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 7.66.14

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

उदु॒ त्यद्द॑र्श॒तं वपु॑र्दि॒व ए॑ति प्रतिह्व॒रे । यदी॑मा॒शुर्वह॑ति दे॒व एत॑शो॒ विश्व॑स्मै॒ चक्ष॑से॒ अर॑म् ॥
उदु त्यद्दर्शतं वपुर्दिव एति प्रतिह्वरे । यदीमाशुर्वहति देव एतशो विश्वस्मै चक्षसे अरम् ॥
ud u tyad darśataṃ vapur diva eti pratihvare | yad īm āśur vahati deva etaśo viśvasmai cakṣase aram ||

English translation:

“That beautiful orb (of the sun) rises on the near margin of the sky as the swift, divine, white-coloured(steed) bears it along for the beholding of all men.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

उत् । ऊँ॒ इति॑ । त्यत् । द॒र्श॒तम् । वपुः॑ । दि॒वः । ए॒ति॒ । प्र॒ति॒ऽह्व॒रे । यत् । ई॒म् । आ॒शुः । वह॑ति । दे॒वः । एत॑शः । विश्व॑स्मै । चक्ष॑से । अर॑म् ॥
उत् । ऊँ इति । त्यत् । दर्शतम् । वपुः । दिवः । एति । प्रतिह्वरे । यत् । ईम् । आशुः । वहति । देवः । एतशः । विश्वस्मै । चक्षसे । अरम् ॥
ut | oṃ iti | tyat | darśatam | vapuḥ | divaḥ | eti | prati-hvare | yat | īm | āśuḥ | vahati | devaḥ | etaśaḥ | viśvasmai | cakṣase | aram

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 7.66.14 English analysis of grammar]

ud

[adverb]

“up.”

u

[adverb]

“ukāra; besides; now; indeed; u.”

tyad < tya

[noun], nominative, singular, neuter

“that.”

darśataṃ < darśatam < darśata

[noun], nominative, singular, neuter

“beautiful; visible; beautiful.”

vapur < vapuḥ < vapus

[noun], nominative, singular, neuter

“body; form; miracle; human body; beauty; look; spectacle; figure; embodiment.”

diva < divaḥ < div

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”

eti < i

[verb], singular, Present indikative

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

pratihvare < pratihvara

[noun], locative, singular, masculine

yad < yat

[adverb]

“once [when]; because; that; if; how.”

īm < īṃ

[adverb]

āśur < āśuḥ < āśu

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“quick; fast; immediate; agile.”

vahati < vah

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“transport; bring; marry; run; drive; vāhay; drive; run; pull; nirvāpay; blow; transport; discharge; assume; remove.”

deva < devaḥ < deva

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“divine.”

etaśo < etaśaḥ < etaśa

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“Etaśa; horse.”

viśvasmai < viśva

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

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

cakṣase < cakṣ

[verb noun]

“watch; look.”

aram

[adverb]

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