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 5.45.9
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
आ सूर्यो॑ यातु स॒प्ताश्व॒: क्षेत्रं॒ यद॑स्योर्वि॒या दी॑र्घया॒थे । र॒घुः श्ये॒नः प॑तय॒दन्धो॒ अच्छा॒ युवा॑ क॒विर्दी॑दय॒द्गोषु॒ गच्छ॑न् ॥
आ सूर्यो यातु सप्ताश्वः क्षेत्रं यदस्योर्विया दीर्घयाथे । रघुः श्येनः पतयदन्धो अच्छा युवा कविर्दीदयद्गोषु गच्छन् ॥
ā sūryo yātu saptāśvaḥ kṣetraṃ yad asyorviyā dīrghayāthe | raghuḥ śyenaḥ patayad andho acchā yuvā kavir dīdayad goṣu gacchan ||
English translation:
“May Sūrya, lord of seven steeds, arrive, for he has a distant goal (to reach) by a tedious route; fleet as a hawk he pounces upon the offered (sacrificial) food; ever young and far-seeing, he shines, moving amidst rays of light.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): sadāpṛṇa ātreyaḥ [sadāpṛṇa ātreya];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): viśvedevā:;
Chandas (meter): bhurikpaṅkti ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
आ । सूर्यः॑ । या॒तु॒ । स॒प्तऽअ॑श्वः । क्षेत्र॑म् । यत् । अ॒स्य॒ । उ॒र्वि॒या । दी॒र्घ॒ऽया॒थे । र॒घुः । श्ये॒नः । प॒त॒य॒त् । अन्धः॑ । अच्छ॑ । युवा॑ । क॒विः । दी॒द॒य॒त् । गोषु॑ । गच्छ॑न् ॥
आ । सूर्यः । यातु । सप्तअश्वः । क्षेत्रम् । यत् । अस्य । उर्विया । दीर्घयाथे । रघुः । श्येनः । पतयत् । अन्धः । अच्छ । युवा । कविः । दीदयत् । गोषु । गच्छन् ॥
ā | sūryaḥ | yātu | sapta-aśvaḥ | kṣetram | yat | asya | urviyā | dīrgha-yāthe | raghuḥ | śyenaḥ | patayat | andhaḥ | accha | yuvā | kaviḥ | dīdayat | goṣu | gacchan
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 5.45.9 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“sun; Surya; sūrya [word]; right nostril; twelve; Calotropis gigantea Beng.; sūryakānta; sunlight; best.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“go; enter (a state); travel; disappear; reach; come; campaign; elapse; arrive; drive; reach; leave; run; depart; ride.”
[noun]
“seven; seventh.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“horse; aśva [word]; Aśva; stallion.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“field; location; habitat; country; area; earth; region; estate; body; kṣetra [word]; kṣetradoṣa; seat; reincarnation; uterus.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[adverb]
“wide; widely.”
[noun]
“long; long; long; large; far; deep; dīrgha [word].”
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“low; fast.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“hawk; bird of prey; falcon; Śyena; eagle; śyena [word]; Śyena.”
[verb], singular, Present injunctive
“fly.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“Soma; drink; amṛta.”
[adverb]
“towards; accha [prefix].”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“young; youthful.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“poet; wise man; bard; Venus; Uśanas; kavi [word]; Kavi; prophet; guru; Brahma.”
[verb], singular, Present conjunctive (subjunctive)
“shine; glitter.”
[noun], locative, plural, masculine
“cow; cattle; go [word]; Earth; bull; floor; milk; beam; sunbeam; leather; hide; horn; language; bowstring; earth; ox; Svarga.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“go; situate; enter (a state); travel; disappear; [in]; elapse; leave; reach; vanish; love; walk; approach; issue; hop on; gasify; get; come; die; drain; spread; transform; happen; discharge; ride; to be located; run; detect; refer; go; shall; drive.”