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 8.15.2
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
यस्य॑ द्वि॒बर्ह॑सो बृ॒हत्सहो॑ दा॒धार॒ रोद॑सी । गि॒रीँरज्राँ॑ अ॒पः स्व॑र्वृषत्व॒ना ॥
यस्य द्विबर्हसो बृहत्सहो दाधार रोदसी । गिरीँरज्राँ अपः स्वर्वृषत्वना ॥
yasya dvibarhaso bṛhat saho dādhāra rodasī | girīm̐r ajrām̐ apaḥ svar vṛṣatvanā ||
English translation:
“The vast strength of whom, powerful in both (regions), has sustained the heaven and earth, and by itsvigour (upheld) the swift clouds and flowing waters.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Swift clouds: girīn ajrān = quick mountains, i.e. beforetheir wings are clipped
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): goṣūktyaśvasūktinau kāṇvāyanau;Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛduṣṇik ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
यस्य॑ । द्वि॒ऽबर्ह॑सः । बृ॒हत् । सहः॑ । दा॒धार॑ । रोद॑सी॒ इति॑ । गि॒रीन् । अज्रा॑न् । अ॒पः । स्वः॑ । वृ॒ष॒ऽत्व॒ना ॥
यस्य । द्विबर्हसः । बृहत् । सहः । दाधार । रोदसी इति । गिरीन् । अज्रान् । अपः । स्वः । वृषत्वना ॥
yasya | dvi-barhasaḥ | bṛhat | sahaḥ | dādhāra | rodasī iti | girīn | ajrān | apaḥ | svaḥ | vṛṣa-tvanā
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.15.2 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“double.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“large; great; loud; high; much(a); exalted; abundant; intensive; strong; huge.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“force; strength; might; sahas [word]; conquest.”
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
“keep; put; hold; assume; wear; take; promise; stay; exist; hold; begin; dip.”
[noun], accusative, dual, feminine
“heaven and earth; Earth.”
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
“mountain; adri; rock; giri [word]; hill; śilājatu.”
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
“plain.”
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
“water; body of water; water; ap [word]; juice; jala.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“sun; sky; sunlight.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter