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 5.59.7
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
वयो॒ न ये श्रेणी॑: प॒प्तुरोज॒सान्ता॑न्दि॒वो बृ॑ह॒तः सानु॑न॒स्परि॑ । अश्वा॑स एषामु॒भये॒ यथा॑ वि॒दुः प्र पर्व॑तस्य नभ॒नूँर॑चुच्यवुः ॥
वयो न ये श्रेणीः पप्तुरोजसान्तान्दिवो बृहतः सानुनस्परि । अश्वास एषामुभये यथा विदुः प्र पर्वतस्य नभनूँरचुच्यवुः ॥
vayo na ye śreṇīḥ paptur ojasāntān divo bṛhataḥ sānunas pari | aśvāsa eṣām ubhaye yathā viduḥ pra parvatasya nabhanūm̐r acucyavuḥ ||
English translation:
“Like birds (that fly) in rows they pass along in their strength above the vast summit (of the sky) to the ends of the firmament; their horses have caused the waters of the cloud to descend, as both (gods and mortals) know.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Both gods and mortals: the text has only ubhaye yathā viduḥ, as both know; men of course know by perception the setting in of the rains; the gods know it by the agrayāna and other sacrifices which are offered at that season
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): śyāvāśva ātreyaḥ [śyāvāśva ātreya];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): marūtaḥ;
Chandas (meter): svarāṭtriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
वयः॑ । न । ये । श्रेणीः॑ । प॒प्तुः । ओज॑सा । अन्ता॑न् । दि॒वः । बृ॒ह॒तः । सानु॑नः । परि॑ । अश्वा॑सः । ए॒षा॒म् । उ॒भये॑ । यथा॑ । वि॒दुः । प्र । पर्व॑तस्य । न॒भ॒नून् । अ॒चु॒च्य॒वुः॒ ॥
वयः । न । ये । श्रेणीः । पप्तुः । ओजसा । अन्तान् । दिवः । बृहतः । सानुनः । परि । अश्वासः । एषाम् । उभये । यथा । विदुः । प्र । पर्वतस्य । नभनून् । अचुच्यवुः ॥
vayaḥ | na | ye | śreṇīḥ | paptuḥ | ojasā | antān | divaḥ | bṛhataḥ | sānunaḥ | pari | aśvāsaḥ | eṣām | ubhaye | yathā | viduḥ | pra | parvatasya | nabhanūn | acucyavuḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 5.59.7 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“vi; bird; vi.”
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“club; line.”
[verb], plural, Perfect indicative
“fall down; drop; fly; issue; fall; fall; decay; hang down; banish; throw; lodge; disappear.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter
“strength; power; ojas; ojas [word]; potency; might.”
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
“end; last syllable; end; end; boundary; inside; border; death; anta [word]; edge; end; shore; limit; region; outskirt; destruction; boundary; limit; anta; termination; corner; conclusion; hem; end; ant; edge.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“large; great; loud; high; much(a); exalted; abundant; intensive; strong; huge.”
[noun], genitive, singular, neuter
“tableland; ridge; peak; back; ridge; guru.”
[adverb]
“from; about; around.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“horse; aśva [word]; Aśva; stallion.”
[noun], genitive, plural, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“both(a).”
[adverb]
“equally; as; so that; like; how; yathā [word]; that; wherein.”
[verb], plural, Perfect indicative
“know; diagnose; perceive; know; accord; notice; deem; mind; learn; specify; watch; recognize; detect; call.”
[adverb]
“towards; ahead.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“mountain; Parvata; parvata [word]; Parvata; Parvata; rock; height.”
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
[verb], plural, Plusquamperfect
“fall down; issue; shoot; ejaculate; deviate; banish; drop; dislodge; miss; deprive.”