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 7.64.1
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
दि॒वि क्षय॑न्ता॒ रज॑सः पृथि॒व्यां प्र वां॑ घृ॒तस्य॑ नि॒र्णिजो॑ ददीरन् । ह॒व्यं नो॑ मि॒त्रो अ॑र्य॒मा सुजा॑तो॒ राजा॑ सुक्ष॒त्रो वरु॑णो जुषन्त ॥
दिवि क्षयन्ता रजसः पृथिव्यां प्र वां घृतस्य निर्णिजो ददीरन् । हव्यं नो मित्रो अर्यमा सुजातो राजा सुक्षत्रो वरुणो जुषन्त ॥
divi kṣayantā rajasaḥ pṛthivyām pra vāṃ ghṛtasya nirṇijo dadīran | havyaṃ no mitro aryamā sujāto rājā sukṣatro varuṇo juṣanta ||
English translation:
“Ruling over the water that are in heaven and earth, impelled by you, (the clouds) assume the form ofrain may the auspiciously manifested Mitra, the royal Aryaman, the powerul Varuṇa, accept our oblatioṇ”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Impelled by you the clouds: pra vām ghṛtasya nirṇijo dadīran = yuvābhyām preritā meghā udakasyarūpāṇi prayacchanti, impelled by you the clouds give the forms of water; or, ghṛta keeps its ordinary sense,the forms of butter, i.e., oblations, are given to you
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vasiṣṭhaḥ [vasiṣṭha];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): mitrāvaruṇau ;
Chandas (meter): triṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
दि॒वि । क्षय॑न्ता । रज॑सः । पृ॒थि॒व्याम् । प्र । वा॒म् । घृ॒तस्य॑ । निः॒ऽनिजः॑ । द॒दी॒र॒न् । ह॒व्यम् । नः॒ । मि॒त्रः । अ॒र्य॒मा । सुऽजा॑तः । राजा॑ । सु॒ऽक्ष॒त्रः । वरु॑णः । जु॒ष॒न्त॒ ॥
दिवि । क्षयन्ता । रजसः । पृथिव्याम् । प्र । वाम् । घृतस्य । निःनिजः । ददीरन् । हव्यम् । नः । मित्रः । अर्यमा । सुजातः । राजा । सुक्षत्रः । वरुणः । जुषन्त ॥
divi | kṣayantā | rajasaḥ | pṛthivyām | pra | vām | ghṛtasya | niḥ-nijaḥ | dadīran | havyam | naḥ | mitraḥ | aryamā | su-jātaḥ | rājā | su-kṣatraḥ | varuṇaḥ | juṣanta
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 7.64.1 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”
[verb noun], nominative, dual
“decrease; emaciate; vanish; kill; wane; destroy; run down; elapse; lose; lose; gasify; decline; decay; corrupt.”
[noun], genitive, singular, neuter
“powder; menorrhea; dust; Rajas; atmosphere; rajas; pollen; passion; rajas [word]; sindūra; rust; tin; impurity; dark; sky.”
[noun], locative, singular, feminine
“Earth; pṛthivī; floor; Earth; earth; pṛthivī [word]; land.”
[adverb]
“towards; ahead.”
[noun], dative, dual
“you.”
[noun], genitive, singular, neuter
“ghee; fat.”
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
“attire; garment.”
[verb], plural, Present optative
“give; add; perform; put; administer; fill into; give; ignite; put on; offer; use; fuel; pour; grant; feed; teach; construct; insert; drip; wrap; pay; hand over; lend; inflict; concentrate; sacrifice; splint; poultice; create.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“Havya; offering; havya [word].”
[noun], genitive, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“friend; Mitra; mitra [word]; sun; ally.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Aryaman; aryaman [word]; sun.”
[adverb]
“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“become; originate; be born; transform; happen; result; grow; beget; produce; create; conceive; separate; cause; give birth; grow; produce; generate; be; become; arise; come on.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“king; Kshatriya; rājan [word]; best; rājāvarta; Yakṣa.”
[adverb]
“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Kshatriya; dominion; Kshatriya; kṣatra [word]; power.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Varuna; varuṇa [word]; Crataeva religiosa Forst.; Varuṇa; varuṇādi.”
[verb], plural, Present injunctive
“enjoy; endow; possess; frequent; accompany; induce; consume; approve; affect; attend; befit; blend; contract.”