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 7.76.1

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

उदु॒ ज्योति॑र॒मृतं॑ वि॒श्वज॑न्यं वि॒श्वान॑रः सवि॒ता दे॒वो अ॑श्रेत् । क्रत्वा॑ दे॒वाना॑मजनिष्ट॒ चक्षु॑रा॒विर॑क॒र्भुव॑नं॒ विश्व॑मु॒षाः ॥
उदु ज्योतिरमृतं विश्वजन्यं विश्वानरः सविता देवो अश्रेत् । क्रत्वा देवानामजनिष्ट चक्षुराविरकर्भुवनं विश्वमुषाः ॥
ud u jyotir amṛtaṃ viśvajanyaṃ viśvānaraḥ savitā devo aśret | kratvā devānām ajaniṣṭa cakṣur āvir akar bhuvanaṃ viśvam uṣāḥ ||

English translation:

“The divine Savitā, the leader of all, sends upwards the immortal, all- benefiting light; the eye of thegods has been manifested for (the celebration of) religious rites; the Dawn has made all creatures visible.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

उत् । ऊँ॒ इति॑ । ज्योतिः॑ । अ॒मृत॑म् । वि॒श्वऽज॑न्यम् । वि॒श्वान॑रः । स॒वि॒ता । दे॒वः । अ॒श्रे॒त् । क्रत्वा॑ । दे॒वाना॑म् । अ॒ज॒नि॒ष्ट॒ । चक्षुः॑ । आ॒विः । अ॒कः॒ । भुव॑नम् । विश्व॑म् । उ॒षाः ॥
उत् । ऊँ इति । ज्योतिः । अमृतम् । विश्वजन्यम् । विश्वानरः । सविता । देवः । अश्रेत् । क्रत्वा । देवानाम् । अजनिष्ट । चक्षुः । आविः । अकः । भुवनम् । विश्वम् । उषाः ॥
ut | oṃ iti | jyotiḥ | amṛtam | viśva-janyam | viśvānaraḥ | savitā | devaḥ | aśret | kratvā | devānām | ajaniṣṭa | cakṣuḥ | āviḥ | akaḥ | bhuvanam | viśvam | uṣāḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 7.76.1 English analysis of grammar]

ud

[adverb]

“up.”

u

[adverb]

“ukāra; besides; now; indeed; u.”

jyotir < jyotiḥ < jyotis

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“light; star; luminosity; fire; jyotis [word]; digestion; planet; light; sunlight.”

amṛtaṃ < amṛtam < amṛta

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“immortal; amṛta; imperishable.”

viśvajanyaṃ < viśvajanyam < viśvajanya

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“omnipresent; worldwide.”

viśvānaraḥ < viśvānara

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

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.”

aśret < śri

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

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

kratvā < kratu

[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine

“yajña; decision; plan; deliberation; intelligence; Kratu; will; kratu [word]; desire; resoluteness; ritual.”

devānām < deva

[noun], genitive, plural, masculine

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

ajaniṣṭa < jan

[verb], singular, Athematic is aor. (Ind.)

“become; originate; be born; transform; happen; result; grow; beget; produce; create; conceive; separate; cause; give birth; grow; produce; generate; be; become; arise; come on.”

cakṣur < cakṣuḥ < cakṣus

[noun], nominative, singular, neuter

“eye; look; visual perception; cakṣus [word]; sight.”

āvir < āvis

[adverb]

“openly; obviously.”

akar < akaḥ < kṛ

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

“make; perform; cause; produce; shape; construct; do; put; fill into; use; fuel; transform; bore; act; write; create; prepare; administer; dig; prepare; treat; take effect; add; trace; put on; process; treat; heed; hire; act; produce; assume; eat; ignite; chop; treat; obey; manufacture; appoint; evacuate; choose; understand; insert; happen; envelop; weigh; observe; practice; lend; bring; duplicate; plant; kṛ; concentrate; mix; knot; join; take; provide; utter; compose.”

bhuvanaṃ < bhuvanam < bhuvana

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“Earth; being; world; bhuvana [word].”

viśvam < viśva

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

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

uṣāḥ < uṣas

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“Ushas; dawn; uṣas [word]; morning.”

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