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 7.34.2
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
वि॒दुः पृ॑थि॒व्या दि॒वो ज॒नित्रं॑ शृ॒ण्वन्त्यापो॒ अध॒ क्षर॑न्तीः ॥
विदुः पृथिव्या दिवो जनित्रं शृण्वन्त्यापो अध क्षरन्तीः ॥
viduḥ pṛthivyā divo janitraṃ śṛṇvanty āpo adha kṣarantīḥ ||
English translation:
“The flowing waters having known the origin of earth and heaven; may they now hear (our praises).”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Waters: an allusion perhaps to the subsequently received cosmogony, as in Manu, that water was the first ofcreated things
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vasiṣṭhaḥ [vasiṣṭha];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): viśvedevā:;
Chandas (meter): bhurigārcīgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
वि॒दुः । पृ॒थि॒व्याः । दि॒वः । ज॒नित्र॑म् । शृ॒ण्वन्ति॑ । आपः॑ । अध॑ । क्षर॑न्तीः ॥
विदुः । पृथिव्याः । दिवः । जनित्रम् । शृण्वन्ति । आपः । अध । क्षरन्तीः ॥
viduḥ | pṛthivyāḥ | divaḥ | janitram | śṛṇvanti | āpaḥ | adha | kṣarantīḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 7.34.2 English analysis of grammar]
[verb], plural, Perfect indicative
“know; diagnose; perceive; know; accord; notice; deem; mind; learn; specify; watch; recognize; detect; call.”
[noun], genitive, singular, feminine
“Earth; pṛthivī; floor; Earth; earth; pṛthivī [word]; land.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“birthplace; parent.”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“listen; come to know; hear; hear; listen; study; heed; learn.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“water; body of water; water; ap [word]; juice; jala.”
[adverb]
“then; and; therefore; now.”
[verb noun], nominative, plural
“run; melt.”