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 7.61.1

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

उद्वां॒ चक्षु॑र्वरुण सु॒प्रती॑कं दे॒वयो॑रेति॒ सूर्य॑स्तत॒न्वान् । अ॒भि यो विश्वा॒ भुव॑नानि॒ चष्टे॒ स म॒न्युं मर्त्ये॒ष्वा चि॑केत ॥
उद्वां चक्षुर्वरुण सुप्रतीकं देवयोरेति सूर्यस्ततन्वान् । अभि यो विश्वा भुवनानि चष्टे स मन्युं मर्त्येष्वा चिकेत ॥
ud vāṃ cakṣur varuṇa supratīkaṃ devayor eti sūryas tatanvān | abhi yo viśvā bhuvanāni caṣṭe sa manyum martyeṣv ā ciketa ||

English translation:

“Spreading arond the beautiful light, Mitra and Varuṇa, of you two divinities, Sūrya rises; he whobeholds all existing beings apprehends the acts of mortals.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vasiṣṭhaḥ [vasiṣṭha];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): mitrāvaruṇau ;
Chandas (meter): bhurikpaṅkti ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

उत् । वा॒म् । चक्षुः॑ । व॒रु॒णा॒ । सु॒ऽप्रती॑कम् । दे॒वयोः॑ । ए॒ति॒ । सूर्यः॑ । त॒त॒न्वान् । अ॒भि । यः । विश्वा॑ । भुव॑नानि । च॒ष्टे॒ । सः । म॒न्युम् । मर्त्ये॑षु । आ । चि॒के॒त॒ ॥
उत् । वाम् । चक्षुः । वरुणा । सुप्रतीकम् । देवयोः । एति । सूर्यः । ततन्वान् । अभि । यः । विश्वा । भुवनानि । चष्टे । सः । मन्युम् । मर्त्येषु । आ । चिकेत ॥
ut | vām | cakṣuḥ | varuṇā | su-pratīkam | devayoḥ | eti | sūryaḥ | tatanvān | abhi | yaḥ | viśvā | bhuvanāni | caṣṭe | saḥ | manyum | martyeṣu | ā | ciketa

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 7.61.1 English analysis of grammar]

ud

[adverb]

“up.”

vāṃ < vām < tvad

[noun], genitive, dual

“you.”

cakṣur < cakṣuḥ < cakṣus

[noun], nominative, singular, neuter

“eye; look; visual perception; cakṣus [word]; sight.”

varuṇa

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“Varuna; varuṇa [word]; Crataeva religiosa Forst.; Varuṇa; varuṇādi.”

supratīkaṃ < su

[adverb]

“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”

supratīkaṃ < pratīkam < pratīka

[noun], nominative, singular, neuter

“face; surface.”

devayor < devayoḥ < deva

[noun], genitive, dual, masculine

“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”

eti < i

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“go; travel; enter (a state); return; walk; continue; reach; ask.”

sūryas < sūryaḥ < sūrya

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“sun; Surya; sūrya [word]; right nostril; twelve; Calotropis gigantea Beng.; sūryakānta; sunlight; best.”

tatanvān < tan

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“expand; perform; cause; increase; write; spread; produce; spread; speak; propagate.”

abhi

[adverb]

“towards; on.”

yo < yaḥ < yad

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

viśvā < viśva

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”

bhuvanāni < bhuvana

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“Earth; being; world; bhuvana [word].”

caṣṭe < cakṣ

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“watch; look.”

sa

[adverb]

“with; little; together.”

manyum < manyu

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“anger; fury; rage; wrath.”

martyeṣv < martyeṣu < martya

[noun], locative, plural, masculine

“man; people; martya [word]; Earth.”

ā

[adverb]

“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”

ciketa < cit

[verb], singular, Perfect indicative

“notice; observe; attend to; intend.”

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