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 10.51.2

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

को मा॑ ददर्श कत॒मः स दे॒वो यो मे॑ त॒न्वो॑ बहु॒धा प॒र्यप॑श्यत् । क्वाह॑ मित्रावरुणा क्षियन्त्य॒ग्नेर्विश्वा॑: स॒मिधो॑ देव॒यानी॑: ॥
को मा ददर्श कतमः स देवो यो मे तन्वो बहुधा पर्यपश्यत् । क्वाह मित्रावरुणा क्षियन्त्यग्नेर्विश्वाः समिधो देवयानीः ॥
ko mā dadarśa katamaḥ sa devo yo me tanvo bahudhā paryapaśyat | kvāha mitrāvaruṇā kṣiyanty agner viśvāḥ samidho devayānīḥ ||

English translation:

“(Agni speaks). Who has beheld me? Which is it of the deities who has fully seen my manifold forms?Where Mitra and Varuṇa, do Agni's luminous vehicles of the gods abide?”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): agniḥ saucīkaḥ [agni saucīka];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): devāḥ ;
Chandas (meter): virāṭtrisṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

कः । मा॒ । द॒द॒र्श॒ । क॒त॒मः । सः । दे॒वः । यः । मे॒ । त॒न्वः॑ । ब॒हु॒धा । प॒रि॒ऽअप॑श्यत् । क्व॑ । अह॑ । मि॒त्रा॒व॒रु॒णा॒ । क्षि॒य॒न्ति॒ । अ॒ग्नेः । विश्वाः॑ । स॒म्ऽइधः॑ । दे॒व॒ऽयानीः॑ ॥
कः । मा । ददर्श । कतमः । सः । देवः । यः । मे । तन्वः । बहुधा । परिअपश्यत् । क्व । अह । मित्रावरुणा । क्षियन्ति । अग्नेः । विश्वाः । सम्इधः । देवयानीः ॥
kaḥ | mā | dṛrśa | katamaḥ | saḥ | devaḥ | yaḥ | me | tanvaḥ | bahudhā | pari-apaśyat | kva | aha | mitrāvaruṇā | kṣiyanti | agneḥ | viśvāḥ | sam-idhaḥ | deva-yānīḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 10.51.2 English analysis of grammar]

ko < kaḥ < ka

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“what; who; ka [pronoun].”

< mad

[noun], accusative, singular

“I; mine.”

dadarśa < dṛś

[verb], singular, Perfect indicative

“see; observe; view; visit; look; learn; meet; read; teach; examine; watch; see; notice; perceive; diagnose; travel to; show; detect; know; know; understand; understand; follow.”

katamaḥ < katama

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“katama [word]; who.”

sa < tad

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”

devo < devaḥ < deva

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”

yo < yaḥ < yad

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

me < mad

[noun], genitive, singular

“I; mine.”

tanvo < tanvaḥ < tanū

[noun], accusative, plural, feminine

“body; self; own(a); person; form.”

bahudhā

[adverb]

“repeatedly; variously; multiply; a lot.”

paryapaśyat < paridṛś < √dṛś

[verb], singular, Imperfect

“read.”

kvāha < kva

[adverb]

“wherein; how; kva [word].”

kvāha < aha

[adverb]

“aha [word]; indeed.”

mitrāvaruṇā < mitrāvaruṇa

[noun], vocative, dual, masculine

“Varuna; Mitra.”

kṣiyanty < kṣiyanti < kṣi

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“govern; inhabit; dwell; stay; predominate; bide; own.”

agner < agneḥ < agni

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”

viśvāḥ < viśva

[noun], nominative, plural, feminine

“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”

samidho < samidhaḥ < samidh

[noun], nominative, plural, feminine

“firewood; kindling; fuel; fire.”

devayānīḥ < deva

[noun], masculine

“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”

devayānīḥ < yānīḥ < yāna

[noun], nominative, plural, feminine

“leading; leading to heaven.”

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