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 7.62.1
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
उत्सूर्यो॑ बृ॒हद॒र्चींष्य॑श्रेत्पु॒रु विश्वा॒ जनि॑म॒ मानु॑षाणाम् । स॒मो दि॒वा द॑दृशे॒ रोच॑मान॒: क्रत्वा॑ कृ॒तः सुकृ॑तः क॒र्तृभि॑र्भूत् ॥
उत्सूर्यो बृहदर्चींष्यश्रेत्पुरु विश्वा जनिम मानुषाणाम् । समो दिवा ददृशे रोचमानः क्रत्वा कृतः सुकृतः कर्तृभिर्भूत् ॥
ut sūryo bṛhad arcīṃṣy aśret puru viśvā janima mānuṣāṇām | samo divā dadṛśe rocamānaḥ kratvā kṛtaḥ sukṛtaḥ kartṛbhir bhūt ||
English translation:
“Sūrya spreads his vast and numerous rays over all the crowds of men; shining bright by day, he isbeheld (by all) the same, the creator, the created, he is glorified by his worshippers.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
The creator: kratvā kṛtaḥ= sarvasya kartā prajāpatinā sam;pāditaḥ, the maker of all produced by Prajāpati
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vasiṣṭhaḥ [vasiṣṭha];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): sūryaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): virāṭtrisṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
उत् । सू॒र्यः॑ । बृ॒हत् । अ॒र्चींषि॑ । अ॒श्रे॒त् । पु॒रु । विश्वा॑ । जनि॑म । मानु॑षाणाम् । स॒मः । दि॒वा । द॒दृ॒शे॒ । रोच॑मानः । क्रत्वा॑ । कृ॒तः । सुऽकृ॑तः । क॒र्तृऽभिः॑ । भू॒त् ॥
उत् । सूर्यः । बृहत् । अर्चींषि । अश्रेत् । पुरु । विश्वा । जनिम । मानुषाणाम् । समः । दिवा । ददृशे । रोचमानः । क्रत्वा । कृतः । सुकृतः । कर्तृभिः । भूत् ॥
ut | sūryaḥ | bṛhat | arcīṃṣi | aśret | puru | viśvā | janima | mānuṣāṇām | samaḥ | divā | dadṛśe | rocamānaḥ | kratvā | kṛtaḥ | su-kṛtaḥ | kartṛ-bhiḥ | bhūt
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 7.62.1 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“up.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“sun; Surya; sūrya [word]; right nostril; twelve; Calotropis gigantea Beng.; sūryakānta; sunlight; best.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“large; great; loud; high; much(a); exalted; abundant; intensive; strong; huge.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“fire; flare; light; beam; gleam; shininess.”
[verb], singular, Root aorist (Ind.)
“situate; dwell; go; lurk; reach; rear; repose; cling to.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“many; much(a); very.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“birth; offspring; origin; kind; being.”
[noun], genitive, plural, masculine
“man; man.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“like; like; alike(p); level; symmetrical; balanced; average; same; regular; impartial; imperturbable; even; sama [word]; every(a); accurate; identical; fair; equal; synonymous; changeless; whole; exact; calm; straight; even; wide.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine
“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
“see; observe; view; visit; look; learn; meet; read; teach; examine; watch; see; notice; perceive; diagnose; travel to; show; detect; know; know; understand; understand; follow.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“please; shine.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine
“yajña; decision; plan; deliberation; intelligence; Kratu; will; kratu [word]; desire; resoluteness; ritual.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“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.”
[adverb]
“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“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], instrumental, plural, masculine
“agens; actor; creator; active voice; kartṛ [word]; reflexivity; writer; subject.”
[verb], singular, Aorist inj. (proh.)
“become; be; originate; transform; happen; result; exist; be born; be; be; come to life; grow; elapse; come to mind; thrive; become; impend; show; conceive; understand; stand; constitute; serve; apply; behave.”