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 5.66.5
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
तदृ॒तं पृ॑थिवि बृ॒हच्छ्र॑वए॒ष ऋषी॑णाम् । ज्र॒य॒सा॒नावरं॑ पृ॒थ्वति॑ क्षरन्ति॒ याम॑भिः ॥
तदृतं पृथिवि बृहच्छ्रवएष ऋषीणाम् । ज्रयसानावरं पृथ्वति क्षरन्ति यामभिः ॥
tad ṛtam pṛthivi bṛhac chravaeṣa ṛṣīṇām | jrayasānāv aram pṛthv ati kṣaranti yāmabhiḥ ||
English translation:
“Earth, in you is abundant water for the necessities of the Ṛṣis; the two active (deities) dispense by their movement sufficiently copious (rain).”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): rātahavya ātreyaḥ [rātahavya ātreya];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): mitrāvaruṇau ;
Chandas (meter): virāḍanuṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
तत् । ऋ॒तम् । पृ॒थि॒वि॒ । बृ॒हत् । श्र॒वः॒ऽए॒षे । ऋषी॑णाम् । ज्र॒य॒सा॒नौ । अर॑म् । पृ॒थु । अति॑ । क्ष॒र॒न्ति॒ । याम॑ऽभिः ॥
तत् । ऋतम् । पृथिवि । बृहत् । श्रवःएषे । ऋषीणाम् । ज्रयसानौ । अरम् । पृथु । अति । क्षरन्ति । यामभिः ॥
tat | ṛtam | pṛthivi | bṛhat | śravaḥ-eṣe | ṛṣīṇām | jrayasānau | aram | pṛthu | ati | kṣaranti | yāma-bhiḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 5.66.5 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“truth; order; fixed order; ṛta [word]; law; custom; custom.”
[noun], vocative, singular, feminine
“Earth; pṛthivī; floor; Earth; earth; pṛthivī [word]; land.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“large; great; loud; high; much(a); exalted; abundant; intensive; strong; huge.”
[noun], neuter
“fame; glory; ear.”
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
“quest.”
[noun], genitive, plural, masculine
“Ṛṣi; spiritual teacher; ascetic; Mantra.”
[noun], accusative, dual, masculine
[adverb]
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“broad; wide; great; flat; pṛthu [word]; far.”
[adverb]
“very; excessively; beyond; excessively.”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“run; melt.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, neuter
“expedition; path; expedition; arrival.”