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 4.52.5
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
प्रति॑ भ॒द्रा अ॑दृक्षत॒ गवां॒ सर्गा॒ न र॒श्मय॑: । ओषा अ॑प्रा उ॒रु ज्रय॑: ॥
प्रति भद्रा अदृक्षत गवां सर्गा न रश्मयः । ओषा अप्रा उरु ज्रयः ॥
prati bhadrā adṛkṣata gavāṃ sargā na raśmayaḥ | oṣā aprā uru jrayaḥ ||
English translation:
“The auspicious rays are visible like showers of rain, the dawn has filled (the world) with ample light.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Like showers of rain: gavām sargā na: gavām = udakānām, of waters; udakānām sargāḥ = varṣadhārāḥ
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vāmadevo gautamaḥ [vāmadeva gautama];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): uṣāḥ ;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
प्रति॑ । भ॒द्राः । अ॒दृ॒क्ष॒त॒ । गवा॑म् । सर्गाः॑ । न । र॒श्मयः॑ । आ । उ॒षाः । अ॒प्राः॒ । उ॒रु । ज्रयः॑ ॥
प्रति । भद्राः । अदृक्षत । गवाम् । सर्गाः । न । रश्मयः । आ । उषाः । अप्राः । उरु । ज्रयः ॥
prati | bhadrāḥ | adṛkṣata | gavām | sargāḥ | na | raśmayaḥ | ā | uṣāḥ | aprāḥ | uru | jrayaḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 4.52.5 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“towards; per; regarding; respectively; according to; until.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“auspicious; lovely; good; happy; bhadra [word]; lucky; fine-looking; beautiful.”
[verb], plural, Athematic s aor. (Ind.)
“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, plural, masculine
“cow; cattle; go [word]; Earth; bull; floor; milk; beam; sunbeam; leather; hide; horn; language; bowstring; earth; ox; Svarga.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“Creation; metempsychosis; discharge; torrent; birth; undertaking.”
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“beam; rein; sunbeam; shininess; cord.”
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“Ushas; dawn; uṣas [word]; morning.”
[verb], singular, Root aorist (Ind.)
“fill; satisfy.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“wide; broad; great; uru [word]; much(a); excellent.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“expanse; area.”