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 7.56.2
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
नकि॒र्ह्ये॑षां ज॒नूंषि॒ वेद॒ ते अ॒ङ्ग वि॑द्रे मि॒थो ज॒नित्र॑म् ॥
नकिर्ह्येषां जनूंषि वेद ते अङ्ग विद्रे मिथो जनित्रम् ॥
nakir hy eṣāṃ janūṃṣi veda te aṅga vidre mitho janitram ||
English translation:
“No one indeed knows their origin, they alone respectively know their birth.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vasiṣṭhaḥ [vasiṣṭha];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): marūtaḥ;
Chandas (meter): bhurigārcīgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
नकिः॑ । हि । ए॒षा॒म् । ज॒नूंषि॑ । वेदे॑ । ते । अ॒ङ्ग । वि॒द्रे॒ । मि॒थः । ज॒नित्र॑म् ॥
नकिः । हि । एषाम् । जनूंषि । वेदे । ते । अङ्ग । विद्रे । मिथः । जनित्रम् ॥
nakiḥ | hi | eṣām | janūṃṣi | vede | te | aṅga | vidre | mithaḥ | janitram
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 7.56.2 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“not.”
[adverb]
“because; indeed; for; therefore; hi [word].”
[noun], genitive, plural, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“birth.”
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
“know; diagnose; perceive; know; accord; notice; deem; mind; learn; specify; watch; recognize; detect; call.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[adverb]
“in truth; aṅga [word]; entirely; merely.”
[verb], plural, Perfect indicative
“know; diagnose; perceive; know; accord; notice; deem; mind; learn; specify; watch; recognize; detect; call.”
[adverb]
“together; mutually; alternately.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“birthplace; parent.”