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 10.12.7
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
यस्मि॑न्दे॒वा वि॒दथे॑ मा॒दय॑न्ते वि॒वस्व॑त॒: सद॑ने धा॒रय॑न्ते । सूर्ये॒ ज्योति॒रद॑धुर्मा॒स्य१॒॑क्तून्परि॑ द्योत॒निं च॑रतो॒ अज॑स्रा ॥
यस्मिन्देवा विदथे मादयन्ते विवस्वतः सदने धारयन्ते । सूर्ये ज्योतिरदधुर्मास्यक्तून्परि द्योतनिं चरतो अजस्रा ॥
yasmin devā vidathe mādayante vivasvataḥ sadane dhārayante | sūrye jyotir adadhur māsy aktūn pari dyotaniṃ carato ajasrā ||
English translation:
“In him the gods find plural asure at the sacrifice; they seat themselves on the altar of the sacrificer. Theyplaced light in the sun; beams in the moon; and these untiring shed their light around.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): havirdhāna āṅgiḥ [havirdhāna āṅgi];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
यस्मि॑न् । दे॒वाः । वि॒दथे॑ । मा॒दय॑न्ते । वि॒वस्व॑तः । सद॑ने । धा॒रय॑न्ते । सूर्ये॑ । ज्योतिः॑ । अद॑धुः । मा॒सि । अ॒क्तून् । परि॑ । द्यो॒त॒निम् । च॒र॒तः॒ । अज॑स्रा ॥
यस्मिन् । देवाः । विदथे । मादयन्ते । विवस्वतः । सदने । धारयन्ते । सूर्ये । ज्योतिः । अदधुः । मासि । अक्तून् । परि । द्योतनिम् । चरतः । अजस्रा ॥
yasmin | devāḥ | vidathe | mādayante | vivasvataḥ | sadane | dhārayante | sūrye | jyotiḥ | adadhuḥ | māsi | aktūn | pari | dyotanim | carataḥ | ajasrā
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 10.12.7 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“meeting; wisdom; council.”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“delight; enjoy; intoxicate.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“Surya; sun; Vivasvant; Vivasvant.”
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“seat; weakness; inertness; dwelling; exhaustion; numbness; home; residence; seat; inanition; location.”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“keep; sustain; put; hold; wear; hold; carry; keep alive; suppress; preserve; remember; stow; stop; have; fill into; endure; support; understand; fixate; govern; restrain.”
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
“sun; Surya; sūrya [word]; right nostril; twelve; Calotropis gigantea Beng.; sūryakānta; sunlight; best.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“light; star; luminosity; fire; jyotis [word]; digestion; planet; light; sunlight.”
[verb], plural, Imperfect
“put; give; cause; get; hold; make; provide; lend; wear; install; have; enter (a state); supply; hold; take; show.”
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
“month; lunar month.”
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
“night; dark; beam.”
[adverb]
“from; about; around.”
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
“luminosity.”
[verb], dual, Present indikative
“car; wander; perform; travel; bore; produce; make; dwell; dig; act; observe; enter (a state); observe; cause; crop; behave; practice; heed; process; administer.”
[noun], nominative, dual, masculine
“ceaseless; ageless; incessant.”