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 5.2.2
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
कमे॒तं त्वं यु॑वते कुमा॒रं पेषी॑ बिभर्षि॒ महि॑षी जजान । पू॒र्वीर्हि गर्भ॑: श॒रदो॑ व॒वर्धाप॑श्यं जा॒तं यदसू॑त मा॒ता ॥
कमेतं त्वं युवते कुमारं पेषी बिभर्षि महिषी जजान । पूर्वीर्हि गर्भः शरदो ववर्धापश्यं जातं यदसूत माता ॥
kam etaṃ tvaṃ yuvate kumāram peṣī bibharṣi mahiṣī jajāna | pūrvīr hi garbhaḥ śarado vavardhāpaśyaṃ jātaṃ yad asūta mātā ||
English translation:
“Young mother, what boy is this whom you, (become) a malevolent spirit, foster? The mighty (queen) has given him birth; the embryo has thrived through many years; I have seen him born as the mother brought him forth.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
The allusion to the product of fire by attrition is blended with reference to the circumstances narrated in the legend described in the notes of the previous verse
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): kumāra ātreyo vṛṣo vā jāra ubhau vā [kumāra ātreya vṛṣa vā jāra ubhau vā];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): svarāṭpaṅkti;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
कम् । ए॒तम् । त्वम् । यु॒व॒ते॒ । कु॒मा॒रम् । पेषी॑ । बि॒भ॒र्षि॒ । महि॑षी । ज॒जा॒न॒ । पू॒र्वीः । हि । गर्भः॑ । श॒रदः॑ । व॒वर्ध॑ । अप॑श्यम् । जा॒तम् । यत् । असू॑त । मा॒ता ॥
कम् । एतम् । त्वम् । युवते । कुमारम् । पेषी । बिभर्षि । महिषी । जजान । पूर्वीः । हि । गर्भः । शरदः । ववर्ध । अपश्यम् । जातम् । यत् । असूत । माता ॥
kam | etam | tvam | yuvate | kumāram | peṣī | bibharṣi | mahiṣī | jajāna | pūrvīḥ | h i | garbhaḥ | śaradaḥ | vavardha | apaśyam | jātam | yat | asūta | mātā
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 5.2.2 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“what; who; ka [pronoun].”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); etad [word].”
[noun], nominative, singular
“you.”
[noun], vocative, singular, feminine
“girl; woman.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“prince; male child; child; Skanda; son; kumārabandha; kumāra [word]; young person.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“bring; hold; fill; support; wear; possess; carry; nourish; keep; hire; have; satiate; follow; bear.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“female buffalo; Mahiṣī; queen; mahiṣī [word]; mahiṣī; Old World buffalo.”
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
“become; originate; be born; transform; happen; result; grow; beget; produce; create; conceive; separate; cause; give birth; grow; produce; generate; be; become; arise; come on.”
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
“many; much(a); very.”
[adverb]
“because; indeed; for; therefore; hi [word].”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“fetus; garbha; inside; cavity; embryo; uterus; child; pit; garbhadruti; filling; pregnancy; room; abdomen; fertilization; inside; hole; baby; calyx; midst.”
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
“fall; year; śarad [word].”
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
“increase; grow; vṛdh; increase; succeed; strengthen; grow up; spread.”
[verb], singular, Imperfect
“see; view; watch; meet; observe; think of; look; examine; behold; visit; understand.”
[verb noun], accusative, singular
“become; originate; be born; transform; happen; result; grow; beget; produce; create; conceive; separate; cause; give birth; grow; produce; generate; be; become; arise; come on.”
[adverb]
“once [when]; because; that; if; how.”
[verb], singular, Imperfect
“give birth; urge; bestow; cause.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“mother; mātṛkā; mātṛ [word]; parent; Salvinia cucullata Roxb.; Citrullus colocynthis Schrad.; cow.”