will; offering; libation; nature; svadhā [word]; comfort; power.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“what; who; ka [pronoun].”
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
“see; observe; view; visit; look; learn; meet; read; teach; examine; watch; see; notice; perceive; diagnose; travel to; show; detect; know; know; understand; understand; follow.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“prop.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“collapse.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“protect; govern.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“sky; celestial sphere; Svarga; nāka [word].”