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 10.85.17
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
सू॒र्यायै॑ दे॒वेभ्यो॑ मि॒त्राय॒ वरु॑णाय च । ये भू॒तस्य॒ प्रचे॑तस इ॒दं तेभ्यो॑ऽकरं॒ नम॑: ॥
सूर्यायै देवेभ्यो मित्राय वरुणाय च । ये भूतस्य प्रचेतस इदं तेभ्योऽकरं नमः ॥
sūryāyai devebhyo mitrāya varuṇāya ca | ye bhūtasya pracetasa idaṃ tebhyo 'karaṃ namaḥ ||
English translation:
“I offer this adoration to Sūrya, to the gods, to Mitra and Varuṇa, (and to all those) who areconsiderate to created beings.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): sūryā sāvitrī;Devatā (deity/subject-matter): devāḥ ;
Chandas (meter): virāḍanuṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
सू॒र्यायै॑ । दे॒वेभ्यः॑ । मि॒त्राय॑ । वरु॑णाय । च॒ । ये । भू॒तस्य॑ । प्रऽचे॑तसः । इ॒दम् । तेभ्यः॑ । अ॒क॒र॒म् । नमः॑ ॥
सूर्यायै । देवेभ्यः । मित्राय । वरुणाय । च । ये । भूतस्य । प्रचेतसः । इदम् । तेभ्यः । अकरम् । नमः ॥
sūryāyai | devebhyaḥ | mitrāya | varuṇāya | ca | ye | bhūtasya | pra-cetasaḥ | idam | tebhyaḥ | akaram | namaḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 10.85.17 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], dative, singular, feminine
“Citrullus colocynthis Schrad..”
[noun], dative, plural, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“friend; Mitra; mitra [word]; sun; ally.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“Varuna; varuṇa [word]; Crataeva religiosa Forst.; Varuṇa; varuṇādi.”
[adverb]
“and; besides; then; now; even.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[verb noun], genitive, singular
“become; be; originate; transform; happen; result; exist; be born; be; be; come to life; grow; elapse; come to mind; thrive; become; impend; show; conceive; understand; stand; constitute; serve; apply; behave.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“intelligent; mindful; attentive; wise; apt; observant.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[noun], dative, plural, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[verb], singular, Thematic aorist (Ind.)
“make; perform; cause; produce; shape; construct; do; put; fill into; use; fuel; transform; bore; act; write; create; prepare; administer; dig; prepare; treat; take effect; add; trace; put on; process; treat; heed; hire; act; produce; assume; eat; ignite; chop; treat; obey; manufacture; appoint; evacuate; choose; understand; insert; happen; envelop; weigh; observe; practice; lend; bring; duplicate; plant; kṛ; concentrate; mix; knot; join; take; provide; utter; compose.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“adoration; court; namas [word]; bow; salute.”