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 10.82.5
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
प॒रो दि॒वा प॒र ए॒ना पृ॑थि॒व्या प॒रो दे॒वेभि॒रसु॑रै॒र्यदस्ति॑ । कं स्वि॒द्गर्भं॑ प्रथ॒मं द॑ध्र॒ आपो॒ यत्र॑ दे॒वाः स॒मप॑श्यन्त॒ विश्वे॑ ॥
परो दिवा पर एना पृथिव्या परो देवेभिरसुरैर्यदस्ति । कं स्विद्गर्भं प्रथमं दध्र आपो यत्र देवाः समपश्यन्त विश्वे ॥
paro divā para enā pṛthivyā paro devebhir asurair yad asti | kaṃ svid garbham prathamaṃ dadhra āpo yatra devāḥ samapaśyanta viśve ||
English translation:
“What was that embryo which was beyond the heaven, beyond this earth, beyond the gods, beyondthe asuras, which the waters first retained, in which all the gods contemplated each other?”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): viśvakarmā bhauvanaḥ [viśvakarmā bhauvana];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): viśvakarmā;
Chandas (meter): triṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
प॒रः । दि॒वा । प॒रः । ए॒ना । पृ॒थि॒व्या । प॒रः । दे॒वेभिः॑ । असु॑रैः । यत् । अस्ति॑ । कम् । स्वि॒त् । गर्भ॑म् । प्र॒थ॒मम् । द॒ध्रे॒ । आपः॑ । यत्र॑ । दे॒वाः । स॒म्ऽअप॑श्यन्त । विश्वे॑ ॥
परः । दिवा । परः । एना । पृथिव्या । परः । देवेभिः । असुरैः । यत् । अस्ति । कम् । स्वित् । गर्भम् । प्रथमम् । दध्रे । आपः । यत्र । देवाः । सम्अपश्यन्त । विश्वे ॥
paraḥ | divā | paraḥ | enā | pṛthivyā | paraḥ | devebhiḥ | asuraiḥ | yat | asti | kam | svit | garbham | prathamam | dadhre | āpaḥ | yatra | devāḥ | sam-apaśyanta | v iśve
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 10.82.5 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“beyond; away; farther.”
[noun], instrumental, singular
“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”
[adverb]
“beyond; away; farther.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine
“Earth; pṛthivī; floor; Earth; earth; pṛthivī [word]; land.”
[adverb]
“beyond; away; farther.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine
“Asura; lord; asura [word]; sulfur.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”
[adverb]
“kaṃ [word].”
[adverb]
“svid [word].”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“fetus; garbha; inside; cavity; embryo; uterus; child; pit; garbhadruti; filling; pregnancy; room; abdomen; fertilization; inside; hole; baby; calyx; midst.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“first; prathama [word]; third; young; chief(a); best; antecedent.”
[verb], plural, Perfect indicative
“put; give; cause; get; hold; make; provide; lend; wear; install; have; enter (a state); supply; hold; take; show.”
[noun], nominative, plural, neuter
“water; body of water; water; ap [word]; juice; jala.”
[adverb]
“wherein; once [when].”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[verb], plural, Imperfect
“see; inspect; watch; detect; allow.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”