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 10.82.3
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
यो न॑: पि॒ता ज॑नि॒ता यो वि॑धा॒ता धामा॑नि॒ वेद॒ भुव॑नानि॒ विश्वा॑ । यो दे॒वानां॑ नाम॒धा एक॑ ए॒व तं स॑म्प्र॒श्नं भुव॑ना यन्त्य॒न्या ॥
यो नः पिता जनिता यो विधाता धामानि वेद भुवनानि विश्वा । यो देवानां नामधा एक एव तं सम्प्रश्नं भुवना यन्त्यन्या ॥
yo naḥ pitā janitā yo vidhātā dhāmāni veda bhuvanāni viśvā | yo devānāṃ nāmadhā eka eva taṃ sampraśnam bhuvanā yanty anyā ||
English translation:
“He who is our preserver, our parent, the creator (of all), who knows our abodes (and knows) allbeings, who is the name-giver of the gods-- he is one; other beings come to him to inquire.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
I.e., to ask, 'who isthe supreme lord?' or, they ask, what their offices are, and he appoints them their several functions
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): viśvakarmā bhauvanaḥ [viśvakarmā bhauvana];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): viśvakarmā;
Chandas (meter): nicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
यः । नः॒ । पि॒ता । ज॒नि॒ता । यः । वि॒ऽधा॒ता । धामा॑नि । वेद॑ । भुव॑नानि । विश्वा॑ । यः । दे॒वाना॑म् । ना॒म॒ऽधाः । एकः॑ । ए॒व । तम् । स॒म्ऽप्र॒श्नम् । भुव॑ना । य॒न्ति॒ । अ॒न्या ॥
यः । नः । पिता । जनिता । यः । विधाता । धामानि । वेद । भुवनानि । विश्वा । यः । देवानाम् । नामधाः । एकः । एव । तम् । सम्प्रश्नम् । भुवना । यन्ति । अन्या ॥
yaḥ | naḥ | pitā | janitā | yaḥ | vi-dhātā | dhāmāni | veda | bhuvanāni | viśvā | yaḥ | devānām | nāma-dhāḥ | ekaḥ | eva | tam | sam-praśnam | bhuvanā | yanti | anyā
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 10.82.3 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], genitive, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“father; Pitṛ; ancestor; parent; paternal ancestor; pitṛ [word]; forefather.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“father; janitṛ [word].”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Brahma; organizer; creator.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“domain; dwelling; law; appearance; light; race; agreement; color; location.”
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
“know; diagnose; perceive; know; accord; notice; deem; mind; learn; specify; watch; recognize; detect; call.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“Earth; being; world; bhuvana [word].”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], genitive, plural, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“one; single(a); alone(p); some(a); single(a); eka [word]; alone(p); excellent; each(a); some(a); one; same; alone(p); some(a); consistent; any(a); undifferentiated; disjunct.”
[adverb]
“indeed; merely; thus; even; surely; same; eva [word]; successively; immediately; in truth.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“question.”
[noun], nominative, plural, neuter
“Earth; being; world; bhuvana [word].”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“go; travel; enter (a state); return; walk; continue; reach; ask.”
[noun], nominative, plural, neuter
“other; another(a); remaining; different; anya [word]; other than; more(a); fresh; any(a).”