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 7.88.1
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
प्र शु॒न्ध्युवं॒ वरु॑णाय॒ प्रेष्ठां॑ म॒तिं व॑सिष्ठ मी॒ळ्हुषे॑ भरस्व । य ई॑म॒र्वाञ्चं॒ कर॑ते॒ यज॑त्रं स॒हस्रा॑मघं॒ वृष॑णं बृ॒हन्त॑म् ॥
प्र शुन्ध्युवं वरुणाय प्रेष्ठां मतिं वसिष्ठ मीळ्हुषे भरस्व । य ईमर्वाञ्चं करते यजत्रं सहस्रामघं वृषणं बृहन्तम् ॥
pra śundhyuvaṃ varuṇāya preṣṭhām matiṃ vasiṣṭha mīḻhuṣe bharasva | ya īm arvāñcaṃ karate yajatraṃ sahasrāmaghaṃ vṛṣaṇam bṛhantam ||
English translation:
“Offer pure and acceptable praise, Vasiṣṭha to the showerer, Varuṇa, he who makes the adorable(sun), the donor of thousands, the showerer (of benefits), the vast, manifest before (us).”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vasiṣṭhaḥ [vasiṣṭha];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): varuṇaḥ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
प्र । शु॒न्ध्युव॑म् । वरु॑णाय । प्रेष्ठा॑म् । म॒तिम् । व॒सि॒ष्ठ॒ । मी॒ळ्हुषे॑ । भ॒र॒स्व॒ । यः । ई॒म् । अ॒र्वाञ्च॑म् । कर॑ते । यज॑त्रम् । स॒हस्र॑ऽमघम् । वृष॑णम् । बृ॒हन्त॑म् ॥
प्र । शुन्ध्युवम् । वरुणाय । प्रेष्ठाम् । मतिम् । वसिष्ठ । मीळ्हुषे । भरस्व । यः । ईम् । अर्वाञ्चम् । करते । यजत्रम् । सहस्रमघम् । वृषणम् । बृहन्तम् ॥
pra | śundhyuvam | varuṇāya | preṣṭhām | matim | vasiṣṭha | mīḷhuṣe | bharasva | yaḥ | īm | arvāñcam | karate | yajatram | sahasra-magham | vṛṣaṇam | bṛhantam
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 7.88.1 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“towards; ahead.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“fine-looking; beautiful.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“Varuna; varuṇa [word]; Crataeva religiosa Forst.; Varuṇa; varuṇādi.”
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
“dearest.”
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
“intelligence; decision; mind; hymn; purpose; idea; opinion; belief; desire; wish; conviction; plan; devotion.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Vasiṣṭha; vasiṣṭha [word].”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“big.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“bring; hold; fill; support; wear; possess; carry; nourish; keep; hire; have; satiate; follow; bear.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[adverb]
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“approaching; facing; less.”
[verb], singular, Aorist conj./subj.
“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
“adorable.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“bull; Indra; stallion; Vṛṣan; man.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“large; great; loud; high; much(a); exalted; abundant; intensive; strong; huge.”