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 7.78.2
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
प्रति॑ षीम॒ग्निर्ज॑रते॒ समि॑द्ध॒: प्रति॒ विप्रा॑सो म॒तिभि॑र्गृ॒णन्त॑: । उ॒षा या॑ति॒ ज्योति॑षा॒ बाध॑माना॒ विश्वा॒ तमां॑सि दुरि॒ताप॑ दे॒वी ॥
प्रति षीमग्निर्जरते समिद्धः प्रति विप्रासो मतिभिर्गृणन्तः । उषा याति ज्योतिषा बाधमाना विश्वा तमांसि दुरिताप देवी ॥
prati ṣīm agnir jarate samiddhaḥ prati viprāso matibhir gṛṇantaḥ | uṣā yāti jyotiṣā bādhamānā viśvā tamāṃsi duritāpa devī ||
English translation:
“The kindled fire increases everywhere, (and) the priests, glorifying (the dawn) with hymns; the divineUṣas comes, driving away all the evil glooms by her lustre.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vasiṣṭhaḥ [vasiṣṭha];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): uṣāḥ ;
Chandas (meter): triṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
प्रति॑ । सी॒म् । अ॒ग्निः । ज॒र॒ते॒ । सम्ऽइ॑द्धः । प्रति॑ । विप्रा॑सः । म॒तिऽभिः॑ । गृ॒णन्तः॑ । उ॒षाः । या॒ति॒ । ज्योति॑षा । बाध॑माना । विश्वा॑ । तमां॑सि । दुः॒ऽइ॒ता । अप॑ । दे॒वी ॥
प्रति । सीम् । अग्निः । जरते । सम्इद्धः । प्रति । विप्रासः । मतिभिः । गृणन्तः । उषाः । याति । ज्योतिषा । बाधमाना । विश्वा । तमांसि । दुःइता । अप । देवी ॥
prati | sīm | agniḥ | jarate | sam-iddhaḥ | prati | viprāsaḥ | mati-bhiḥ | gṛṇantaḥ | uṣāḥ | yāti | jyotiṣā | bādhamānā | viśvā | tamāṃsi | duḥ-itā | apa | devī
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 7.78.2 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“towards; per; regarding; respectively; according to; until.”
[adverb]
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“jṛ; digest; age; cook; boil down; decay; decay; ripen.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“kindle; blaze.”
[adverb]
“towards; per; regarding; respectively; according to; until.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“Brahmin; poet; singer; priest; guru; Vipra.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, feminine
“intelligence; decision; mind; hymn; purpose; idea; opinion; belief; desire; wish; conviction; plan; devotion.”
[verb noun], nominative, plural
“praise.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“Ushas; dawn; uṣas [word]; morning.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“go; enter (a state); travel; disappear; reach; come; campaign; elapse; arrive; drive; reach; leave; run; depart; ride.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter
“light; star; luminosity; fire; jyotis [word]; digestion; planet; light; sunlight.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“afflict; annoy; chase away; tease; grieve; irritate.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“dark; darkness; Tamas; tamas [word]; faint; tamas; gloom; ignorance.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“danger; sin; difficulty; difficulty; evil.”
[adverb]
“away.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“Parvati; queen; goddess; Devi.”