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 8.73.16
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अ॒रु॒णप्सु॑रु॒षा अ॑भू॒दक॒र्ज्योति॑ॠ॒ताव॑री । अन्ति॒ षद्भू॑तु वा॒मव॑: ॥
अरुणप्सुरुषा अभूदकर्ज्योतिॠतावरी । अन्ति षद्भूतु वामवः ॥
aruṇapsur uṣā abhūd akar jyotir ṛtāvarī | anti ṣad bhūtu vām avaḥ ||
English translation:
“The purple-tinted Dawn has appeared, the mistress of the sacrifice spreads her light; le tyour protectionabide near me.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Mistress of the sacrifice: ṛtāvarī = yajñavatī, satyavatī, truthful
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): gopavana ātreyaḥ [gopavana ātreya];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): aśvinau ;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अ॒रु॒णऽप्सुः॑ । उ॒षाः । अ॒भू॒त् । अकः॑ । ज्योतिः॑ । ऋ॒तऽव॑री । अन्ति॑ । सत् । भू॒तु॒ । वा॒म् । अवः॑ ॥
अरुणप्सुः । उषाः । अभूत् । अकः । ज्योतिः । ऋतवरी । अन्ति । सत् । भूतु । वाम् । अवः ॥
aruṇa-psuḥ | uṣāḥ | abhūt | akaḥ | jyotiḥ | ṛta-varī | anti | sat | bhūtu | vām | avaḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.73.16 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“red.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“Ushas; dawn; uṣas [word]; morning.”
[verb], singular, Root aorist (Ind.)
“become; be; originate; transform; happen; result; exist; be born; be; be; come to life; grow; elapse; come to mind; thrive; become; impend; show; conceive; understand; stand; constitute; serve; apply; behave.”
[verb], singular, Root aorist (Ind.)
“make; perform; cause; produce; shape; construct; do; put; fill into; use; fuel; transform; bore; act; write; create; prepare; administer; dig; prepare; treat; take effect; add; trace; put on; process; treat; heed; hire; act; produce; assume; eat; ignite; chop; treat; obey; manufacture; appoint; evacuate; choose; understand; insert; happen; envelop; weigh; observe; practice; lend; bring; duplicate; plant; kṛ; concentrate; mix; knot; join; take; provide; utter; compose.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“light; star; luminosity; fire; jyotis [word]; digestion; planet; light; sunlight.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“law-abiding; faithful; righteous.”
[adverb]
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”
[verb], singular, Aorist imperative
“become; be; originate; transform; happen; result; exist; be born; be; be; come to life; grow; elapse; come to mind; thrive; become; impend; show; conceive; understand; stand; constitute; serve; apply; behave.”
[noun], genitive, dual
“you.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“aid; favor; protection.”