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 10.55.3

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

आ रोद॑सी अपृणा॒दोत मध्यं॒ पञ्च॑ दे॒वाँ ऋ॑तु॒शः स॒प्तस॑प्त । चतु॑स्त्रिंशता पुरु॒धा वि च॑ष्टे॒ सरू॑पेण॒ ज्योति॑षा॒ विव्र॑तेन ॥
आ रोदसी अपृणादोत मध्यं पञ्च देवाँ ऋतुशः सप्तसप्त । चतुस्त्रिंशता पुरुधा वि चष्टे सरूपेण ज्योतिषा विव्रतेन ॥
ā rodasī apṛṇād ota madhyam pañca devām̐ ṛtuśaḥ sapta-sapta | catustriṃśatā purudhā vi caṣṭe sarūpeṇa jyotiṣā vivratena ||

English translation:

“He has filled heaven and earth (with his ethereal form) as well as the mid-heaven; he contemplates invarious aspects the five orders of beings, the classes of seven in their seasons, with the thirty-four (deities),(endowed) with light of like nature, and with various functions.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

Five orders of beings: liṭ, the five gods; the fiveorders, viz., gods, men, pitṛs, aśvins and rākṣasas. The classes of seven are the seven troops of the Maruts,the seven rays of the sun, the seven senses, the seven worlds, and other things that are classed by sevens. Thethirty-four deities are the eight Vasus, eleven Rudras, twelve Ādityas, Prajāpati, Vaṣaṭkāra and Virāṭ;endowed with...functions: (Indra) contemplates with his four-and-thirty-fold light of one colour, but curiousfunctions

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vṛhaduktho vāmadevyaḥ [vṛhaduktha vāmadevya];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): triṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

आ । रोद॑सी॒ इति॑ । अ॒पृ॒णा॒त् । आ । उ॒त । मध्य॑म् । पञ्च॑ । दे॒वान् । ऋ॒तु॒ऽशः । स॒प्तऽस॑प्त । चतुः॑ऽत्रिंशता । पु॒रु॒धा । वि । च॒ष्टे॒ । सऽरू॑पेण । ज्योति॑षा । विऽव्र॑तेन ॥
आ । रोदसी इति । अपृणात् । आ । उत । मध्यम् । पञ्च । देवान् । ऋतुशः । सप्तसप्त । चतुःत्रिंशता । पुरुधा । वि । चष्टे । सरूपेण । ज्योतिषा । विव्रतेन ॥
ā | rodasī iti | apṛṇāt | ā | uta | madhyam | pañca | devān | ṛtu-śaḥ | sapta-sapta | catuḥ-tri ṃśatā | purudhā | vi | caṣṭe | sa-rūpeṇa | jyotiṣā | vi-vratena

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 10.55.3 English analysis of grammar]

ā

[adverb]

“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”

rodasī < rodas

[noun], accusative, dual, neuter

“heaven and earth; Earth.”

apṛṇād < apṛṇāt < pṛ

[verb], singular, Imperfect

“fill; elapse; pull back; fill; satisfy; bestow; meet; stuff; load; mix; complete.”

ota < ā

[adverb]

“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”

ota < uta

[adverb]

“and; besides; uta [indecl.]; similarly; alike; even.”

madhyam < madhya

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“midst; center; cavity; inside; middle; center; waist; group; pulp; torso; time interval; area; series; madhya [word]; Madhya; noon; middle; middle age; span; belly.”

pañca < pañcan

[noun], accusative, plural, masculine

“five; fifth; pañcan [word].”

devāṃ < deva

[noun], accusative, plural, masculine

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

ṛtuśaḥ < ṛtuśas

[adverb]

sapta < saptan

[noun], accusative, plural, masculine

“seven; seventh.”

sapta < saptan

[noun], accusative, plural, masculine

“seven; seventh.”

catustriṃśatā < catustriṃśat

[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine

“thirty-four.”

purudhā

[adverb]

“multiply.”

vi

[adverb]

“apart; away; away.”

caṣṭe < cakṣ

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“watch; look.”

sarūpeṇa < sa

[adverb]

“with; little; together.”

sarūpeṇa < rūpeṇa < rūpa

[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter

“form; appearance; beauty; look; shape; shape; symptom; feature; nature; guise; rūpa [word]; one; appearance; likeness; color; kind; vowel; type; disguise; aspect; form; derivative; omen; vision.”

jyotiṣā < jyotis

[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter

“light; star; luminosity; fire; jyotis [word]; digestion; planet; light; sunlight.”

vivratena < vivrata

[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter

“refractory; loath.”

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