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 5.68.2
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
स॒म्राजा॒ या घृ॒तयो॑नी मि॒त्रश्चो॒भा वरु॑णश्च । दे॒वा दे॒वेषु॑ प्रश॒स्ता ॥
सम्राजा या घृतयोनी मित्रश्चोभा वरुणश्च । देवा देवेषु प्रशस्ता ॥
samrājā yā ghṛtayonī mitraś cobhā varuṇaś ca | devā deveṣu praśastā ||
English translation:
“Mitra and Varuṇa, who are both sovereign rulers, originators of the rain, eminent deities among the gods.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): yajata ātreyaḥ [yajata ātreya];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): mitrāvaruṇau ;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
स॒म्ऽराजा॑ । या । घृ॒तयो॑नी॒ इति॑ घृ॒तऽयो॑नी । मि॒त्रः । च॒ । उ॒भा । वरु॑णः । च॒ । दे॒वा । दे॒वेषु॑ । प्र॒ऽश॒स्ता ॥
सम्राजा । या । घृतयोनी इति घृतयोनी । मित्रः । च । उभा । वरुणः । च । देवा । देवेषु । प्रशस्ता ॥
sam-rājā | yā | ghṛtayonī itighṛta-yonī | mitraḥ | ca | ubhā | varuṇaḥ | ca | devā | deveṣu | pra-śastā
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 5.68.2 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, dual, masculine
“sovereign; ruler.”
[noun], nominative, dual, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], neuter
“ghee; fat.”
[noun], nominative, dual, masculine
“vagina; vulva; uterus; beginning; origin; reincarnation; birthplace; family; production; cause; race; grain; raw material; birth; kind; caste; kinship; bed.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“friend; Mitra; mitra [word]; sun; ally.”
[adverb]
“and; besides; then; now; even.”
[noun], nominative, dual, masculine
“both(a).”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Varuna; varuṇa [word]; Crataeva religiosa Forst.; Varuṇa; varuṇādi.”
[adverb]
“and; besides; then; now; even.”
[noun], nominative, dual, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[noun], locative, plural, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[verb noun], nominative, dual
“recommend; approve; praise; laud; favor; proclaim.”