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 10.36.1
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
उ॒षासा॒नक्ता॑ बृह॒ती सु॒पेश॑सा॒ द्यावा॒क्षामा॒ वरु॑णो मि॒त्रो अ॑र्य॒मा । इन्द्रं॑ हुवे म॒रुत॒: पर्व॑ताँ अ॒प आ॑दि॒त्यान्द्यावा॑पृथि॒वी अ॒पः स्व॑: ॥
उषासानक्ता बृहती सुपेशसा द्यावाक्षामा वरुणो मित्रो अर्यमा । इन्द्रं हुवे मरुतः पर्वताँ अप आदित्यान्द्यावापृथिवी अपः स्वः ॥
uṣāsānaktā bṛhatī supeśasā dyāvākṣāmā varuṇo mitro aryamā | indraṃ huve marutaḥ parvatām̐ apa ādityān dyāvāpṛthivī apaḥ svaḥ ||
English translation:
“I invoke the vast and beautiful day and night, heaven and earth, Mitra and Varuṇa with Aryaman,Indra, the Maruts, the mountains, the waters, the Ādityas, heaven and earth, the waters (of the firmament), thewhole (host of the gods).”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): luśo dhānākaḥ [luśa dhānāka];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): viśvedevā:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛjjagatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
उ॒षसा॒नक्ता॑ । बृ॒ह॒ती इति॑ । सु॒ऽपेश॑सा । द्यावा॒क्षामा॑ । वरु॑णः । मि॒त्रः । अ॒र्य॒मा । इन्द्र॑म् । हु॒वे॒ । म॒रुतः॑ । पर्व॑तान् । अ॒पः । आ॒दि॒त्यान् । द्यावा॑पृथि॒वी इति॑ । अ॒पः । स्वरिति॑ स्वः॑ ॥
उषसानक्ता । बृहती इति । सुपेशसा । द्यावाक्षामा । वरुणः । मित्रः । अर्यमा । इन्द्रम् । हुवे । मरुतः । पर्वतान् । अपः । आदित्यान् । द्यावापृथिवी इति । अपः । स्वरिति स्वः ॥
uṣasānaktā | bṛhatī iti | su-peśasā | dyāvākṣāmā | varuṇaḥ | mitraḥ | aryamā | indram | huve | marutaḥ | parvatān | apaḥ | ādityān | dyāvāpṛthivī iti | apaḥ | svar iti svaḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 10.36.1 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“dawn; night.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“large; great; loud; high; much(a); exalted; abundant; intensive; strong; huge.”
[noun], nominative, dual, feminine
“beautiful; fine-looking.”
[noun], nominative, dual, feminine
“heaven and earth.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Varuna; varuṇa [word]; Crataeva religiosa Forst.; Varuṇa; varuṇādi.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“friend; Mitra; mitra [word]; sun; ally.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Aryaman; aryaman [word]; sun.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“raise; call on; call; summon.”
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
“Marut; vāta; wind; Vayu.”
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
“mountain; Parvata; parvata [word]; Parvata; Parvata; rock; height.”
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
“water; body of water; water; ap [word]; juice; jala.”
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
“sun; Aditya; Surya; āditya [word].”
[noun], accusative, dual, feminine
“heaven and earth; dyāvāpṛthivī [word].”
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
“water; body of water; water; ap [word]; juice; jala.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“sun; sky; sunlight.”