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 10.72.4
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
भूर्ज॑ज्ञ उत्ता॒नप॑दो भु॒व आशा॑ अजायन्त । अदि॑ते॒र्दक्षो॑ अजायत॒ दक्षा॒द्वदि॑ति॒: परि॑ ॥
भूर्जज्ञ उत्तानपदो भुव आशा अजायन्त । अदितेर्दक्षो अजायत दक्षाद्वदितिः परि ॥
bhūr jajña uttānapado bhuva āśā ajāyanta | aditer dakṣo ajāyata dakṣād v aditiḥ pari ||
English translation:
“The earth was born from the upward-growing (tree), the quarters were born from the earth; Dakṣawas born from Aditi, and afterwards Aditi from Dakṣa.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Sāyṇa remarks: It may be objected that there is acontradiction here, since a self-produced effect cannot be the cause of itself. The venerable Yāska removingthis objection has questioned and refuted the inconsistency. He says (Nirukta 11.23), 'It may be objected, howcan it be that Dakṣa was born from Aditi and afterwards Aditi from Dakṣa? The answer is, either they were borntogether or by a divine law they reciprocally gave birth to each other and shared each other's nature' "
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): bṛhaspatirbṛhaspatirvā laukya aditirvā dākṣāyaṇī;Devatā (deity/subject-matter): devāḥ ;
Chandas (meter): anuṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
भूः । ज॒ज्ञे॒ । उ॒त्ता॒नऽप॑दः । भु॒वः । आशाः॑ । अ॒जा॒य॒न्त॒ । अदि॑तेः । दक्षः॑ । अ॒जा॒य॒त॒ । दक्षा॑त् । ऊँ॒ इति॑ । अदि॑तिः । परि॑ ॥
भूः । जज्ञे । उत्तानपदः । भुवः । आशाः । अजायन्त । अदितेः । दक्षः । अजायत । दक्षात् । ऊँ इति । अदितिः । परि ॥
bhūḥ | jajñe | uttāna-padaḥ | bhuvaḥ | āśāḥ | ajāyanta | aditeḥ | dakṣaḥ | ajāyata | dakṣāt | oṃ iti | aditiḥ | pari
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 10.72.4 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“Earth; floor; earth; bhū; Earth; one; saurāṣṭrā; three; land; land; place; world; bhū [word]; soil; pṛthivī; being; bhūja; floor; bhūnāga; sphaṭikā; beginning; birth; estate.”
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
“become; originate; be born; transform; happen; result; grow; beget; produce; create; conceive; separate; cause; give birth; grow; produce; generate; be; become; arise; come on.”
[noun], ablative, singular, feminine
[noun], ablative, singular, feminine
“Earth; floor; earth; bhū; Earth; one; saurāṣṭrā; three; land; land; place; world; bhū [word]; soil; pṛthivī; being; bhūja; floor; bhūnāga; sphaṭikā; beginning; birth; estate.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“quarter; region; geographical area; sky; space.”
[verb], plural, Imperfect
“become; originate; be born; transform; happen; result; grow; beget; produce; create; conceive; separate; cause; give birth; grow; produce; generate; be; become; arise; come on.”
[noun], ablative, singular, feminine
“Aditi; aditi [word].”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Dakṣa; ability; cock; fitness; will; purpose; disposition; cock.”
[verb], singular, Imperfect
“become; originate; be born; transform; happen; result; grow; beget; produce; create; conceive; separate; cause; give birth; grow; produce; generate; be; become; arise; come on.”
[noun], ablative, singular, masculine
“Dakṣa; ability; cock; fitness; will; purpose; disposition; cock.”
[adverb]
“ukāra; besides; now; indeed; u.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“Aditi; aditi [word].”
[adverb]
“from; about; around.”