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 10.16.3
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
सूर्यं॒ चक्षु॑र्गच्छतु॒ वात॑मा॒त्मा द्यां च॑ गच्छ पृथि॒वीं च॒ धर्म॑णा । अ॒पो वा॑ गच्छ॒ यदि॒ तत्र॑ ते हि॒तमोष॑धीषु॒ प्रति॑ तिष्ठा॒ शरी॑रैः ॥
सूर्यं चक्षुर्गच्छतु वातमात्मा द्यां च गच्छ पृथिवीं च धर्मणा । अपो वा गच्छ यदि तत्र ते हितमोषधीषु प्रति तिष्ठा शरीरैः ॥
sūryaṃ cakṣur gacchatu vātam ātmā dyāṃ ca gaccha pṛthivīṃ ca dharmaṇā | apo vā gaccha yadi tatra te hitam oṣadhīṣu prati tiṣṭhā śarīraiḥ ||
English translation:
“Let the eye repair to the sun; the breath to the wind; go you to the heaven or to the earth, according toyour merit; or go to the waters it it suits you (to be) there, or abide with your members in the plural nts.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): damano yāmāyanaḥ [damana yāmāyana];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): bhuriktriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
सूर्य॑म् । चक्षुः॑ । ग॒च्छ॒तु॒ । वात॑म् । आ॒त्मा । द्याम् । च॒ । ग॒च्छ॒ । पृ॒थि॒वीम् । च॒ । धर्म॑णा । अ॒पः । वा॒ । ग॒च्छ॒ । यदि॑ । तत्र॑ । ते॒ । हि॒तम् । ओष॑धीषु । प्रति॑ । ति॒ष्ठ॒ । शरी॑रैः ॥
सूर्यम् । चक्षुः । गच्छतु । वातम् । आत्मा । द्याम् । च । गच्छ । पृथिवीम् । च । धर्मणा । अपः । वा । गच्छ । यदि । तत्र । ते । हितम् । ओषधीषु । प्रति । तिष्ठ । शरीरैः ॥
sūryam | cakṣuḥ | gacchatu | vātam | ātmā | dyām | ca | gaccha | pṛthivīm | ca | dharmaṇā | apaḥ | vā | gaccha | yadi | tatra | te | hitam | oṣadhīṣu | prati | tiṣṭha | śarīraiḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 10.16.3 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“sun; Surya; sūrya [word]; right nostril; twelve; Calotropis gigantea Beng.; sūryakānta; sunlight; best.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“eye; look; visual perception; cakṣus [word]; sight.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“go; situate; enter (a state); travel; disappear; [in]; elapse; leave; reach; vanish; love; walk; approach; issue; hop on; gasify; get; come; die; drain; spread; transform; happen; discharge; ride; to be located; run; detect; refer; go; shall; drive.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“vāta; wind; fart; Vayu; air; draft; vāta [word]; Vāta; rheumatism; Marut.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“self; nature; Ātman; mind; soul; self; body; character; ātman [word]; person; life; peculiarity.”
[noun], accusative, singular
“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”
[adverb]
“and; besides; then; now; even.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“go; situate; enter (a state); travel; disappear; [in]; elapse; leave; reach; vanish; love; walk; approach; issue; hop on; gasify; get; come; die; drain; spread; transform; happen; discharge; ride; to be located; run; detect; refer; go; shall; drive.”
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
“Earth; pṛthivī; floor; Earth; earth; pṛthivī [word]; land.”
[adverb]
“and; besides; then; now; even.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter
“regulation; Dharma; law; property.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“water; body of water; water; ap [word]; juice; jala.”
[adverb]
“or; optionally; either.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“go; situate; enter (a state); travel; disappear; [in]; elapse; leave; reach; vanish; love; walk; approach; issue; hop on; gasify; get; come; die; drain; spread; transform; happen; discharge; ride; to be located; run; detect; refer; go; shall; drive.”
[adverb]
“if; in case.”
[adverb]
“there; now; then; then; there; in that place; then; locative; respectively; there; tatra [word]; inside; therefore.”
[noun], dative, singular
“you.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“put; give; cause; get; hold; make; provide; lend; wear; install; have; enter (a state); supply; hold; take; show.”
[noun], locative, plural, feminine
“herb; plant; drug; herb.”
[adverb]
“towards; per; regarding; respectively; according to; until.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“stay; stand; situate; exist; [in]; resist; endure; put; soak; be; stop; adhere; get stale; concentrate; grow; trust; wake; consociate; last; dwell; lie; stand; stop.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, neuter
“body; human body; body part; body; body; strength.”