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 10.27.19
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अप॑श्यं॒ ग्रामं॒ वह॑मानमा॒राद॑च॒क्रया॑ स्व॒धया॒ वर्त॑मानम् । सिष॑क्त्य॒र्यः प्र यु॒गा जना॑नां स॒द्यः शि॒श्ना प्र॑मिना॒नो नवी॑यान् ॥
अपश्यं ग्रामं वहमानमारादचक्रया स्वधया वर्तमानम् । सिषक्त्यर्यः प्र युगा जनानां सद्यः शिश्ना प्रमिनानो नवीयान् ॥
apaśyaṃ grāmaṃ vahamānam ārād acakrayā svadhayā vartamānam | siṣakty aryaḥ pra yugā janānāṃ sadyaḥ śiśnā pramināno navīyān ||
English translation:
“I beheld the crowd coming from afar, moving of themselves without wheels; the lord of all, (Indra),regulates the seasons (worship of men), younger in vigour, destroying at once the herds of evil beings.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Herds:śiśnā = destructive herds or fākṣasas
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vasukra aindraḥ [vasukra aindra];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अप॑श्यम् । ग्रामम् । वह॑मानम् । आ॒रात् । अ॒च॒क्रया॑ । स्व॒धया॑ । वर्त॑मानम् । सिस॑क्ति । अ॒र्यः । प्र । यु॒गा । जना॑नाम् । स॒द्यः । शि॒श्ना । प्र॒ऽमि॒ना॒नः । नवी॑यान् ॥
अपश्यम् । ग्रामम् । वहमानम् । आरात् । अचक्रया । स्वधया । वर्तमानम् । सिसक्ति । अर्यः । प्र । युगा । जनानाम् । सद्यः । शिश्ना । प्रमिनानः । नवीयान् ॥
apaśyam | grāmam | vahamānam | ārāt | acakrayā | svadhayā | vartamānam | sisakti | aryaḥ | pra | yugā | janānām | sadyaḥ | śiśnā | pra-minānaḥ | navīyān
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 10.27.19 English analysis of grammar]
[verb], singular, Imperfect
“see; view; watch; meet; observe; think of; look; examine; behold; visit; understand.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“village; grāma [word]; group; battalion; club; Hindu gamut; troop; multitude; crowd; kin; collection; people.”
[verb noun], accusative, singular
“transport; bring; marry; run; drive; vāhay; drive; run; pull; nirvāpay; blow; transport; discharge; assume; remove.”
[adverb]
“far; ārāt [word].”
[adverb]
“not; akāra; a [taddhita]; a [word]; a; a.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine
“wheel; Cakra; discus; army; cakra; oil mill; cakrikā; cakra; group.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine
“free will; offering; libation; nature; svadhā [word]; comfort; power.”
[verb noun], accusative, singular
“behave; happen; exist; return; dwell; die; roll; continue; act; exist; feed on; issue; move; travel; proceed; turn; situate; drive; account for; begin; do; inhere; revolve.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“accompany; follow; company; obey; participate; enter.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
[adverb]
“towards; ahead.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“Yuga; yoke; couple; coevals; generation; lustrum; two; pair; yuga [word]; Yuga; race.”
[noun], genitive, plural, masculine
“people; national; man; relative; jan; Janaloka; person; jana [word]; man; attendant; Jana; foreigner; inhabitant; group.”
[adverb]
“immediately; just; daily; sadyas [word].”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“penis; tail.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“destroy.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“new; fresh; up-to-the-minute.”