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 5.42.9
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
वि॒स॒र्माणं॑ कृणुहि वि॒त्तमे॑षां॒ ये भु॒ञ्जते॒ अपृ॑णन्तो न उ॒क्थैः । अप॑व्रतान्प्रस॒वे वा॑वृधा॒नान्ब्र॑ह्म॒द्विष॒: सूर्या॑द्यावयस्व ॥
विसर्माणं कृणुहि वित्तमेषां ये भुञ्जते अपृणन्तो न उक्थैः । अपव्रतान्प्रसवे वावृधानान्ब्रह्मद्विषः सूर्याद्यावयस्व ॥
visarmāṇaṃ kṛṇuhi vittam eṣāṃ ye bhuñjate apṛṇanto na ukthaiḥ | apavratān prasave vāvṛdhānān brahmadviṣaḥ sūryād yāvayasva ||
English translation:
“Render transitory the riches of those who partake of enjoyment without giving satisfaction (to those who are eminent) by holy hymns; put apart from the sun those who perform not sacred rites, and who, though prospering in their posterity, are the adversaries of prayer.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Put apart from the sun: sūryād yavayasva, make them separate, condemn them to darkness
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): atriḥ [atri];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): viśvedevā:;
Chandas (meter): triṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
वि॒ऽस॒र्माण॑म् । कृ॒णु॒हि॒ । वि॒त्तम् । ए॒षा॒म् । ये । भु॒ञ्जते॑ । अपृ॑णन्तः । नः॒ । उ॒क्थैः । अप॑ऽव्रतान् । प्र॒ऽस॒वे । व॒वृ॒धा॒नान् । ब्र॒ह्म॒ऽद्विषः॑ । सूर्या॑त् । य॒व॒य॒स्व॒ ॥
विसर्माणम् । कृणुहि । वित्तम् । एषाम् । ये । भुञ्जते । अपृणन्तः । नः । उक्थैः । अपव्रतान् । प्रसवे । ववृधानान् । ब्रह्मद्विषः । सूर्यात् । यवयस्व ॥
vi-sarmāṇam | kṛṇuhi | vittam | eṣām | ye | bhuñjate | apṛṇantaḥ | naḥ | ukthaiḥ | apa-vratān | pra-save | vavṛdhānān | brahma-dviṣaḥ | sūryāt | yavayasva
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 5.42.9 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“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.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“wealth; property; money.”
[noun], genitive, plural, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“eat; enjoy; consume; eat; love; burn; run down; enjoy; live on.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“stingy.”
[noun], genitive, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, neuter
“hymn; praise; uktha [word]; encomium.”
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
“lawless; faithless.”
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
“stimulation.”
[verb noun], accusative, plural
“increase; grow; vṛdh; increase; succeed; strengthen; grow up; spread.”
[noun], neuter
“brahman; mantra; prayer; spell; Veda; Brahmin; sacred text; final emancipation; hymn; brahman [word]; Brāhmaṇa; study.”
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
“hostile; hating.”
[noun], ablative, singular, masculine
“sun; Surya; sūrya [word]; right nostril; twelve; Calotropis gigantea Beng.; sūryakānta; sunlight; best.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“keep away.”