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 7.5.2
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
पृ॒ष्टो दि॒वि धाय्य॒ग्निः पृ॑थि॒व्यां ने॒ता सिन्धू॑नां वृष॒भः स्तिया॑नाम् । स मानु॑षीर॒भि विशो॒ वि भा॑ति वैश्वान॒रो वा॑वृधा॒नो वरे॑ण ॥
पृष्टो दिवि धाय्यग्निः पृथिव्यां नेता सिन्धूनां वृषभः स्तियानाम् । स मानुषीरभि विशो वि भाति वैश्वानरो वावृधानो वरेण ॥
pṛṣṭo divi dhāyy agniḥ pṛthivyāṃ netā sindhūnāṃ vṛṣabhaḥ stiyānām | sa mānuṣīr abhi viśo vi bhāti vaiśvānaro vāvṛdhāno vareṇa ||
English translation:
“Agni, the leader of the rivers, the showerer of the waters, the radiant, has been stationed in thefirmament and upon earth; Viśvānara augmenting with the most excellent (oblation) shines upon human beings.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vasiṣṭhaḥ [vasiṣṭha];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): vaiśvānaraḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
पृ॒ष्टः । दि॒वि । धायि॑ । अ॒ग्निः । पृ॒थि॒व्याम् । ने॒ता । सिन्धू॑नाम् । वृ॒ष॒भः । स्तिया॑नाम् । सः । मानु॑षीः । अ॒भि । विशः॑ । वि । भा॒ति॒ । वै॒श्वा॒न॒रः । व॒वृ॒धा॒नः । वरे॑ण ॥
पृष्टः । दिवि । धायि । अग्निः । पृथिव्याम् । नेता । सिन्धूनाम् । वृषभः । स्तियानाम् । सः । मानुषीः । अभि । विशः । वि । भाति । वैश्वानरः । ववृधानः । वरेण ॥
pṛṣṭaḥ | divi | dhāyi | agniḥ | pṛthivyām | netā | sindhūnām | vṛṣabhaḥ | stiyānām | saḥ | mānuṣīḥ | abhi | viśaḥ | vi | bhāti | vaiśvānaraḥ | vavṛdhānaḥ | vareṇa
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 7.5.2 English analysis of grammar]
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“ask; ask; ask; consult; interrogate.”
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”
[verb], singular, Aorist passive
“put; give; cause; get; hold; make; provide; lend; wear; install; have; enter (a state); supply; hold; take; show.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[noun], locative, singular, feminine
“Earth; pṛthivī; floor; Earth; earth; pṛthivī [word]; land.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“leader; Vitex negundo.”
[noun], genitive, plural, feminine
“river; Indus; sindhu [word].”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“bull; Vṛṣabha; Vṛṣabha; best.”
[noun], genitive, plural, feminine
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
“human.”
[adverb]
“towards; on.”
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
“people; tribe; Vaisya; national; viś; real property; Vaisya.”
[adverb]
“apart; away; away.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“look; shine; show; look like; glitter; reflect.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Agni; fire; Vaiśvānara; Vaiśvānara; sacrificial fire; sun.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“increase; grow; vṛdh; increase; succeed; strengthen; grow up; spread.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine
“gift; favor; wish; privilege; varac; wages.”