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 7.99.2
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
न ते॑ विष्णो॒ जाय॑मानो॒ न जा॒तो देव॑ महि॒म्नः पर॒मन्त॑माप । उद॑स्तभ्ना॒ नाक॑मृ॒ष्वं बृ॒हन्तं॑ दा॒धर्थ॒ प्राचीं॑ क॒कुभं॑ पृथि॒व्याः ॥
न ते विष्णो जायमानो न जातो देव महिम्नः परमन्तमाप । उदस्तभ्ना नाकमृष्वं बृहन्तं दाधर्थ प्राचीं ककुभं पृथिव्याः ॥
na te viṣṇo jāyamāno na jāto deva mahimnaḥ param antam āpa | ud astabhnā nākam ṛṣvam bṛhantaṃ dādhartha prācīṃ kakubham pṛthivyāḥ ||
English translation:
“No being that is or that has been born, divine Viṣṇu, has attained the utmost limit of your magnitude bywhich you have upheld the vast and beautiful heaven, and sustained the eastern horizon of the earth.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Easternhorizon = the entire earth; Viṣṇu's upholding the three worlds has been mentioned more than once; cf. RV.1.154.4
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vasiṣṭhaḥ [vasiṣṭha];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): viṣṇuḥ ;
Chandas (meter): triṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
न । ते॒ । वि॒ष्णो॒ इति॑ । जाय॑मानः । न । जा॒तः । देव॑ । महि॒म्नः । पर॑म् । अन्त॑म् । आ॒प॒ । उत् । अ॒स्त॒भ्नाः॒ । नाक॑म् । ऋ॒ष्वम् । बृ॒हन्त॑म् । दा॒धर्थ॑ । प्राची॑म् । क॒कुभ॑म् । पृ॒थि॒व्याः ॥
न । ते । विष्णो इति । जायमानः । न । जातः । देव । महिम्नः । परम् । अन्तम् । आप । उत् । अस्तभ्नाः । नाकम् । ऋष्वम् । बृहन्तम् । दाधर्थ । प्राचीम् । ककुभम् । पृथिव्याः ॥
na | te | viṣṇo iti | jāyamānaḥ | na | jātaḥ | deva | mahimnaḥ | param | antam | āpa | ut | astabhnāḥ | nākam | ṛṣvam | bṛhantam | dādhartha | prācīm | kakubham | pṛthivyāḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 7.99.2 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[noun], genitive, singular
“you.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Vishnu; Krishna; Viṣṇu; Om; Shiva.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“become; originate; be born; transform; happen; result; grow; beget; produce; create; conceive; separate; cause; give birth; grow; produce; generate; be; become; arise; come on.”
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“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], vocative, singular, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“greatness; power; mahiman.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“best; other; following; devoted(p); extreme; highest; otherwordly; better; hostile; maximal; distant; another(a); para [word]; upper; concluding; foreign; earlier; worse; longer; finest; excessive.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“end; last syllable; end; end; boundary; inside; border; death; anta [word]; edge; end; shore; limit; region; outskirt; destruction; boundary; limit; anta; termination; corner; conclusion; hem; end; ant; edge.”
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
“enter (a state); get; reach; obtain; equal.”
[adverb]
“up.”
[verb], singular, Imperfect
“paralyze; stiffen; fixate; fixate; stambh; rear; stop; strengthen; constipate.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“sky; celestial sphere; Svarga; nāka [word].”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“distinguished; high; noble; enormous.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“large; great; loud; high; much(a); exalted; abundant; intensive; strong; huge.”
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
“keep; put; hold; assume; wear; take; promise; stay; exist; hold; begin; dip.”
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
“eastern; aforesaid(a); former(a); eastbound; easterly; anterior; forward; prāñc [word].”
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
“Kakubh; peak; bulge.”
[noun], genitive, singular, feminine
“Earth; pṛthivī; floor; Earth; earth; pṛthivī [word]; land.”