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 10.65.11

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

ब्रह्म॒ गामश्वं॑ ज॒नय॑न्त॒ ओष॑धी॒र्वन॒स्पती॑न्पृथि॒वीं पर्व॑ताँ अ॒पः । सूर्यं॑ दि॒वि रो॒हय॑न्तः सु॒दान॑व॒ आर्या॑ व्र॒ता वि॑सृ॒जन्तो॒ अधि॒ क्षमि॑ ॥
ब्रह्म गामश्वं जनयन्त ओषधीर्वनस्पतीन्पृथिवीं पर्वताँ अपः । सूर्यं दिवि रोहयन्तः सुदानव आर्या व्रता विसृजन्तो अधि क्षमि ॥
brahma gām aśvaṃ janayanta oṣadhīr vanaspatīn pṛthivīm parvatām̐ apaḥ | sūryaṃ divi rohayantaḥ sudānava āryā vratā visṛjanto adhi kṣami ||

English translation:

“genitive rating food, cows, horses, plural nts, trees, the earth, mountains and waters, elevating the sun inheaven, munificent, promoting sacred observances upon the earth, (they abide everywhere).”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

Genitive rating food:brahman = vṛdh to sustain, foster

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vasukarṇo vāsukraḥ [vasukarṇa vāsukra];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): viśvedevā:;
Chandas (meter): jagatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

ब्रह्म॑ । गाम् । अश्व॑म् । ज॒नय॑न्तः । ओष॑धीः । वन॒स्पती॑न् । पृ॒थि॒वीम् । पर्व॑तान् । अ॒पः । सूर्य॑ । दि॒वि । रो॒हय॑न्तः । सु॒ऽदान॑वः । आर्या॑ । व्र॒ता । वि॒ऽसृ॒जन्तः॑ । अधि॑ । क्षमि॑ ॥
ब्रह्म । गाम् । अश्वम् । जनयन्तः । ओषधीः । वनस्पतीन् । पृथिवीम् । पर्वतान् । अपः । सूर्य । दिवि । रोहयन्तः । सुदानवः । आर्या । व्रता । विसृजन्तः । अधि । क्षमि ॥
brahma | gām | aśvam | janayantaḥ | oṣadhīḥ | vanaspatīn | pṛthivīm | parvatān | apaḥ | sūrya | divi | rohayantaḥ | su-dānavaḥ | āryā | vratā | vi-sṛjantaḥ | adhi | kṣami

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 10.65.11 English analysis of grammar]

brahma < brahman

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“brahman; mantra; prayer; spell; Veda; Brahmin; sacred text; final emancipation; hymn; brahman [word]; Brāhmaṇa; study.”

gām < go

[noun], accusative, singular, feminine

“cow; cattle; go [word]; Earth; bull; floor; milk; beam; sunbeam; leather; hide; horn; language; bowstring; earth; ox; Svarga.”

aśvaṃ < aśvam < aśva

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“horse; aśva [word]; Aśva; stallion.”

janayanta < janayantaḥ < janay < √jan

[verb noun], nominative, plural

“cause; give birth; produce; beget; generate; originate; create; create; make.”

oṣadhīr < oṣadhīḥ < oṣadhi

[noun], accusative, plural, feminine

“herb; plant; drug; simple; oṣadhi [word]; remedy.”

vanaspatīn < vanaspati

[noun], accusative, plural, masculine

“tree; banyan; vanaspati [word]; vanaspativarga; vaṭādi.”

pṛthivīm < pṛthivī

[noun], accusative, singular, feminine

“Earth; pṛthivī; floor; Earth; earth; pṛthivī [word]; land.”

parvatāṃ < parvata

[noun], accusative, plural, masculine

“mountain; Parvata; parvata [word]; Parvata; Parvata; rock; height.”

apaḥ < ap

[noun], accusative, plural, feminine

“water; body of water; water; ap [word]; juice; jala.”

sūryaṃ < sūryam < sūrya

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“sun; Surya; sūrya [word]; right nostril; twelve; Calotropis gigantea Beng.; sūryakānta; sunlight; best.”

divi < div

[noun], locative, singular, masculine

“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”

rohayantaḥ < rohay < √ruh

[verb noun], nominative, plural

sudānava < sudānavaḥ < sudānu

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“big; lavish.”

āryā < ārya

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“noble; noble; Indo-European; ārya [word]; honorable; noble.”

vratā < vrata

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“vrata (vote); commandment; law; oath; command; rule; custom; vrata [word]; rule; behavior.”

visṛjanto < visṛjantaḥ < visṛj < √sṛj

[verb noun], nominative, plural

“dismiss; emit; shoot; secrete; hand over; lose; abandon; disperse; make; emit; utter; shoot; ejaculate; spill; give; discard; refrain from; discontinue; throw.”

adhi

[adverb]

“on; from; accordingly.”

kṣami < kṣam

[noun], locative, singular, feminine

“Earth; heaven and earth.”

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