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 7.67.2

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अशो॑च्य॒ग्निः स॑मिधा॒नो अ॒स्मे उपो॑ अदृश्र॒न्तम॑सश्चि॒दन्ता॑: । अचे॑ति के॒तुरु॒षस॑: पु॒रस्ता॑च्छ्रि॒ये दि॒वो दु॑हि॒तुर्जाय॑मानः ॥
अशोच्यग्निः समिधानो अस्मे उपो अदृश्रन्तमसश्चिदन्ताः । अचेति केतुरुषसः पुरस्ताच्छ्रिये दिवो दुहितुर्जायमानः ॥
aśocy agniḥ samidhāno asme upo adṛśran tamasaś cid antāḥ | aceti ketur uṣasaḥ purastāc chriye divo duhitur jāyamānaḥ ||

English translation:

“Kindled by us, Agni blazes, the extremities of the darkness are seen near at hand, the banner (of thesun) is perceived rising with the glory on the east of the dawn, the daughter of heaven.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अशो॑चि । अ॒ग्निः । स॒म्ऽइ॒धा॒नः । अ॒स्मे इति॑ । उपो॒ इति॑ । अ॒दृ॒श्र॒न् । तम॑सः । चि॒त् । अन्ताः॑ । अचे॑ति । के॒तुः । उ॒षसः॑ । पु॒रस्ता॑त् । श्रि॒ये । दि॒वः । दु॒हि॒तुः । जाय॑मानः ॥
अशोचि । अग्निः । सम्इधानः । अस्मे इति । उपो इति । अदृश्रन् । तमसः । चित् । अन्ताः । अचेति । केतुः । उषसः । पुरस्तात् । श्रिये । दिवः । दुहितुः । जायमानः ॥
aśoci | agniḥ | sam-idhānaḥ | asme iti | upo iti | adṛśran | tamasaḥ | cit | antāḥ | aceti | ketuḥ | uṣasaḥ | purastāt | śriye | d ivaḥ | duhituḥ | jāyamānaḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 7.67.2 English analysis of grammar]

aśocy < aśoci < śuc

[verb], singular, Aorist passive

“mourn; grieve; flame; glow; burn; repent.”

agniḥ < agni

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”

samidhāno < samidhānaḥ < samindh < √indh

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“kindle; blaze.”

asme < mad

[noun], locative, plural

“I; mine.”

upo < upa

[adverb]

“towards; on; next.”

upo < u

[adverb]

“ukāra; besides; now; indeed; u.”

adṛśran < dṛś

[verb], plural, Root aorist (Ind.)

“see; observe; view; visit; look; learn; meet; read; teach; examine; watch; see; notice; perceive; diagnose; travel to; show; detect; know; know; understand; understand; follow.”

tamasaś < tamasaḥ < tamas

[noun], genitive, singular, neuter

“dark; darkness; Tamas; tamas [word]; faint; tamas; gloom; ignorance.”

cid < cit

[adverb]

“even; indeed.”

antāḥ < anta

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“end; last syllable; end; end; boundary; inside; border; death; anta [word]; edge; end; shore; limit; region; outskirt; destruction; boundary; limit; anta; termination; corner; conclusion; hem; end; ant; edge.”

aceti < cit

[verb], singular, Aorist passive

“notice; observe; attend to; intend.”

ketur < ketuḥ < ketu

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“banner; ketu; sunbeam; enemy; sign; Premna spinosa Roxb.; comet; signal; signal; luminosity.”

uṣasaḥ < uṣas

[noun], genitive, singular, feminine

“Ushas; dawn; uṣas [word]; morning.”

purastācchriye < purastāt

[adverb]

“ahead; eastward; earlier; above; above.”

purastācchriye < śriye < śrī

[noun], dative, singular, feminine

“mister; Ms.; Lakshmi; good fortune; well-being; magnificence; glory; beauty; Aegle marmelos (Linn.) Correa; dignity; power; śrī [word]; śrī; prosperity; auspiciousness.”

divo < divaḥ < div

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

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

duhitur < duhituḥ < duhitṛ

[noun], genitive, singular, feminine

“daughter; duhitṛ [word].”

jāyamānaḥ < jan

[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.”

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