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 5.61.1
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
के ष्ठा॑ नर॒: श्रेष्ठ॑तमा॒ य एक॑एक आय॒य । प॒र॒मस्या॑: परा॒वत॑: ॥
के ष्ठा नरः श्रेष्ठतमा य एकएक आयय । परमस्याः परावतः ॥
ke ṣṭhā naraḥ śreṣṭhatamā ya eka-eka āyaya | paramasyāḥ parāvataḥ ||
English translation:
“Who are you, most excellent leadeers (of rites), who come one by one from a region exceedingly remote?”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
A wonderful old story: āścaryam purāvṛttam āhurāgamapāragaḥ, those who have gone through the āgamas have related a wonderful occurrence
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): śyāvāśva ātreyaḥ [śyāvāśva ātreya];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): marūtaḥ;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
कः । स्थ॒ । न॒रः॒ । श्रेष्ठ॑ऽतमाः । ये । एकः॑ऽएकः । आ॒ऽय॒य । प॒र॒मस्याः॑ । प॒रा॒ऽवतः॑ ॥
कः । स्थ । नरः । श्रेष्ठतमाः । ये । एकःएकः । आयय । परमस्याः । परावतः ॥
kaḥ | stha | naraḥ | śreṣṭha-tamāḥ | ye | ekaḥ-ekaḥ | āyaya | paramasyāḥ | parāvataḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 5.61.1 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“what; who; ka [pronoun].”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”
[noun], vocative, plural, masculine
“man; man; nṛ [word]; crew; masculine.”
[noun], vocative, plural, masculine
“best; chief(a).”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“one; single(a); alone(p); some(a); single(a); eka [word]; alone(p); excellent; each(a); some(a); one; same; alone(p); some(a); consistent; any(a); undifferentiated; disjunct.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“one; single(a); alone(p); some(a); single(a); eka [word]; alone(p); excellent; each(a); some(a); one; same; alone(p); some(a); consistent; any(a); undifferentiated; disjunct.”
[verb], plural, Perfect indicative
“enter (a state); come; transform; approach; arrive; reach; enter.”
[noun], ablative, singular, feminine
“extreme; best; excellent; highest; highest; devoted(p); maximal; distant; parama [word]; very; farthermost.”
[noun], ablative, singular, feminine
“distance; distance; distance.”