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 10.85.18
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
पू॒र्वा॒प॒रं च॑रतो मा॒ययै॒तौ शिशू॒ क्रीळ॑न्तौ॒ परि॑ यातो अध्व॒रम् । विश्वा॑न्य॒न्यो भुव॑नाभि॒चष्ट॑ ऋ॒तूँर॒न्यो वि॒दध॑ज्जायते॒ पुन॑: ॥
पूर्वापरं चरतो माययैतौ शिशू क्रीळन्तौ परि यातो अध्वरम् । विश्वान्यन्यो भुवनाभिचष्ट ऋतूँरन्यो विदधज्जायते पुनः ॥
pūrvāparaṃ carato māyayaitau śiśū krīḻantau pari yāto adhvaram | viśvāny anyo bhuvanābhicaṣṭa ṛtūm̐r anyo vidadhaj jāyate punaḥ ||
English translation:
“These two (the sun and moon) wandering in thought one after the other, youthful, sportive, approachthe sacrifice; one (of them) looks over all worlds, the other regulating the seasons is born repeatedly.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): sūryā sāvitrī;Devatā (deity/subject-matter): somārkau ;
Chandas (meter): pādanicṛjjgatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
पू॒र्व॒ऽअ॒प॒रम् । च॒र॒तः॒ । मा॒यया॑ । ए॒तौ । शिशू॒ इति॑ । क्रीळ॑न्तौ । परि॑ । या॒तः॒ । अ॒ध्व॒रम् । विश्वा॑नि । अ॒न्यः । भुव॑ना । अ॒भि॒ऽचष्टे॑ । ऋ॒तून् । अ॒न्यः । वि॒ऽदध॑त् । जा॒य॒ते॒ । पुन॒रिति॑ ॥
पूर्वअपरम् । चरतः । मायया । एतौ । शिशू इति । क्रीळन्तौ । परि । यातः । अध्वरम् । विश्वानि । अन्यः । भुवना । अभिचष्टे । ऋतून् । अन्यः । विदधत् । जायते । पुनरिति ॥
pūrva-aparam | carataḥ | māyayā | etau | śiśūiti | krīḷantau | pari | yātaḥ | adhvaram | viśvāni | anyaḥ | bhuvanā | abhi-caṣṭe | ṛtūn | anyaḥ | vi-dadhat | jāyate | punariti
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 10.85.18 English analysis of grammar]
[noun]
“aforesaid(a); antecedent; previous(a); first; eastern; former(a); pūrva [word]; age-old; anterior; bygone; fore(a); predictive; firstborn; easterly; instrumental.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“other; another(a); following; western; future; apara [word]; elder; remaining; some(a); later(a); back(a).”
[verb], dual, Present indikative
“car; wander; perform; travel; bore; produce; make; dwell; dig; act; observe; enter (a state); observe; cause; crop; behave; practice; heed; process; administer.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine
“magic trick; Māyā; deception; illusion; māyā [word]; disguise; trick.”
[noun], nominative, dual, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); etad [word].”
[noun], nominative, dual, masculine
“child; young; baby; śiśu [word]; Śiśu; male child; fetus.”
[verb noun], nominative, dual
“frolic; love; play; amuse.”
[adverb]
“from; about; around.”
[verb], dual, Present indikative
“go; enter (a state); travel; disappear; reach; come; campaign; elapse; arrive; drive; reach; leave; run; depart; ride.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“yajña; ceremony; adhvara [word].”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“other; another(a); remaining; different; anya [word]; other than; more(a); fresh; any(a).”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“Earth; being; world; bhuvana [word].”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
“season; turn; menstruation; ṛtu [word]; time period; order; six.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“other; another(a); remaining; different; anya [word]; other than; more(a); fresh; any(a).”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“produce; perform; administer; cause; shape; use; make; dig; describe; construct; teach; bore; fill into; prepare; ignite; regulate; add; arrange; create; dress; inject; process; think of; order; name; breed; raise; write; produce; grant; appoint; do; put on.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“become; originate; be born; transform; happen; result; grow; beget; produce; create; conceive; separate; cause; give birth; grow; produce; generate; be; become; arise; come on.”
[adverb]
“again; further; now; over and over; subsequently; repeatedly; however; besides.”