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 10.98.6
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अ॒स्मिन्त्स॑मु॒द्रे अध्युत्त॑रस्मि॒न्नापो॑ दे॒वेभि॒र्निवृ॑ता अतिष्ठन् । ता अ॑द्रवन्नार्ष्टिषे॒णेन॑ सृ॒ष्टा दे॒वापि॑ना॒ प्रेषि॑ता मृ॒क्षिणी॑षु ॥
अस्मिन्त्समुद्रे अध्युत्तरस्मिन्नापो देवेभिर्निवृता अतिष्ठन् । ता अद्रवन्नार्ष्टिषेणेन सृष्टा देवापिना प्रेषिता मृक्षिणीषु ॥
asmin samudre adhy uttarasminn āpo devebhir nivṛtā atiṣṭhan | tā adravann ārṣṭiṣeṇena sṛṣṭā devāpinā preṣitā mṛkṣiṇīṣu ||
English translation:
“In this upper ocean the waters stood dammed up by the gods; set free by Devāpi, the son ofṚṣṭiṣeṇa, they were sent forth over the plural ins.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): devāpirārṣṭiṣeṇaḥ [devāpirārṣṭiṣeṇa];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): devāḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अ॒स्मिन् । स॒मु॒द्रे । अधि॑ । उत्ऽत॑रस्मिन् । आपः॑ । दे॒वेभिः॑ । निऽवृ॑ताः । अ॒ति॒ष्ठ॒न् । ताः । अ॒द्र॒व॒न् । आ॒ऋष्टि॒षे॒णेन॑ । सृ॒ष्टाः । दे॒वऽआ॑पिना । प्रऽइ॑षिताः । मृ॒क्षिणी॑षु ॥
अस्मिन् । समुद्रे । अधि । उत्तरस्मिन् । आपः । देवेभिः । निवृताः । अतिष्ठन् । ताः । अद्रवन् । आऋष्टिषेणेन । सृष्टाः । देवआपिना । प्रइषिताः । मृक्षिणीषु ॥
asmin | samudre | adhi | ut-tarasmin | āpaḥ | devebhiḥ | ni-vṛtāḥ | atiṣṭhan | tāḥ | adravan | āṛṣṭiṣeṇena | sṛṣṭāḥ | deva-āpinā | pra-iṣitāḥ | mṛkṣiṇīṣu
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 10.98.6 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
“ocean; Samudra; sea; samudra [word]; four.”
[adverb]
“on; from; accordingly.”
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
“northern; following; upper; additional; better; more(a); last; concluding; superior; later(a); uttara [word]; prevailing; future; left; northerly; northerly; higher; second; dominant; excellent; chief(a).”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“water; body of water; water; ap [word]; juice; jala.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[verb noun], nominative, plural
“restrain.”
[verb], plural, Imperfect
“stay; stand; situate; exist; [in]; resist; endure; put; soak; be; stop; adhere; get stale; concentrate; grow; trust; wake; consociate; last; dwell; lie; stand; stop.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[verb], plural, Imperfect
“liquefy; melt; melt; flee; run; run; vanish; run; rush; dissolve; dissolve.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine
“Devāpi.”
[verb noun], nominative, plural
“create; shoot; discharge; free; cause; throw; emit; send; produce; use; be born; make.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine
“Devāpi.”
[verb noun], nominative, plural
“send; shoot.”
[noun], locative, plural, feminine
“rivulet.”