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 7.72.4

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

वि चेदु॒च्छन्त्य॑श्विना उ॒षास॒: प्र वां॒ ब्रह्मा॑णि का॒रवो॑ भरन्ते । ऊ॒र्ध्वं भा॒नुं स॑वि॒ता दे॒वो अ॑श्रेद्बृ॒हद॒ग्नय॑: स॒मिधा॑ जरन्ते ॥
वि चेदुच्छन्त्यश्विना उषासः प्र वां ब्रह्माणि कारवो भरन्ते । ऊर्ध्वं भानुं सविता देवो अश्रेद्बृहदग्नयः समिधा जरन्ते ॥
vi ced ucchanty aśvinā uṣāsaḥ pra vām brahmāṇi kāravo bharante | ūrdhvam bhānuṃ savitā devo aśred bṛhad agnayaḥ samidhā jarante ||

English translation:

“When the dawns arise, your worshippers, Aśvins, profer you praises; the divine Savitā casts hissplendours on high; the fires, with their (kindled) fuel, greatly glorify you.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

वि । च॒ । इत् । उ॒च्छन्ति॑ । अ॒श्वि॒नौ॒ । उ॒षसः॑ । प्र । वा॒म् । ब्रह्मा॑णि । का॒रवः॑ । भ॒र॒न्ते॒ । ऊ॒र्ध्वम् । भा॒नुम् । स॒वि॒ता । दे॒वः । अ॒श्रे॒त् । बृ॒हत् । अ॒ग्नयः॑ । स॒म्ऽइधा॑ । ज॒र॒न्ते॒ ॥
वि । च । इत् । उच्छन्ति । अश्विनौ । उषसः । प्र । वाम् । ब्रह्माणि । कारवः । भरन्ते । ऊर्ध्वम् । भानुम् । सविता । देवः । अश्रेत् । बृहत् । अग्नयः । सम्इधा । जरन्ते ॥
vi | ca | it | ucchanti | aśvinau | uṣasaḥ | pra | vām | brahmāṇi | kāravaḥ | bharante | ūrdhvam | bhānum | savitā | devaḥ | aśret | bṛhat | agnayaḥ | sam-idhā | jarante

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 7.72.4 English analysis of grammar]

vi

[adverb]

“apart; away; away.”

ced

[adverb]

“if; once [when].”

ucchanty < ucchanti < vas

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“dawn; shine.”

aśvinā < aśvinau < aśvin

[noun], vocative, dual, masculine

“Asvins; two.”

uṣāsaḥ < uṣas

[noun], nominative, plural, feminine

“Ushas; dawn; uṣas [word]; morning.”

pra

[adverb]

“towards; ahead.”

vām < tvad

[noun], genitive, dual

“you.”

brahmāṇi < brahman

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“brahman; mantra; prayer; spell; Veda; Brahmin; sacred text; final emancipation; hymn; brahman [word]; Brāhmaṇa; study.”

kāravo < kāravaḥ < kāru

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“poet; singer.”

bharante < bhṛ

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“bring; hold; fill; support; wear; possess; carry; nourish; keep; hire; have; satiate; follow; bear.”

ūrdhvam < ūrdhva

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“upper; up(a); upper; upward; erect; more(a); raised; ūrdhva [word]; acclivitous; overturned; loud; eminent; high.”

bhānuṃ < bhānum < bhānu

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“sun; Surya; Calotropis gigantea Beng.; sunbeam; beam; luminosity; copper; light; twelve; appearance; Bhānu; flare.”

savitā < savitṛ

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“Savitar; sun; Surya; Savitṛ.”

devo < devaḥ < deva

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

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

aśred < aśret < śri

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

“situate; dwell; go; lurk; reach; rear; repose; cling to.”

bṛhad < bṛhat

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“large; great; loud; high; much(a); exalted; abundant; intensive; strong; huge.”

agnayaḥ < agni

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

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

samidhā < samidh

[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine

“firewood; kindling; fuel; fire.”

jarante < jṛ

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“sing.”

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