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 10.14.2

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

य॒मो नो॑ गा॒तुं प्र॑थ॒मो वि॑वेद॒ नैषा गव्यू॑ति॒रप॑भर्त॒वा उ॑ । यत्रा॑ न॒: पूर्वे॑ पि॒तर॑: परे॒युरे॒ना ज॑ज्ञा॒नाः प॒थ्या॒३॒॑ अनु॒ स्वाः ॥
यमो नो गातुं प्रथमो विवेद नैषा गव्यूतिरपभर्तवा उ । यत्रा नः पूर्वे पितरः परेयुरेना जज्ञानाः पथ्या अनु स्वाः ॥
yamo no gātum prathamo viveda naiṣā gavyūtir apabhartavā u | yatrā naḥ pūrve pitaraḥ pareyur enā jajñānāḥ pathyā anu svāḥ ||

English translation:

Yama, the chief (of all), knows our well-being; this pasture no one can take from us; by the road bywhich our forefathers have gone, all who are born (proceed) along the paths they have made for themselveṣ”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

Yama...from us: Yama first discovered the path for us; this pasture cannot be taken away from us; the paths theyhave made for themselves: i.e., according to their good and evil conduct

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): yamaḥ [yama];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): yamaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

य॒मः । नः॒ । गा॒तुम् । प्र॒थ॒मः । वि॒वे॒द॒ । न । ए॒षा । गव्यू॑ति॒र् अप॑ऽभ॒र्त॒वै । ऊँ॒ इति॑ । यत्र॑ । नः॒ । पूर्वे॑ । पि॒तरः॑ । प॒रा॒ऽई॒युः । ए॒ना । ज॒ज्ञा॒नाः । प॒थ्याः॑ । अनु॑ । स्वाः ॥
यमः । नः । गातुम् । प्रथमः । विवेद । न । एषा । गव्यूतिर् अपभर्तवै । ऊँ इति । यत्र । नः । पूर्वे । पितरः । पराईयुः । एना । जज्ञानाः । पथ्याः । अनु । स्वाः ॥
yamaḥ | naḥ | gātum | prathamaḥ | viveda | na | eṣā | gavyūtir apa-bhartavai | oṃ iti | yatra | naḥ | pūrve | pitaraḥ | parāīyuḥ | enā | jajñānāḥ | pathyāḥ | anu | svāḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 10.14.2 English analysis of grammar]

yamo < yamaḥ < yama

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“Yama; yama; twin; yam; Yama; two; bridle; yama [word]; Asvins.”

no < naḥ < mad

[noun], dative, plural

“I; mine.”

gātum < gātu

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“path; way.”

prathamo < prathamaḥ < prathama

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“first; prathama [word]; third; young; chief(a); best; antecedent.”

viveda < vid

[verb], singular, Perfect indicative

“find; detect; marry; get; think.”

naiṣā < na

[adverb]

“not; like; no; na [word].”

naiṣā < eṣā < etad

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); etad [word].”

gavyūtir < gavyūtiḥ < gavyūti

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“pasture.”

apabhartavā < apabhartavai < apabhṛ < √bhṛ

[verb noun]

u

[adverb]

“ukāra; besides; now; indeed; u.”

yatrā < yatra

[adverb]

“wherein; once [when].”

naḥ < mad

[noun], genitive, plural

“I; mine.”

pūrve < pūrva

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“aforesaid(a); antecedent; previous(a); first; eastern; former(a); pūrva [word]; age-old; anterior; bygone; fore(a); predictive; firstborn; easterly; instrumental.”

pitaraḥ < pitṛ

[noun], nominative, plural

“father; Pitṛ; ancestor; parent; paternal ancestor; pitṛ [word]; forefather.”

pareyur < pareyuḥ < pare < √i

[verb], plural, Present optative

“travel; depart; go; die.”

enā

[adverb]

“thus.”

jajñānāḥ < jan

[verb noun], nominative, plural

“become; originate; be born; transform; happen; result; grow; beget; produce; create; conceive; separate; cause; give birth; grow; produce; generate; be; become; arise; come on.”

pathyā < pathyāḥ < pathyā

[noun], accusative, plural, feminine

“Terminalia chebula Retz.; path; Pathyā; way.”

anu

[adverb]

“subsequently; behind; along; towards; because.”

svāḥ < sva

[noun], accusative, plural, feminine

“own(a); respective(a); akin(p); sva [word]; individual; present(a); independent.”

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