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 6.51.2
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
वेद॒ यस्त्रीणि॑ वि॒दथा॑न्येषां दे॒वानां॒ जन्म॑ सनु॒तरा च॒ विप्र॑: । ऋ॒जु मर्ते॑षु वृजि॒ना च॒ पश्य॑न्न॒भि च॑ष्टे॒ सूरो॑ अ॒र्य एवा॑न् ॥
वेद यस्त्रीणि विदथान्येषां देवानां जन्म सनुतरा च विप्रः । ऋजु मर्तेषु वृजिना च पश्यन्नभि चष्टे सूरो अर्य एवान् ॥
veda yas trīṇi vidathāny eṣāṃ devānāṃ janma sanutar ā ca vipraḥ | ṛju marteṣu vṛjinā ca paśyann abhi caṣṭe sūro arya evān ||
English translation:
“He who knows the three cognizable (worlds); the sage (who knows) the mysterious birth of the divinities (abiding in them); he who is beholding the good and evil acts of mortals, he, the sun, the lord, makes manifest their intentions.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
The divinities abiding in them: Of the Vasus on earth, the Rudras in the firmament, the Ādityas in heaven. Vasus are the 'earthly riches'; the other divinities are 'instrumental uments' in the process of making wealth
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): ṛjiśvāḥ;Devatā (deity/subject-matter): viśvedevā:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
वेद॑ । यः । त्रीणि॑ । वि॒दथा॑नि । ए॒षा॒म् । दे॒वाना॑म् । जन्म॑ । स॒नु॒तः । आ । च॒ । विप्रः॑ । ऋ॒जु । मर्ते॑षु । वृ॒जि॒ना । च॒ । पश्य॑न् । अ॒भि । च॒ष्टे॒ । सूरः॑ । अ॒र्यः । एवा॑न् ॥
वेद । यः । त्रीणि । विदथानि । एषाम् । देवानाम् । जन्म । सनुतः । आ । च । विप्रः । ऋजु । मर्तेषु । वृजिना । च । पश्यन् । अभि । चष्टे । सूरः । अर्यः । एवान् ॥
veda | yaḥ | trīṇi | vidathāni | eṣām | devānām | janma | sanutaḥ | ā | ca | vipraḥ | ṛju | marteṣu | vṛjinā | ca | paśyan | abhi | caṣṭe | sūraḥ | aryaḥ | evān
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 6.51.2 English analysis of grammar]
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
“know; diagnose; perceive; know; accord; notice; deem; mind; learn; specify; watch; recognize; detect; call.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“three; tri/tisṛ [word].”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“meeting; wisdom; council.”
[noun], genitive, plural, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[noun], genitive, plural, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“birth; reincarnation; lineage; origin; race; metempsychosis; parentage; descent; appearance; age; birthplace; beginning; being.”
[adverb]
“away.”
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[adverb]
“and; besides; then; now; even.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Brahmin; poet; singer; priest; guru; Vipra.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“honest; straight; straight; ṛju [word]; sincere; erect; upright.”
[noun], locative, plural, masculine
“man.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“sin.”
[adverb]
“and; besides; then; now; even.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“see; view; watch; meet; observe; think of; look; examine; behold; visit; understand.”
[adverb]
“towards; on.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“watch; look.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“sun.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
“eva [word]; habit; manner; behavior; custom.”