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 7.53.2
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
प्र पू॑र्व॒जे पि॒तरा॒ नव्य॑सीभिर्गी॒र्भिः कृ॑णुध्वं॒ सद॑ने ऋ॒तस्य॑ । आ नो॑ द्यावापृथिवी॒ दैव्ये॑न॒ जने॑न यातं॒ महि॑ वां॒ वरू॑थम् ॥
प्र पूर्वजे पितरा नव्यसीभिर्गीर्भिः कृणुध्वं सदने ऋतस्य । आ नो द्यावापृथिवी दैव्येन जनेन यातं महि वां वरूथम् ॥
pra pūrvaje pitarā navyasībhir gīrbhiḥ kṛṇudhvaṃ sadane ṛtasya | ā no dyāvāpṛthivī daivyena janena yātam mahi vāṃ varūtham ||
English translation:
“plural ce before (us) in the hall of sacrifice, with new songs, the ancient parents (of all beings); come to us,Heaven and Earth, with the celestial people, for vast is your protecting (wealth).”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vasiṣṭhaḥ [vasiṣṭha];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): dyāvāpṛthivyau ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
प्र । पू॒र्व॒जे इति॑ पू॒र्व॒ऽजे । पि॒तरा॑ । नव्य॑सीभिः । गीः॒ऽभिः । कृ॒णु॒ध्व॒म् । सद॑ने । ऋ॒तस्य॑ । आ । नः॒ । द्या॒वा॒पृ॒थि॒वी॒ इति॑ । दैव्ये॑न । जने॑न । या॒त॒म् । महि॑ । वा॒म् । वरू॑थम् ॥
प्र । पूर्वजे इति पूर्वजे । पितरा । नव्यसीभिः । गीःभिः । कृणुध्वम् । सदने । ऋतस्य । आ । नः । द्यावापृथिवी इति । दैव्येन । जनेन । यातम् । महि । वाम् । वरूथम् ॥
pra | pūrvaje itipūrva-je | pitarā | navyasībhiḥ | gīḥ-bhiḥ | kṛṇudhvam | sadane | ṛtasya | ā | naḥ | dyāvāpṛthivī iti | daivyena | janena | yātam | mahi | vām | varūtham
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 7.53.2 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“towards; ahead.”
[noun]
“aforesaid(a); antecedent; previous(a); first; eastern; former(a); pūrva [word]; age-old; anterior; bygone; fore(a); predictive; firstborn; easterly; instrumental.”
[noun], accusative, dual, feminine
“produced; caused; born; located; growing; descended from; consisting of; ja [word]; living; written; flourishing.”
[noun], accusative, dual, masculine
“father; Pitṛ; ancestor; parent; paternal ancestor; pitṛ [word]; forefather.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, feminine
“new.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, feminine
“hymn; praise; voice; words; invocation; command; statement; cry; language.”
[verb], plural, Present imperative
“make; perform; cause; produce; shape; construct; do; put; fill into; use; fuel; transform; bore; act; write; create; prepare; administer; dig; prepare; treat; take effect; add; trace; put on; process; treat; heed; hire; act; produce; assume; eat; ignite; chop; treat; obey; manufacture; appoint; evacuate; choose; understand; insert; happen; envelop; weigh; observe; practice; lend; bring; duplicate; plant; kṛ; concentrate; mix; knot; join; take; provide; utter; compose.”
[noun], locative, 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]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[noun], accusative, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], vocative, dual, feminine
“heaven and earth; dyāvāpṛthivī [word].”
[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine
“divine; divine; celestial.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine
“people; national; man; relative; jan; Janaloka; person; jana [word]; man; attendant; Jana; foreigner; inhabitant; group.”
[verb], dual, Present imperative
“go; enter (a state); travel; disappear; reach; come; campaign; elapse; arrive; drive; reach; leave; run; depart; ride.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“great; firm.”
[noun], genitive, dual
“you.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“defense; protective covering.”