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 5.2.4
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
क्षेत्रा॑दपश्यं सनु॒तश्चर॑न्तं सु॒मद्यू॒थं न पु॒रु शोभ॑मानम् । न ता अ॑गृभ्र॒न्नज॑निष्ट॒ हि षः पलि॑क्नी॒रिद्यु॑व॒तयो॑ भवन्ति ॥
क्षेत्रादपश्यं सनुतश्चरन्तं सुमद्यूथं न पुरु शोभमानम् । न ता अगृभ्रन्नजनिष्ट हि षः पलिक्नीरिद्युवतयो भवन्ति ॥
kṣetrād apaśyaṃ sanutaś carantaṃ sumad yūthaṃ na puru śobhamānam | na tā agṛbhrann ajaniṣṭa hi ṣaḥ paliknīr id yuvatayo bhavanti ||
English translation:
“I have seen him passing secretly from plural ce (to plural ce) like a herd (of cattle), shining brightly of his own accord; they apprehended not those (flames of his), but he has (again) been born, and they who had become grey-haired are (once more) young.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Passing like a herd of cattle: going from pasture to pasture; grey-haired are young: paliknīr id yuvatayobhavanti: the flames which had so often produced may be considered as aged;or liṭ, grey-headed; or, an allusion is intended to the suspension of the functions of fire, as in the legend
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): nicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
क्षेत्रा॑त् । अ॒प॒श्य॒म् । स॒नु॒तरिति॑ । चर॑न्तम् । सु॒ऽमत् । यू॒थम् । न । पु॒रु । शोभ॑मानम् । न । ताः । अ॒गृ॒भ्र॒न् । अज॑निष्ट । हि । सः । पलि॑क्नीः । इत् । यु॒व॒तयः॑ । भ॒व॒न्ति॒ ॥
क्षेत्रात् । अपश्यम् । सनुतरिति । चरन्तम् । सुमत् । यूथम् । न । पुरु । शोभमानम् । न । ताः । अगृभ्रन् । अजनिष्ट । हि । सः । पलिक्नीः । इत् । युवतयः । भवन्ति ॥
kṣetrāt | apaśyam | sanutariti | carantam | su-mat | yūtham | na | puru | śobhamānam | na | tāḥ | agṛbhran | ajaniṣṭa | hi | saḥ | paliknīḥ | it | yuvatayaḥ | bhavanti
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 5.2.4 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], ablative, singular, neuter
“field; location; habitat; country; area; earth; region; estate; body; kṣetra [word]; kṣetradoṣa; seat; reincarnation; uterus.”
[verb], singular, Imperfect
“see; view; watch; meet; observe; think of; look; examine; behold; visit; understand.”
[adverb]
“away.”
[verb noun], accusative, singular
“car; wander; perform; travel; bore; produce; make; dwell; dig; act; observe; enter (a state); observe; cause; crop; behave; practice; heed; process; administer.”
[adverb]
“together.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“herd; troop; battalion.”
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“many; much(a); very.”
[verb noun], accusative, singular
“look; shine; beautify.”
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[verb], plural, Root aorist (Ind.)
“take; grasp; take out; extract; perceive; pick; assume; include; accept; understand; use; learn; possess; keep; choose; accept; afflict; suck; paralyze; mention; mistake; eat; wear; embrace; fill into; capture; eclipse; get; collect; hand down; marry; heed; touch.”
[verb], singular, Athematic is aor. (Ind.)
“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]
“because; indeed; for; therefore; hi [word].”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
[adverb]
“indeed; assuredly; entirely.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“girl; woman.”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“become; be; originate; transform; happen; result; exist; be born; be; be; come to life; grow; elapse; come to mind; thrive; become; impend; show; conceive; understand; stand; constitute; serve; apply; behave.”