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 5.62.8

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

हिर॑ण्यरूपमु॒षसो॒ व्यु॑ष्टा॒वय॑:स्थूण॒मुदि॑ता॒ सूर्य॑स्य । आ रो॑हथो वरुण मित्र॒ गर्त॒मत॑श्चक्षाथे॒ अदि॑तिं॒ दितिं॑ च ॥
हिरण्यरूपमुषसो व्युष्टावयःस्थूणमुदिता सूर्यस्य । आ रोहथो वरुण मित्र गर्तमतश्चक्षाथे अदितिं दितिं च ॥
hiraṇyarūpam uṣaso vyuṣṭāv ayaḥsthūṇam uditā sūryasya | ā rohatho varuṇa mitra gartam ataś cakṣāthe aditiṃ ditiṃ ca ||

English translation:

“At the break of dawn, at the rising of the sun, ascend Mitra and Varuṇa, your golden-bodied, metal-pillared car, and thence, behold the earth and its inhabitants.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

Yajus. 10.15; ataścakṣāthe aditim ditim ca = aditim akahṇḍanīyam prajādikam, the divisible people; alternative reading: aditim = adinam, not base, i.e. vihitānuṣṭhātāram, one who follows what is prescribed, i.e., performs his religious duties;

Ditim = dinam, base or nāstikavṛttam, an infidel

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): śrutividātreyaḥ [śrutividātreya];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): mitrāvaruṇau ;
Chandas (meter): virāṭtrisṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

हिर॑ण्यऽरूपम् । उ॒षसः॑ । विऽउ॑ष्टौ । अयः॑ऽस्थूणम् । उत्ऽइ॑ता । सूर्य॑स्य । आ । रो॒ह॒थः॒ । व॒रु॒ण॒ । मि॒त्र॒ । गर्त॑म् । अतः॑ । च॒क्षा॒थे॒ इति॑ । अदि॑तिम् । दिति॑म् । च॒ ॥
हिरण्यरूपम् । उषसः । विउष्टौ । अयःस्थूणम् । उत्इता । सूर्यस्य । आ । रोहथः । वरुण । मित्र । गर्तम् । अतः । चक्षाथे इति । अदितिम् । दितिम् । च ॥
hiraṇya-rūpam | uṣasaḥ | vi-uṣṭau | ayaḥ-sthūṇam | ut-itā | sūryasya | ā | rohathaḥ | varuṇa | mitra | gartam | ataḥ | cakṣātheiti | aditim | ditim | ca

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 5.62.8 English analysis of grammar]

hiraṇyarūpam < hiraṇya

[noun], neuter

“gold; jewelry; hiraṇya [word]; gold.”

hiraṇyarūpam < rūpam < rūpa

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“form; appearance; beauty; look; shape; shape; symptom; feature; nature; guise; rūpa [word]; one; appearance; likeness; color; kind; vowel; type; disguise; aspect; form; derivative; omen; vision.”

uṣaso < uṣasaḥ < uṣas

[noun], genitive, singular, feminine

“Ushas; dawn; uṣas [word]; morning.”

vyuṣṭāv < vyuṣṭau < vyuṣṭi

[noun], locative, singular, feminine

“dawn; happiness; consequence.”

ayasthūṇam < aya < ayas

[noun], neuter

“iron; kāntaloha; ayas [word]; tīkṣṇaloha; metallic element; weapon.”

ayasthūṇam < sthūṇam < sthūṇā

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“column; post.”

uditā < uditi

[noun], locative, singular, feminine

“rise.”

sūryasya < sūrya

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“sun; Surya; sūrya [word]; right nostril; twelve; Calotropis gigantea Beng.; sūryakānta; sunlight; best.”

ā

[adverb]

“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”

rohatho < rohathaḥ < ruh

[verb], dual, Present indikative

“heal; grow; cicatrize; climb; board; ascend; grow.”

varuṇa

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“Varuna; varuṇa [word]; Crataeva religiosa Forst.; Varuṇa; varuṇādi.”

mitra

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“friend; Mitra; mitra [word]; sun; ally.”

gartam < garta

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

ataś < atas

[adverb]

“now; therefore; then; from there; hence; consequently; then; hence; henceforth.”

cakṣāthe < cakṣ

[verb], dual, Present indikative

“watch; look.”

aditiṃ < aditim < aditi

[noun], accusative, singular, feminine

“Aditi; aditi [word].”

ditiṃ < ditim < diti

[noun], accusative, singular, feminine

“Diti; diti [word].”

ca

[adverb]

“and; besides; then; now; even.”

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