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 5.58.7
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
प्रथि॑ष्ट॒ याम॑न्पृथि॒वी चि॑देषां॒ भर्ते॑व॒ गर्भं॒ स्वमिच्छवो॑ धुः । वाता॒न्ह्यश्वा॑न्धु॒र्या॑युयु॒ज्रे व॒र्षं स्वेदं॑ चक्रिरे रु॒द्रिया॑सः ॥
प्रथिष्ट यामन्पृथिवी चिदेषां भर्तेव गर्भं स्वमिच्छवो धुः । वातान्ह्यश्वान्धुर्यायुयुज्रे वर्षं स्वेदं चक्रिरे रुद्रियासः ॥
prathiṣṭa yāman pṛthivī cid eṣām bharteva garbhaṃ svam ic chavo dhuḥ | vātān hy aśvān dhury āyuyujre varṣaṃ svedaṃ cakrire rudriyāsaḥ ||
English translation:
“On their approach the earth becomes capable of fertility, and they deposit in her water as their germ, as the husband genitive rates the embryo of the child; they have harnessed their horses fleet as the wind; the sons of Rudra have emitted their person iration, (the rain).”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Person iration: svedam svedasthānīyam varṣam, rain in plural ce of person iration
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): śyāvāśva ātreyaḥ [śyāvāśva ātreya];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): marūtaḥ;
Chandas (meter): bhurikpaṅkti ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
प्रथि॑ष्ट । याम॑न् । पृ॒थि॒वी । चि॒त् । ए॒षा॒म् । भर्ता॑ऽइव । गर्भ॑म् । स्वम् । इत् । शवः॑ । धुः । वाता॑न् । हि । अश्वा॑न् । धु॒रि । आ॒ऽयु॒यु॒ज्रे । व॒र्षम् । स्वेद॑म् । च॒क्रि॒रे॒ । रु॒द्रिया॑सः ॥
प्रथिष्ट । यामन् । पृथिवी । चित् । एषाम् । भर्ताइव । गर्भम् । स्वम् । इत् । शवः । धुः । वातान् । हि । अश्वान् । धुरि । आयुयुज्रे । वर्षम् । स्वेदम् । चक्रिरे । रुद्रियासः ॥
prathiṣṭa | yāman | pṛthivī | cit | eṣām | bhartāiva | garbham | svam | it | śavaḥ | dhuḥ | vātān | hi | aśvān | dhuri | āyuyujre | varṣam | svedam | cakrire | rudriyāsaḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 5.58.7 English analysis of grammar]
[verb], singular, Aorist inj. (proh.)
“be known; expand; expand; boom.”
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“expedition; path; expedition; arrival.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“Earth; pṛthivī; floor; Earth; earth; pṛthivī [word]; land.”
[adverb]
“even; indeed.”
[noun], genitive, plural, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“husband; overlord; leader; king; master; carrier.”
[adverb]
“like; as it were; somehow; just so.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“fetus; garbha; inside; cavity; embryo; uterus; child; pit; garbhadruti; filling; pregnancy; room; abdomen; fertilization; inside; hole; baby; calyx; midst.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“own(a); respective(a); akin(p); sva [word]; individual; present(a); independent.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“icchu [word].”
[verb], plural, Aorist inj. (proh.)
“put; give; cause; get; hold; make; provide; lend; wear; install; have; enter (a state); supply; hold; take; show.”
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
“vāta; wind; fart; Vayu; air; draft; vāta [word]; Vāta; rheumatism; Marut.”
[adverb]
“because; indeed; for; therefore; hi [word].”
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
“horse; aśva [word]; Aśva; stallion.”
[noun], locative, singular, feminine
“yoke; dhur [word].”
[verb], plural, Perfect indicative
“āyuj [word].”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“year; rain; year; shower; varṣa; monsoon; varṣa [word]; age; cloud; India.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“svedana; perspiration; svedana; perspiring; fomentation; sweat.”
[verb], plural, Perfect indicative
“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], nominative, plural, masculine
“Marut.”