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 10.82.6
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
तमिद्गर्भं॑ प्रथ॒मं द॑ध्र॒ आपो॒ यत्र॑ दे॒वाः स॒मग॑च्छन्त॒ विश्वे॑ । अ॒जस्य॒ नाभा॒वध्येक॒मर्पि॑तं॒ यस्मि॒न्विश्वा॑नि॒ भुव॑नानि त॒स्थुः ॥
तमिद्गर्भं प्रथमं दध्र आपो यत्र देवाः समगच्छन्त विश्वे । अजस्य नाभावध्येकमर्पितं यस्मिन्विश्वानि भुवनानि तस्थुः ॥
tam id garbham prathamaṃ dadhra āpo yatra devāḥ samagacchanta viśve | ajasya nābhāv adhy ekam arpitaṃ yasmin viśvāni bhuvanāni tasthuḥ ||
English translation:
“The waters verily first retained the embryo in which all the gods were aggregated, single deposited onthe navel of the unborn (creator), in which all beings abide.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
The embryo is Viśvakarman. arpitam aṇḍam =mundane egg; or, bījam
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): viśvakarmā bhauvanaḥ [viśvakarmā bhauvana];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): viśvakarmā;
Chandas (meter): triṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
तम् । इत् । गर्भ॑म् । प्र॒थ॒मम् । द॒ध्रे॒ । आपः॑ । यत्र॑ । दे॒वाः । स॒म्ऽअग॑च्छन्त । विश्वे॑ । अ॒जस्य॑ । नाभौ॑ । अधि॑ । एक॑म् । अर्पि॑तम् । यस्मि॑न् । विश्वा॑नि । भुव॑नानि । त॒स्थुः ॥
तम् । इत् । गर्भम् । प्रथमम् । दध्रे । आपः । यत्र । देवाः । सम्अगच्छन्त । विश्वे । अजस्य । नाभौ । अधि । एकम् । अर्पितम् । यस्मिन् । विश्वानि । भुवनानि । तस्थुः ॥
tam | it | garbham | prathamam | dadhre | āpaḥ | yatra | devāḥ | sam-agacchanta | vi śve | ajasya | nābhau | adhi | ekam | arpitam | yasmin | viśvāni | bhuvanāni | tasthuḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 10.82.6 English analysis of grammar]
[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.”
[adverb]
“indeed; assuredly; entirely.”
[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
“meet; unite; love; connect; exist; land; justify.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“unborn.”
[noun], locative, singular, feminine
“navel; hub; kinship; beginning; origin; umbilical cord; nābhi [word]; friendship; center.”
[adverb]
“on; from; accordingly.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“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.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“shoot; give; direct; hide; put; insert.”
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], nominative, plural, neuter
“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”
[noun], nominative, plural, neuter
“Earth; being; world; bhuvana [word].”
[verb], plural, Perfect indicative
“stay; stand; situate; exist; [in]; resist; endure; put; soak; be; stop; adhere; get stale; concentrate; grow; trust; wake; consociate; last; dwell; lie; stand; stop.”