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 10.94.12

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

ध्रु॒वा ए॒व व॑: पि॒तरो॑ यु॒गेयु॑गे॒ क्षेम॑कामास॒: सद॑सो॒ न यु॑ञ्जते । अ॒जु॒र्यासो॑ हरि॒षाचो॑ ह॒रिद्र॑व॒ आ द्यां रवे॑ण पृथि॒वीम॑शुश्रवुः ॥
ध्रुवा एव वः पितरो युगेयुगे क्षेमकामासः सदसो न युञ्जते । अजुर्यासो हरिषाचो हरिद्रव आ द्यां रवेण पृथिवीमशुश्रवुः ॥
dhruvā eva vaḥ pitaro yuge-yuge kṣemakāmāsaḥ sadaso na yuñjate | ajuryāso hariṣāco haridrava ā dyāṃ raveṇa pṛthivīm aśuśravuḥ ||

English translation:

“Your progenitors (the mountains), stable from age to age, desirous of repose, seek not to mix with(religious) assemblies; exempt from decay, enjoying the Soma, flowing green (with Soma), they made heavenand earth resound with their clamour.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): arbudaḥ kādraveyaḥ sarpaḥ [arbuda kādraveya sarpa];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): grāvāṇaḥ;
Chandas (meter): jagatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

ध्रु॒वाः । ए॒व । वः॒ । पि॒तरः॑ । यु॒गेऽयु॑गे । क्षेम॑ऽकामासः । सद॑सः । न । यु॒ञ्ज॒ते॒ । अ॒जु॒र्यासः॑ । ह॒रि॒ऽसाचः॑ । ह॒रिद्र॑वः । आ । द्याम् । रवे॑ण । पृ॒थि॒वीम् । अ॒शु॒श्र॒वुः॒ ॥
ध्रुवाः । एव । वः । पितरः । युगेयुगे । क्षेमकामासः । सदसः । न । युञ्जते । अजुर्यासः । हरिसाचः । हरिद्रवः । आ । द्याम् । रवेण । पृथिवीम् । अशुश्रवुः ॥
dhruvāḥ | eva | vaḥ | pitaraḥ | yuge--yuge | kṣema-kāmāsaḥ | sadasaḥ | na | yuñjate | ajuryāsaḥ | hari-sācaḥ | haridravaḥ | ā | dyām | raveṇa | pṛthivīm | aśuśravuḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 10.94.12 English analysis of grammar]

dhruvā < dhruvāḥ < dhruva

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“certain; fixed; permanent; changeless; firm; safe; resident; immovable; fixed; fixed; vital; faithful.”

eva

[adverb]

“indeed; merely; thus; even; surely; same; eva [word]; successively; immediately; in truth.”

vaḥ < tvad

[noun], genitive, plural

“you.”

pitaro < pitaraḥ < pitṛ

[noun], nominative, plural

“father; Pitṛ; ancestor; parent; paternal ancestor; pitṛ [word]; forefather.”

yuge < yuga

[noun], locative, singular, neuter

“Yuga; yoke; couple; coevals; generation; lustrum; two; pair; yuga [word]; Yuga; race.”

yuge < yuga

[noun], locative, singular, neuter

“Yuga; yoke; couple; coevals; generation; lustrum; two; pair; yuga [word]; Yuga; race.”

kṣemakāmāsaḥ < kṣema

[noun], masculine

“ease; happiness; peace; tranquillity; kṣema [word]; respite; rest.”

kṣemakāmāsaḥ < kāmāsaḥ < kāma

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“wish; desire; sexual love; sexual desire; desire; Kama; sensuality; love; purpose; sexual arousal; pleasure; enjoyment; licentiousness; kāma [word]; sexual intercourse; thorn apple; wish.”

sadaso < sadasaḥ < sadas

[noun], ablative, singular, neuter

“mansion; assembly; seat; seat.”

na

[adverb]

“not; like; no; na [word].”

yuñjate < yuj

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“mix; use; endow; yoke; accompany; to practice Yoga; connect; hire; administer; compound; affect; add; concentrate; unite; join; prosecute; combine; supply; compound; attach to; appoint; fill; process; mobilize; mount; complement; eat; join; treat; coincide; affect; challenge.”

ajuryāso < ajuryāsaḥ < ajurya

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“ageless; amaranthine.”

hariṣāco < _ < √_

[?]

“_”

haridrava < haridravaḥ < haridru

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

ā

[adverb]

“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”

dyāṃ < dyām < div

[noun], accusative, singular

“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”

raveṇa < rava

[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine

“sound; howl; thunder; cry; talk; cry.”

pṛthivīm < pṛthivī

[noun], accusative, singular, feminine

“Earth; pṛthivī; floor; Earth; earth; pṛthivī [word]; land.”

aśuśravuḥ < śru

[verb], plural, Plusquamperfect

“listen; come to know; hear; hear; listen; study; heed; learn.”

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