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 5.63.4

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

मा॒या वां॑ मित्रावरुणा दि॒वि श्रि॒ता सूर्यो॒ ज्योति॑श्चरति चि॒त्रमायु॑धम् । तम॒भ्रेण॑ वृ॒ष्ट्या गू॑हथो दि॒वि पर्ज॑न्य द्र॒प्सा मधु॑मन्त ईरते ॥
माया वां मित्रावरुणा दिवि श्रिता सूर्यो ज्योतिश्चरति चित्रमायुधम् । तमभ्रेण वृष्ट्या गूहथो दिवि पर्जन्य द्रप्सा मधुमन्त ईरते ॥
māyā vām mitrāvaruṇā divi śritā sūryo jyotiś carati citram āyudham | tam abhreṇa vṛṣṭyā gūhatho divi parjanya drapsā madhumanta īrate ||

English translation:

“Your deevice, Mitra and Varuṇa, is manifested in heaven, when the light (that is) the sun, your wonderful weapon, moves (in the firmament); him you invest in the sky with the cloud (and) with rain; and (your) sweet drops, Parjanya, fall (at their desire).”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): arcanānā ātreyaḥ [arcanānā ātreya];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): mitrāvaruṇau ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛjjagatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

मा॒या । वा॒म् । मि॒त्रा॒व॒रु॒णा॒ । दि॒वि । श्रि॒ता । सूर्यः॑ । ज्योतिः॑ । च॒र॒ति॒ । चि॒त्रम् । आयु॑धम् । तम् । अ॒भ्रेण॑ । वृ॒ष्ट्या । गू॒ह॒थः॒ । दि॒वि । पर्ज॑न्य । द्र॒प्सा । मधु॑ऽमन्तः । ई॒र॒ते॒ ॥
माया । वाम् । मित्रावरुणा । दिवि । श्रिता । सूर्यः । ज्योतिः । चरति । चित्रम् । आयुधम् । तम् । अभ्रेण । वृष्ट्या । गूहथः । दिवि । पर्जन्य । द्रप्सा । मधुमन्तः । ईरते ॥
māyā | vām | mitrāvaruṇā | divi | śritā | sūryaḥ | jyotiḥ | carati | citram | āyudham | tam | abhreṇa | vṛṣṭyā | gūhathaḥ | divi | parjanya | drapsā | madhu-mantaḥ | īrate

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 5.63.4 English analysis of grammar]

māyā

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“magic trick; Māyā; deception; illusion; māyā [word]; disguise; trick.”

vām < tvad

[noun], genitive, dual

“you.”

mitrāvaruṇā < mitrāvaruṇāḥ < mitrāvaruṇa

[noun], vocative, plural, masculine

“Varuna; Mitra.”

divi < div

[noun], locative, singular, masculine

“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”

śritā < śri

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“situate; dwell; go; lurk; reach; rear; repose; cling to.”

sūryo < sūryaḥ < sūrya

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

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

jyotiś < jyotiḥ < jyotis

[noun], nominative, singular, neuter

“light; star; luminosity; fire; jyotis [word]; digestion; planet; light; sunlight.”

carati < car

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“car; wander; perform; travel; bore; produce; make; dwell; dig; act; observe; enter (a state); observe; cause; crop; behave; practice; heed; process; administer.”

citram < citra

[noun], nominative, singular, neuter

“manifold; extraordinary; beautiful; divers(a); varicolored; bright; bright; bright; outstanding; agitated; aglitter(p); brilliant; painted; obvious; patched; bizarre.”

āyudham < āyudha

[noun], nominative, singular, neuter

“weapon; āyudha [word].”

tam < tad

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”

abhreṇa < abhra

[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine

“abhra; cloud; sky; abhra [word]; cumulonimbus; mica; air; cloudiness.”

vṛṣṭyā < vṛṣṭi

[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine

“rain; shower; rainy season.”

gūhatho < gūhathaḥ < guh

[verb], dual, Present indikative

“hide; cover; conceal; shroud; obscure.”

divi < div

[noun], locative, singular, masculine

“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”

parjanya

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“cloud; Parjanya; Indra; nimbus.”

drapsā < drapsāḥ < drapsa

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“drop; banner.”

madhumanta < madhumantaḥ < madhumat

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“sweet; honeyed; sweet; pleasant.”

īrate < īr

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“go.”

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