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 4.33.7

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

द्वाद॑श॒ द्यून्यदगो॑ह्यस्याति॒थ्ये रण॑न्नृ॒भव॑: स॒सन्त॑: । सु॒क्षेत्रा॑कृण्व॒न्नन॑यन्त॒ सिन्धू॒न्धन्वाति॑ष्ठ॒न्नोष॑धीर्नि॒म्नमाप॑: ॥
द्वादश द्यून्यदगोह्यस्यातिथ्ये रणन्नृभवः ससन्तः । सुक्षेत्राकृण्वन्ननयन्त सिन्धून्धन्वातिष्ठन्नोषधीर्निम्नमापः ॥
dvādaśa dyūn yad agohyasyātithye raṇann ṛbhavaḥ sasantaḥ | sukṣetrākṛṇvann anayanta sindhūn dhanvātiṣṭhann oṣadhīr nimnam āpaḥ ||

English translation:

“When the Ṛbhus, reposing for twelve days, remained in the hospitality of the uncealable (sun) they rendered the fields fertile, they led forth the rivers, plural nts sprung upon the waste, and waters (spread over) the low (plural ces).”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vāmadevo gautamaḥ [vāmadeva gautama];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): ṛbhavaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): bhurikpaṅkti ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

द्वाद॑श । द्यून् । यत् । अगो॑ह्यस्य । आ॒ति॒थ्ये । रण॑न् । ऋ॒भवः॑ । स॒सन्तः॑ । सु॒ऽक्षेत्रा॑ । अ॒कृ॒ण्व॒न् । अन॑यन्त । सिन्धू॑न् । धन्व॑ । आ । अ॒ति॒ष्ठ॒न् । ओष॑धीः । नि॒म्नम् । आपः॑ ॥
द्वादश । द्यून् । यत् । अगोह्यस्य । आतिथ्ये । रणन् । ऋभवः । ससन्तः । सुक्षेत्रा । अकृण्वन् । अनयन्त । सिन्धून् । धन्व । आ । अतिष्ठन् । ओषधीः । निम्नम् । आपः ॥
dvādaśa | dyūn | yat | agohyasya | ātithye | raṇan | ṛbhavaḥ | sasantaḥ | su-kṣetrā | akṛṇvan | anayanta | sindhūn | dhanva | ā | atiṣṭhan | oṣadhīḥ | nimnam | āpaḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 4.33.7 English analysis of grammar]

dvādaśa < dvādaśan

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“twelve; twelfth.”

dyūn < div

[noun], accusative, plural, masculine

“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”

yad < yat

[adverb]

“once [when]; because; that; if; how.”

agohyasyātithye < agohyasya < agohya

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

agohyasyātithye < ātithye < ātithya

[noun], locative, singular, neuter

“cordial reception.”

raṇann < raṇan < ran

[verb], plural, Present injunctive

“rejoice.”

ṛbhavaḥ < ṛbhu

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“Ribhus.”

sasantaḥ < sas

[verb noun], nominative, plural

“sleep.”

sukṣetrākṛṇvann < su

[adverb]

“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”

sukṣetrākṛṇvann < kṣetrā < kṣetra

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“field; location; habitat; country; area; earth; region; estate; body; kṣetra [word]; kṣetradoṣa; seat; reincarnation; uterus.”

sukṣetrākṛṇvann < akṛṇvan < kṛ

[verb], plural, Imperfect

“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.”

anayanta <

[verb], plural, Imperfect

“bring; lead; spend; decant; enter (a state); remove; take out; take away; enforce; marry; carry; fill into; bring; learn; go out; add.”

sindhūn < sindhu

[noun], accusative, plural, masculine

“river; Indus; sindhu [word].”

dhanvātiṣṭhann < dhanva < dhanvan

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“bow; desert; steppe; barren.”

dhanvātiṣṭhann < atiṣṭhan < sthā

[verb], plural, Imperfect

“stay; stand; situate; exist; [in]; resist; endure; put; soak; be; stop; adhere; get stale; concentrate; grow; trust; wake; consociate; last; dwell; lie; stand; stop.”

oṣadhīr < oṣadhīḥ < oṣadhī

[noun], nominative, plural, feminine

“herb; plant; drug; herb.”

nimnam < nimna

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“depression; depth.”

āpaḥ < ap

[noun], nominative, plural, feminine

“water; body of water; water; ap [word]; juice; jala.”

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