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 7.87.5
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
ति॒स्रो द्यावो॒ निहि॑ता अ॒न्तर॑स्मिन्ति॒स्रो भूमी॒रुप॑रा॒: षड्वि॑धानाः । गृत्सो॒ राजा॒ वरु॑णश्चक्र ए॒तं दि॒वि प्रे॒ङ्खं हि॑र॒ण्ययं॑ शु॒भे कम् ॥
तिस्रो द्यावो निहिता अन्तरस्मिन्तिस्रो भूमीरुपराः षड्विधानाः । गृत्सो राजा वरुणश्चक्र एतं दिवि प्रेङ्खं हिरण्ययं शुभे कम् ॥
tisro dyāvo nihitā antar asmin tisro bhūmīr uparāḥ ṣaḍvidhānāḥ | gṛtso rājā varuṇaś cakra etaṃ divi preṅkhaṃ hiraṇyayaṃ śubhe kam ||
English translation:
“In him are deposited the three heavens, the three earths with their six seasons are shown in him; themost adorable, royal Varuṇa has made this golden sun undulating in the sky, he has made it to diffuse light.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Thethree earths: best, middle most, worst; tisro bhūmīrdhārayan cf. RV. 2.027.08: trayo vā ime trivṛto lokāḥ(Aitareya Brāhmaṇa 2.17); he has made it to diffuse light: śubhe kam = dīptyartham;
Kam = sukham
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vasiṣṭhaḥ [vasiṣṭha];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): varuṇaḥ;
Chandas (meter): ārṣītriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
ति॒स्रः । द्यावः॑ । निऽहि॑ताः । अ॒न्तः । अ॒स्मि॒न् । ति॒स्रः । भूमिः॑ । उप॑राः । षट्ऽवि॑धानाः । गृत्सः॑ । राजा॑ । वरु॑णः । च॒क्रे॒ । ए॒तम् । दि॒वि । प्र॒ऽई॒ङ्खम् । हि॒र॒ण्यय॑म् । शु॒भे । कम् ॥
तिस्रः । द्यावः । निहिताः । अन्तः । अस्मिन् । तिस्रः । भूमिः । उपराः । षट्विधानाः । गृत्सः । राजा । वरुणः । चक्रे । एतम् । दिवि । प्रईङ्खम् । हिरण्ययम् । शुभे । कम् ॥
tisraḥ | dyāvaḥ | ni-hitāḥ | antaḥ | asmin | tisraḥ | bhūmiḥ | uparāḥ | ṣaṭ-vidhānāḥ | gṛtsaḥ | rājā | varuṇaḥ | cakre | etam | divi | pra-īṅkham | hiraṇyayam | śubhe | kam
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 7.87.5 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“three; tri/tisṛ [word].”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”
[verb noun], nominative, plural
“put; fill into; stow; insert; ignite; insert; add; put on; establish; keep down.”
[adverb]
“inside; in; antar [word]; midmost; between; among.”
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“three; tri/tisṛ [word].”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“floor; earth; Earth; real property; region; pṛthivī; location; Earth; place; bhūja; floor; pit; bhūmi [word]; one; hole; shop; distance; country; space; land; territory; topographic point.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“later(a); future(a); nether.”
[noun]
“six; ṣaṣ; sixth; ṣaṣ [word].”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“method; treatment; preparation; ritual; rule; formulation; means; manner; administration; performance; act.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“apt; deft.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“king; Kshatriya; rājan [word]; best; rājāvarta; Yakṣa.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Varuna; varuṇa [word]; Crataeva religiosa Forst.; Varuṇa; varuṇādi.”
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
“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.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); etad [word].”
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“swing.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“gold; aureate; hiraṇyaya [word].”
[verb noun]
“look; shine; beautify.”
[adverb]
“kaṃ [word].”