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 6.16.35
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
गर्भे॑ मा॒तुः पि॒तुष्पि॒ता वि॑दिद्युता॒नो अ॒क्षरे॑ । सीद॑न्नृ॒तस्य॒ योनि॒मा ॥
गर्भे मातुः पितुष्पिता विदिद्युतानो अक्षरे । सीदन्नृतस्य योनिमा ॥
garbhe mātuḥ pituṣ pitā vididyutāno akṣare | sīdann ṛtasya yonim ā ||
English translation:
“Radiant in the embryo of the maternal (earth), on the imperishable (altar); the cherisher of the paternal (heaven), sitting on the seat of sacrifice.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
The cherisher: he mātuḥ, putuṣpitā: the mother of Agni is the earth, the father is heaven; Agni is said to be the father or fosterer of his parent heaven, by transmitting to it the flame and smoke of burnt-offerings
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): bharadvājo bārhaspatyaḥ [bharadvāja bārhaspatya];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
गर्भे॑ । मा॒तुः । पि॒तुः । पि॒ता । वि॒ऽदि॒द्यु॒ता॒नः । अ॒क्षरे॑ । सीद॑न् । ऋ॒तस्य॑ । योनि॑म् । आ ॥
गर्भे । मातुः । पितुः । पिता । विदिद्युतानः । अक्षरे । सीदन् । ऋतस्य । योनिम् । आ ॥
garbhe | mātuḥ | pituḥ | pitā | vi-didyutānaḥ | akṣare | sīdan | ṛtasya | yonim | ā
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 6.16.35 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
“fetus; garbha; inside; cavity; embryo; uterus; child; pit; garbhadruti; filling; pregnancy; room; abdomen; fertilization; inside; hole; baby; calyx; midst.”
[noun], genitive, singular, feminine
“mother; mātṛkā; mātṛ [word]; parent; Salvinia cucullata Roxb.; Citrullus colocynthis Schrad.; cow.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“father; Pitṛ; ancestor; parent; paternal ancestor; pitṛ [word]; forefather.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“father; Pitṛ; ancestor; parent; paternal ancestor; pitṛ [word]; forefather.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“syllable; Om; sound; Brahma; vowel; word; final emancipation.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“sit down; break down; slow; sink; crumble; fracture; perish; ride; stop; besiege; tire.”
[noun], genitive, singular, neuter
“truth; order; fixed order; ṛta [word]; law; custom; custom.”
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
“vagina; vulva; uterus; beginning; origin; reincarnation; birthplace; family; production; cause; race; grain; raw material; birth; kind; caste; kinship; bed.”
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”