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 7.103.5
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
यदे॑षाम॒न्यो अ॒न्यस्य॒ वाचं॑ शा॒क्तस्ये॑व॒ वद॑ति॒ शिक्ष॑माणः । सर्वं॒ तदे॑षां स॒मृधे॑व॒ पर्व॒ यत्सु॒वाचो॒ वद॑थ॒नाध्य॒प्सु ॥
यदेषामन्यो अन्यस्य वाचं शाक्तस्येव वदति शिक्षमाणः । सर्वं तदेषां समृधेव पर्व यत्सुवाचो वदथनाध्यप्सु ॥
yad eṣām anyo anyasya vācaṃ śāktasyeva vadati śikṣamāṇaḥ | sarvaṃ tad eṣāṃ samṛdheva parva yat suvāco vadathanādhy apsu ||
English translation:
“When one of you imitates the croaking of another as a learner (imitates) his teacher, when, loud crying,you converse (leaping) upon the waters, then the enire body is as it were developed.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
During the dry weather,the frogs shrink like a lump of clay; in the rains they expand to their full size
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vasiṣṭhaḥ [vasiṣṭha];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): maṇḍūkāḥ ;
Chandas (meter): virāṭtrisṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
यत् । ए॒षा॒म् । अ॒न्यः । अ॒न्यस्य॑ । वाच॑म् । शा॒क्तस्य॑ऽइव । वद॑ति । शिक्ष॑माणः । सर्व॑म् । तत् । ए॒षा॒म् । स॒मृधा॑ऽइव । पर्व॑ । यत् । सु॒ऽवाचः॑ । वद॑थन । अधि॑ । अ॒प्ऽसु ॥
यत् । एषाम् । अन्यः । अन्यस्य । वाचम् । शाक्तस्यइव । वदति । शिक्षमाणः । सर्वम् । तत् । एषाम् । समृधाइव । पर्व । यत् । सुवाचः । वदथन । अधि । अप्सु ॥
yat | eṣām | anyaḥ | anyasya | vācam | śāktasya-iva | vadati | śikṣamāṇaḥ | sarvam | tat | eṣām | samṛdhāiva | parva | yat | su-vācaḥ | vadathana | adhi | ap-su
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 7.103.5 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“once [when]; because; that; if; how.”
[noun], genitive, plural, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“other; another(a); remaining; different; anya [word]; other than; more(a); fresh; any(a).”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“other; another(a); remaining; different; anya [word]; other than; more(a); fresh; any(a).”
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
“speech; statement; voice; voice; speech; language; vāc [word]; word; literary composition; conversation; sound; Sarasvati; cry; assurance; spell.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
[adverb]
“like; as it were; somehow; just so.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“describe; teach; speak; tell; say; call; name; enumerate; declare; diagnose; address; say; pronounce; express; instruct; order.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“help; give.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“all(a); whole; complete; sarva [word]; every(a); each(a); all; entire; sāṃnipātika; manifold; complete; all the(a); different; overall.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[noun], genitive, plural, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[noun], instrumental, singular
[adverb]
“like; as it were; somehow; just so.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“joint; knot; festival; day; articulation; knot.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[adverb]
“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“speech; statement; voice; voice; speech; language; vāc [word]; word; literary composition; conversation; sound; Sarasvati; cry; assurance; spell.”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“describe; teach; speak; tell; say; call; name; enumerate; declare; diagnose; address; say; pronounce; express; instruct; order.”
[adverb]
“on; from; accordingly.”
[noun], locative, plural, feminine
“water; body of water; water; ap [word]; juice; jala.”