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 7.75.4
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
ए॒षा स्या यु॑जा॒ना प॑रा॒कात्पञ्च॑ क्षि॒तीः परि॑ स॒द्यो जि॑गाति । अ॒भि॒पश्य॑न्ती व॒युना॒ जना॑नां दि॒वो दु॑हि॒ता भुव॑नस्य॒ पत्नी॑ ॥
एषा स्या युजाना पराकात्पञ्च क्षितीः परि सद्यो जिगाति । अभिपश्यन्ती वयुना जनानां दिवो दुहिता भुवनस्य पत्नी ॥
eṣā syā yujānā parākāt pañca kṣitīḥ pari sadyo jigāti | abhipaśyantī vayunā janānāṃ divo duhitā bhuvanasya patnī ||
English translation:
“Exerting herself, she approaches rapidly from afar (to give light) to the five classes of men, witnessingthe thoughts of men, the daughter of heaven, the benefactress of living beings.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vasiṣṭhaḥ [vasiṣṭha];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): uṣāḥ ;
Chandas (meter): virāṭtrisṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
ए॒षा । स्या । यु॒जा॒ना । प॒रा॒कात् । पञ्च॑ । क्षि॒तीः । परि॑ । स॒द्यः । जि॒गा॒ति॒ । अ॒भि॒ऽपश्य॑न्ती । व॒युना॑ । जना॑नाम् । दि॒वः । दु॒हि॒ता । भुव॑नस्य । पत्नी॑ ॥
एषा । स्या । युजाना । पराकात् । पञ्च । क्षितीः । परि । सद्यः । जिगाति । अभिपश्यन्ती । वयुना । जनानाम् । दिवः । दुहिता । भुवनस्य । पत्नी ॥
eṣā | syā | yujānā | parākāt | pañca | kṣitīḥ | pari | sadyaḥ | jigāti | abhi-paśyantī | vayunā | janānām | divaḥ | duhitā | bhuvanasya | patnī
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 7.75.4 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); etad [word].”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“that.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“mix; use; endow; yoke; accompany; to practice Yoga; connect; hire; administer; compound; affect; add; concentrate; unite; join; prosecute; combine; supply; compound; attach to; appoint; fill; process; mobilize; mount; complement; eat; join; treat; coincide; affect; challenge.”
[noun], ablative, singular, neuter
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
“five; fifth; pañcan [word].”
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
“floor; Earth; earth; pṛthivī; people; dwelling; battlefield; Earth; estate; colony; house.”
[adverb]
“from; about; around.”
[adverb]
“immediately; just; daily; sadyas [word].”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“go; enter (a state); arrive.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“examine.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“convention; custom; means.”
[noun], genitive, plural, masculine
“people; national; man; relative; jan; Janaloka; person; jana [word]; man; attendant; Jana; foreigner; inhabitant; group.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“daughter; duhitṛ [word].”
[noun], genitive, singular, neuter
“Earth; being; world; bhuvana [word].”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“wife; mistress; queen.”