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 5.61.8
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
उ॒त घा॒ नेमो॒ अस्तु॑त॒: पुमाँ॒ इति॑ ब्रुवे प॒णिः । स वैर॑देय॒ इत्स॒मः ॥
उत घा नेमो अस्तुतः पुमाँ इति ब्रुवे पणिः । स वैरदेय इत्समः ॥
uta ghā nemo astutaḥ pumām̐ iti bruve paṇiḥ | sa vairadeya it samaḥ ||
English translation:
“And, eulogizing (him), I proclaim that the man, her (other) half is, (as it were), uncommended, for he is ever the same in munificent donations.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Her other half: nemaḥ is the term of the text; liṭ, half as it is said in the Sṃṛti, ardham śarīrasya bhāryā, wife is the half of the body (of the husband)
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): śyāvāśva ātreyaḥ [śyāvāśva ātreya];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): śaśīyaśī ;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
उ॒त । घ॒ । नेमः॑ । अस्तु॑तः । पुमा॑न् । इति॑ । ब्रु॒वे॒ । प॒णिः । सः । वैर॑ऽदेये । इत् । स॒मः ॥
उत । घ । नेमः । अस्तुतः । पुमान् । इति । ब्रुवे । पणिः । सः । वैरदेये । इत् । समः ॥
uta | gha | nemaḥ | astutaḥ | pumān | iti | bruve | paṇiḥ | saḥ | vaira-deye | it | samaḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 5.61.8 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“and; besides; uta [indecl.]; similarly; alike; even.”
[adverb]
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“one.”
[adverb]
“not; akāra; a [taddhita]; a [word]; a; a.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“laud; praise; declare; stu.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“man; masculine; man; puṃvajra; puruṣa; son; puṃs [word].”
[adverb]
“thus; so; iti [word].”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“say; tell; describe; speak; state; answer; call; explain; address; proclaim; talk; talk; choose.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“niggard; paṇ.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[noun], neuter
“hostility; vaira [word]; hostility; hostility; hostility.”
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“giving; gift.”
[adverb]
“indeed; assuredly; entirely.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“like; like; alike(p); level; symmetrical; balanced; average; same; regular; impartial; imperturbable; even; sama [word]; every(a); accurate; identical; fair; equal; synonymous; changeless; whole; exact; calm; straight; even; wide.”