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 6.7.7
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
वि यो रजां॒स्यमि॑मीत सु॒क्रतु॑र्वैश्वान॒रो वि दि॒वो रो॑च॒ना क॒विः । परि॒ यो विश्वा॒ भुव॑नानि पप्र॒थेऽद॑ब्धो गो॒पा अ॒मृत॑स्य रक्षि॒ता ॥
वि यो रजांस्यमिमीत सुक्रतुर्वैश्वानरो वि दिवो रोचना कविः । परि यो विश्वा भुवनानि पप्रथेऽदब्धो गोपा अमृतस्य रक्षिता ॥
vi yo rajāṃsy amimīta sukratur vaiśvānaro vi divo rocanā kaviḥ | pari yo viśvā bhuvanāni paprathe 'dabdho gopā amṛtasya rakṣitā ||
English translation:
“Vaiśvānara, the performer of sacred acts, is he who made the regions; foreseeing (he has made) the luminaries of heaven, and has spread throughout all worlds; the irresistibel guardian (of all), the protector of ambrosial (rain).”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): bharadvājo bārhaspatyaḥ [bharadvāja bārhaspatya];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): vaiśvānaraḥ ;
Chandas (meter): svarāṭtriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
वि । यः । रजां॒सि । अमि॑मीत । सु॒ऽक्रतुः॑ । वै॒श्वा॒न॒रः । वि । दि॒वः । रो॒च॒ना । क॒विः । परि॑ । यः । विश्वा॑ । भुव॑नानि । प॒प्र॒थे । अद॑ब्धः । गो॒पाः । अ॒मृत॑स्य । र॒क्षि॒ता ॥
वि । यः । रजांसि । अमिमीत । सुक्रतुः । वैश्वानरः । वि । दिवः । रोचना । कविः । परि । यः । विश्वा । भुवनानि । पप्रथे । अदब्धः । गोपाः । अमृतस्य । रक्षिता ॥
vi | yaḥ | rajāṃsi | amimīta | su-kratuḥ | vaiśvānaraḥ | vi | divaḥ | rocanā | kavi ḥ | pari | yaḥ | viśvā | bhuvanāni | paprathe | adabdhaḥ | gopāḥ | amṛtasya | rakṣi tā
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 6.7.7 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“apart; away; away.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“powder; menorrhea; dust; Rajas; atmosphere; rajas; pollen; passion; rajas [word]; sindūra; rust; tin; impurity; dark; sky.”
[verb], singular, Imperfect
“weigh; measure; total; last; weigh; measure; give away; transform.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“wise.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Agni; fire; Vaiśvānara; Vaiśvānara; sacrificial fire; sun.”
[adverb]
“apart; away; away.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“light; celestial sphere.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“poet; wise man; bard; Venus; Uśanas; kavi [word]; Kavi; prophet; guru; Brahma.”
[adverb]
“from; about; around.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“Earth; being; world; bhuvana [word].”
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
“be known; expand; expand; boom.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“unfailing; unimpaired.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“herder; defender.”
[noun], genitive, singular, neuter
“amṛta; immortality; vatsanābha; ambrosia; mercury; medicine; vighasa; calcium hydroxide.”
[verb], singular, periphrast. future
“protect; guard; keep; stow; govern; guard; spare; accumulate.”