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 7.36.1
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
प्र ब्रह्मै॑तु॒ सद॑नादृ॒तस्य॒ वि र॒श्मिभि॑: ससृजे॒ सूर्यो॒ गाः । वि सानु॑ना पृथि॒वी स॑स्र उ॒र्वी पृ॒थु प्रती॑क॒मध्येधे॑ अ॒ग्निः ॥
प्र ब्रह्मैतु सदनादृतस्य वि रश्मिभिः ससृजे सूर्यो गाः । वि सानुना पृथिवी सस्र उर्वी पृथु प्रतीकमध्येधे अग्निः ॥
pra brahmaitu sadanād ṛtasya vi raśmibhiḥ sasṛje sūryo gāḥ | vi sānunā pṛthivī sasra urvī pṛthu pratīkam adhy edhe agniḥ ||
English translation:
“Let the prayer proceed from the nail of the sacrifice, for Sūrya with his rays lets loose the waters; thespacious earth spreads (studded) with mountains, and Agni blazes on the extensive plural inṣ”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Yābhirādityastapati raśmibhistābhiḥ parjanyo varṣanyo varṣati: Taittirīya Āraṇyaka 10.63); Agni blazes:pṛthā pratīkam adhyedhe agniḥ: pratīkam = pṛthivyā avayavam, a portion or member of the earth
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vasiṣṭhaḥ [vasiṣṭha];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): viśvedevā:;
Chandas (meter): bhurikpaṅkti ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
प्र । ब्रह्म॑ । ए॒तु॒ । सद॑नात् । ऋ॒तस्य॑ । वि । र॒श्मिऽभिः॑ । स॒सृ॒जे॒ । सूर्यः॑ । गाः । वि । सानु॑ना । पृ॒थि॒वी । स॒स्रे॒ । उ॒र्वी । पृ॒थु । प्रती॑कम् । अधि॑ । आ । ई॒धे॒ । अ॒ग्निः ॥
प्र । ब्रह्म । एतु । सदनात् । ऋतस्य । वि । रश्मिभिः । ससृजे । सूर्यः । गाः । वि । सानुना । पृथिवी । सस्रे । उर्वी । पृथु । प्रतीकम् । अधि । आ । ईधे । अग्निः ॥
pra | brahma | etu | sadanāt | ṛtasya | vi | raśmi-bhiḥ | sasṛje | sūryaḥ | gāḥ | v i | sānunā | pṛthivī | sasre | urvī | pṛthu | pratīkam | adhi | ā | īdhe | agniḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 7.36.1 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“towards; ahead.”
[noun], nominative, plural, neuter
“brahman; mantra; prayer; spell; Veda; Brahmin; sacred text; final emancipation; hymn; brahman [word]; Brāhmaṇa; study.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“go; travel; enter (a state); return; walk; continue; reach; ask.”
[noun], ablative, singular, neuter
“seat; weakness; inertness; dwelling; exhaustion; numbness; home; residence; seat; inanition; location.”
[noun], genitive, singular, neuter
“truth; order; fixed order; ṛta [word]; law; custom; custom.”
[adverb]
“apart; away; away.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine
“beam; rein; sunbeam; shininess; cord.”
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
“create; shoot; discharge; free; cause; throw; emit; send; produce; use; be born; make.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“sun; Surya; sūrya [word]; right nostril; twelve; Calotropis gigantea Beng.; sūryakānta; sunlight; best.”
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
“cow; cattle; go [word]; Earth; bull; floor; milk; beam; sunbeam; leather; hide; horn; language; bowstring; earth; ox; Svarga.”
[adverb]
“apart; away; away.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter
“tableland; ridge; peak; back; ridge; guru.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“Earth; pṛthivī; floor; Earth; earth; pṛthivī [word]; land.”
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
“sṛ; liquefy; run; spread; stretch out.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“wide; broad; great; uru [word]; much(a); excellent.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“broad; wide; great; flat; pṛthu [word]; far.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“face; surface.”
[adverb]
“on; from; accordingly.”
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”