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 10.68.7
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
बृह॒स्पति॒रम॑त॒ हि त्यदा॑सां॒ नाम॑ स्व॒रीणां॒ सद॑ने॒ गुहा॒ यत् । आ॒ण्डेव॑ भि॒त्त्वा श॑कु॒नस्य॒ गर्भ॒मुदु॒स्रिया॒: पर्व॑तस्य॒ त्मना॑जत् ॥
बृहस्पतिरमत हि त्यदासां नाम स्वरीणां सदने गुहा यत् । आण्डेव भित्त्वा शकुनस्य गर्भमुदुस्रियाः पर्वतस्य त्मनाजत् ॥
bṛhaspatir amata hi tyad āsāṃ nāma svarīṇāṃ sadane guhā yat | āṇḍeva bhittvā śakunasya garbham ud usriyāḥ parvatasya tmanājat ||
English translation:
“When Bṛhaspati had discovered that name of the lowing kine in their plural ce in the cave, by his ownstrength he extricated the cattle from the rock as (breaking) the eggs of a bird (one extricates) the embryo.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): ayāsyaḥ [ayāsya];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): bṛhaspatiḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
बृह॒स्पतिः॑ । अम॑त । हि । त्यत् । आ॒सा॒म् । नाम॑ । स्व॒रीणा॑म् । सद॑ने । गुहा॑ । यत् । आ॒ण्डाऽइ॑व । भि॒त्त्वा । श॒कु॒नस्य॑ । गर्भ॑म् । उत् । उ॒स्रियाः॑ । पर्व॑तस्य । त्मना॑ । आ॒ज॒त् ॥
बृहस्पतिः । अमत । हि । त्यत् । आसाम् । नाम । स्वरीणाम् । सदने । गुहा । यत् । आण्डाइव । भित्त्वा । शकुनस्य । गर्भम् । उत् । उस्रियाः । पर्वतस्य । त्मना । आजत् ॥
bṛhaspatiḥ | amata | hi | tyat | āsām | nāma | svarīṇām | sadane | guhā | yat | āṇḍāiva | bhittvā | śakunasya | garbham | ut | usriyāḥ | parvatasya | tmanā | ājat
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 10.68.7 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Brihaspati; Jupiter; Bṛhaspati.”
[verb], singular, Root aorist (Ind.)
“think of; name; believe; teach; honor; deem; recommend; approve; think; define; call; respect; believe; enumerate; understand; see; describe.”
[adverb]
“because; indeed; for; therefore; hi [word].”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“that.”
[noun], genitive, plural, feminine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“name; appellation; nāman [word]; nāmakaraṇa; surname; noun; word.”
[noun], genitive, plural, masculine
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“seat; weakness; inertness; dwelling; exhaustion; numbness; home; residence; seat; inanition; location.”
[adverb]
“secretly.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“egg.”
[adverb]
“like; as it were; somehow; just so.”
[verb noun]
“break; incise; burst; divide; cut; cleave; destroy; cure; disturb; lance; break; distinguish; disclose; pierce; tear; separate; transgress; break open; scratch; penetrate; sever; bribe; grind; betray; fester; strike.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“bird; large bird.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“fetus; garbha; inside; cavity; embryo; uterus; child; pit; garbhadruti; filling; pregnancy; room; abdomen; fertilization; inside; hole; baby; calyx; midst.”
[adverb]
“up.”
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
“cow; dairy product.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“mountain; Parvata; parvata [word]; Parvata; Parvata; rock; height.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine
“self.”
[verb], singular, Imperfect
“drive; expel.”