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 7.90.3
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
रा॒ये नु यं ज॒ज्ञतू॒ रोद॑सी॒मे रा॒ये दे॒वी धि॒षणा॑ धाति दे॒वम् । अध॑ वा॒युं नि॒युत॑: सश्चत॒ स्वा उ॒त श्वे॒तं वसु॑धितिं निरे॒के ॥
राये नु यं जज्ञतू रोदसीमे राये देवी धिषणा धाति देवम् । अध वायुं नियुतः सश्चत स्वा उत श्वेतं वसुधितिं निरेके ॥
rāye nu yaṃ jajñatū rodasīme rāye devī dhiṣaṇā dhāti devam | adha vāyuṃ niyutaḥ saścata svā uta śvetaṃ vasudhitiṃ nireke ||
English translation:
“His own Niyut steeds bear to the plural ce of poverty the white- complexioned dispenser of wealth, Vāyu,whom heaven and earth bore for the sake of riches, whom the divine language of praise sustains as a deity forthe sake of riches.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Nireke = dāridryam from nitarām riktatā; or, alternative interpretation: a plural ce crowdedwith people, bahujanākīrṇe sthāne; from nir = nirgata;
Reka = śūnyatā, emptiness
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vasiṣṭhaḥ [vasiṣṭha];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): vāyu:;
Chandas (meter): triṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
रा॒ये । नु । यम् । ज॒ज्ञतुः॑ । रोद॑सी॒ इति॑ । इ॒मे इति॑ । रा॒ये । दे॒वी । धि॒षणा॑ । धा॒ति॒ । दे॒वम् । अध॑ । वा॒युम् । नि॒ऽयुतः॑ । स॒श्च॒त॒ । स्वाः । उ॒त । श्वे॒तम् । वसु॑ऽधितिम् । नि॒रे॒के ॥
राये । नु । यम् । जज्ञतुः । रोदसी इति । इमे इति । राये । देवी । धिषणा । धाति । देवम् । अध । वायुम् । नियुतः । सश्चत । स्वाः । उत । श्वेतम् । वसुधितिम् । निरेके ॥
rāye | nu | yam | jajñatuḥ | rodasī iti | ime iti | rāye | devī | dhiṣaṇā | dhāti | devam | adha | vāyum | ni-yutaḥ | saścata | svāḥ | uta | śvetam | vasu-dhitim | nireke
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 7.90.3 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“wealth; possession; rai [word]; gold.”
[adverb]
“now; already.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[verb], dual, Perfect indicative
“become; originate; be born; transform; happen; result; grow; beget; produce; create; conceive; separate; cause; give birth; grow; produce; generate; be; become; arise; come on.”
[noun], nominative, dual, feminine
“heaven and earth; Earth.”
[noun], nominative, dual, feminine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“wealth; possession; rai [word]; gold.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“Parvati; queen; goddess; Devi.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“heaven and earth.”
[verb], singular, Aorist conj./subj.
“put; give; cause; get; hold; make; provide; lend; wear; install; have; enter (a state); supply; hold; take; show.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[adverb]
“then; and; therefore; now.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“wind; Vayu; vāta; prāṇa (coll.); air; air; fart; breath; northwest; draft; vāyu [word]; Vāyu; Marut.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“gift; team.”
[verb], plural, Present injunctive
“accompany; follow; company; obey; participate; enter.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“own(a); respective(a); akin(p); sva [word]; individual; present(a); independent.”
[adverb]
“and; besides; uta [indecl.]; similarly; alike; even.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“white; bright; śveta [word]; bright.”
[noun], neuter
“wealth; property; gold; vasu [word]; ruby; treasure; jewel.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
[noun], locative, singular, masculine