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 8.25.21
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
तत्सूर्यं॒ रोद॑सी उ॒भे दो॒षा वस्तो॒रुप॑ ब्रुवे । भो॒जेष्व॒स्माँ अ॒भ्युच्च॑रा॒ सदा॑ ॥
तत्सूर्यं रोदसी उभे दोषा वस्तोरुप ब्रुवे । भोजेष्वस्माँ अभ्युच्चरा सदा ॥
tat sūryaṃ rodasī ubhe doṣā vastor upa bruve | bhojeṣv asmām̐ abhy uc carā sadā ||
English translation:
“I glorify by night and day that sun (Mitra and Varuṇa) and both the heaven and earth; do you (Varuṇa)ever bring us to the presence of the bountiful.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
That sun, Mitra and Varuṇa: tat sūryam = the brightness of Mitraand Varuṇa; sūryam suvīryam tat varuṇam maitram ca tejas
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): viśvamanā vaiyaśvaḥ [viśvamanā vaiyaśva];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): mitrāvaruṇau ;
Chandas (meter): virāḍuṣnik ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
तत् । सूर्य॑म् । रोद॑सी॒ इति॑ । उ॒भे इति॑ । दो॒षा । वस्तोः॑ । उप॑ । ब्रु॒वे॒ । भो॒जेषु॑ । अ॒स्मान् । अ॒भि । उत् । च॒र॒ । सदा॑ ॥
तत् । सूर्यम् । रोदसी इति । उभे इति । दोषा । वस्तोः । उप । ब्रुवे । भोजेषु । अस्मान् । अभि । उत् । चर । सदा ॥
tat | sūryam | rodasī iti | ubhe iti | doṣā | vastoḥ | upa | bruve | bhojeṣu | asmān | abhi | ut | cara | sadā
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.25.21 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], accusative, 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], accusative, singular, masculine
“sun; Surya; sūrya [word]; right nostril; twelve; Calotropis gigantea Beng.; sūryakānta; sunlight; best.”
[noun], accusative, dual, feminine
“heaven and earth; Earth.”
[noun], accusative, dual, feminine
“both(a).”
[adverb]
“in the evening.”
[noun], genitive, singular, feminine
“dawn.”
[adverb]
“towards; on; next.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“say; tell; describe; speak; state; answer; call; explain; address; proclaim; talk; talk; choose.”
[noun], locative, plural, masculine
“big; hospitable.”
[noun], accusative, plural
“I; mine.”
[adverb]
“towards; on.”
[adverb]
“up.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“car; wander; perform; travel; bore; produce; make; dwell; dig; act; observe; enter (a state); observe; cause; crop; behave; practice; heed; process; administer.”
[adverb]
“always; continually; always; perpetually.”