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 10.37.3
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
न ते॒ अदे॑वः प्र॒दिवो॒ नि वा॑सते॒ यदे॑त॒शेभि॑: पत॒रै र॑थ॒र्यसि॑ । प्रा॒चीन॑म॒न्यदनु॑ वर्तते॒ रज॒ उद॒न्येन॒ ज्योति॑षा यासि सूर्य ॥
न ते अदेवः प्रदिवो नि वासते यदेतशेभिः पतरै रथर्यसि । प्राचीनमन्यदनु वर्तते रज उदन्येन ज्योतिषा यासि सूर्य ॥
na te adevaḥ pradivo ni vāsate yad etaśebhiḥ patarai ratharyasi | prācīnam anyad anu vartate raja ud anyena jyotiṣā yāsi sūrya ||
English translation:
“No ancient rākṣasa abides, Sūrya, near you when you desire to yoke to your chariot your rapidsteeds; one ancient radiance follows (you) while you rise with another.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
One ancient radiance: i.e., the light of themoon (prācīnam = turned towards the east)
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): abhitapāḥ sauryaḥ [abhitapas saurya];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): sūryaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛjjagatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
न । ते॒ । अदे॑वः । प्र॒ऽदिवः॑ । नि । वा॒स॒ते॒ । यत् । ए॒त॒शेभिः॑ । प॒त॒रैः । र॒थ॒र्यसि॑ । प्रा॒चीन॑म् । अ॒न्यत् । अनु॑ । व॒र्त॒ते॒ । रजः॑ । उत् । अ॒न्येन॑ । ज्योति॑षा । या॒सि॒ । सू॒र्य॒ ॥
न । ते । अदेवः । प्रदिवः । नि । वासते । यत् । एतशेभिः । पतरैः । रथर्यसि । प्राचीनम् । अन्यत् । अनु । वर्तते । रजः । उत् । अन्येन । ज्योतिषा । यासि । सूर्य ॥
na | te | adevaḥ | pra-divaḥ | ni | vāsate | yat | etaśebhiḥ | pataraiḥ | ratharyasi | prācīnam | anyat | anu | vartate | rajaḥ | ut | anyena | jyotiṣā | yāsi | sūrya
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 10.37.3 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[noun], dative, singular
“you.”
[adverb]
“not; akāra; a [taddhita]; a [word]; a; a.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[noun], ablative, singular, masculine
“age-old; long.”
[adverb]
“back; down.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
[adverb]
“once [when]; because; that; if; how.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine
“Etaśa; horse.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine
“winged.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“drive.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“eastern; frontal.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“other; another(a); remaining; different; anya [word]; other than; more(a); fresh; any(a).”
[adverb]
“subsequently; behind; along; towards; because.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“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.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“powder; menorrhea; dust; Rajas; atmosphere; rajas; pollen; passion; rajas [word]; sindūra; rust; tin; impurity; dark; sky.”
[adverb]
“up.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter
“other; another(a); remaining; different; anya [word]; other than; more(a); fresh; any(a).”
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter
“light; star; luminosity; fire; jyotis [word]; digestion; planet; light; sunlight.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“go; enter (a state); travel; disappear; reach; come; campaign; elapse; arrive; drive; reach; leave; run; depart; ride.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“sun; Surya; sūrya [word]; right nostril; twelve; Calotropis gigantea Beng.; sūryakānta; sunlight; best.”