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 10.14.7
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
प्रेहि॒ प्रेहि॑ प॒थिभि॑: पू॒र्व्येभि॒र्यत्रा॑ न॒: पूर्वे॑ पि॒तर॑: परे॒युः । उ॒भा राजा॑ना स्व॒धया॒ मद॑न्ता य॒मं प॑श्यासि॒ वरु॑णं च दे॒वम् ॥
प्रेहि प्रेहि पथिभिः पूर्व्येभिर्यत्रा नः पूर्वे पितरः परेयुः । उभा राजाना स्वधया मदन्ता यमं पश्यासि वरुणं च देवम् ॥
prehi prehi pathibhiḥ pūrvyebhir yatrā naḥ pūrve pitaraḥ pareyuḥ | ubhā rājānā svadhayā madantā yamam paśyāsi varuṇaṃ ca devam ||
English translation:
“Depart, depart, by the former paths by which our forefathers have departed; there shall you behold thetwo monarchs Yama and the divine Varuṇa rejoicing in the Svadhā.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Shall you behold: paśya = behold!
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): yamaḥ [yama];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): liṅgoktāḥ pitaro vā ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
प्र । इ॒हि॒ । प्र । इ॒हि॒ । प॒थिऽभिः॑ । पू॒र्व्येभिः॑ । यत्र॑ । नः॒ । पूर्वे॑ । पि॒तरः॑ । प॒रा॒ऽई॒युः । उ॒भा । राजा॑ना । स्व॒धया॑ । मद॑न्ता । य॒मम् । प॒श्या॒सि॒ । वरु॑णम् । च॒ । दे॒वम् ॥
प्र । इहि । प्र । इहि । पथिभिः । पूर्व्येभिः । यत्र । नः । पूर्वे । पितरः । पराईयुः । उभा । राजाना । स्वधया । मदन्ता । यमम् । पश्यासि । वरुणम् । च । देवम् ॥
pra | ihi | pra | ihi | pathi-bhiḥ | pūrvyebhiḥ | yatra | naḥ | pūrve | pitaraḥ | parāīyuḥ | ubhā | rājānā | svadhayā | madantā | yamam | paśyāsi | varuṇam | ca | devam
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 10.14.7 English analysis of grammar]
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“die; proceed; advance; continue; begin; depart.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“die; proceed; advance; continue; begin; depart.”
[noun], instrumental, plural
“way; road; path [word]; journey; method.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine
“first; precedent; age-old; excellent; former(a).”
[adverb]
“wherein; once [when].”
[noun], genitive, plural
“I; mine.”
[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.”
[noun], nominative, plural
“father; Pitṛ; ancestor; parent; paternal ancestor; pitṛ [word]; forefather.”
[verb], plural, Present optative
“travel; depart; go; die.”
[noun], accusative, dual, masculine
“both(a).”
[noun], accusative, dual, masculine
“king; Kshatriya; rājan [word]; best; rājāvarta; Yakṣa.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine
“free will; offering; libation; nature; svadhā [word]; comfort; power.”
[verb noun], accusative, dual
“rut; intoxicate; delight; revel; rejoice; drink; ramp; exult.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“Yama; yama; twin; yam; Yama; two; bridle; yama [word]; Asvins.”
[verb], singular, Present conjunctive (subjunctive)
“see; view; watch; meet; observe; think of; look; examine; behold; visit; understand.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“Varuna; varuṇa [word]; Crataeva religiosa Forst.; Varuṇa; varuṇādi.”
[adverb]
“and; besides; then; now; even.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”