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 10.95.17

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अ॒न्त॒रि॒क्ष॒प्रां रज॑सो वि॒मानी॒मुप॑ शिक्षाम्यु॒र्वशीं॒ वसि॑ष्ठः । उप॑ त्वा रा॒तिः सु॑कृ॒तस्य॒ तिष्ठा॒न्नि व॑र्तस्व॒ हृद॑यं तप्यते मे ॥
अन्तरिक्षप्रां रजसो विमानीमुप शिक्षाम्युर्वशीं वसिष्ठः । उप त्वा रातिः सुकृतस्य तिष्ठान्नि वर्तस्व हृदयं तप्यते मे ॥
antarikṣaprāṃ rajaso vimānīm upa śikṣāmy urvaśīṃ vasiṣṭhaḥ | upa tvā rātiḥ sukṛtasya tiṣṭhān ni vartasva hṛdayaṃ tapyate me ||

English translation:

“(Purūravā). I, Vasiṣṭha, bring under subjection Ūrvaśī who fills the firmament (with lustre) andmeasures out the rain. May (Purūravā), the bestower of the auspicious rite, abide near you; come back-- myheart is burning.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

Vasiṣṭha: an epithet, pre-eminently the giver of dwellings

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): purūravā aiḷaḥ [purūravā aiḷa];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): urvaśī ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अ॒न्त॒रि॒क्ष॒ऽप्राम् । रज॑सः । वि॒ऽमानी॑म् । उप॑ । शि॒क्षा॒मि॒ । उ॒र्वशी॑म् । वसि॑ष्ठः । उप॑ । त्वा॒ । रा॒तिः । सु॒ऽकृ॒तस्य॑ । तिष्ठा॑त् । नि । व॒र्त॒स्व॒ । हृद॑यम् । त॒प्य॒ते॒ । मे॒ ॥
अन्तरिक्षप्राम् । रजसः । विमानीम् । उप । शिक्षामि । उर्वशीम् । वसिष्ठः । उप । त्वा । रातिः । सुकृतस्य । तिष्ठात् । नि । वर्तस्व । हृदयम् । तप्यते । मे ॥
antarikṣa-prām | rajasaḥ | vi-mānīm | upa | śikṣāmi | urvaśīm | vasiṣṭhaḥ | upa | tvā | rātiḥ | su-kṛtasya | tiṣṭhāt | ni | vartasva | hṛdayam | tapyate | me

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 10.95.17 English analysis of grammar]

antarikṣaprāṃ < antarikṣa

[noun], neuter

“sky; atmosphere; air; abhra.”

antarikṣaprāṃ < prām < prā

[noun], accusative, singular, feminine

“appreciated.”

rajaso < rajasaḥ < rajas

[noun], genitive, singular, neuter

“powder; menorrhea; dust; Rajas; atmosphere; rajas; pollen; passion; rajas [word]; sindūra; rust; tin; impurity; dark; sky.”

vimānīm < vimāna

[noun], accusative, singular, feminine

“pervading.”

upa

[adverb]

“towards; on; next.”

śikṣāmy < śikṣāmi < śikṣ

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“help; give.”

urvaśīṃ < urvaśīm < urvaśī

[noun], accusative, singular, feminine

“Urvaśī.”

vasiṣṭhaḥ < vasiṣṭha

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“best.”

upa

[adverb]

“towards; on; next.”

tvā < tvad

[noun], accusative, singular

“you.”

rātiḥ < rāti

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“gift; bounty; favor.”

sukṛtasya < sukṛta

[noun], genitive, singular, neuter

“merit; virtue; auspiciousness.”

tiṣṭhān < tiṣṭhāt < sthā

[verb], singular, Present conjunctive (subjunctive)

“stay; stand; situate; exist; [in]; resist; endure; put; soak; be; stop; adhere; get stale; concentrate; grow; trust; wake; consociate; last; dwell; lie; stand; stop.”

ni

[adverb]

“back; down.”

vartasva < vṛt

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“behave; happen; exist; return; dwell; die; roll; continue; act; exist; feed on; issue; move; travel; proceed; turn; situate; drive; account for; begin; do; inhere; revolve.”

hṛdayaṃ < hṛdayam < hṛdaya

[noun], nominative, singular, neuter

“heart; heart; mind; hṛdaya [word]; science; thorax; Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā; soul.”

tapyate < tap

[verb], singular, Indikativ Pr¦s. Passiv

“heat; burn; grieve; afflict; burn; afflict; trouble; boil.”

me < mad

[noun], genitive, singular

“I; mine.”

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