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 10.111.8
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
दू॒रं किल॑ प्रथ॒मा ज॑ग्मुरासा॒मिन्द्र॑स्य॒ याः प्र॑स॒वे स॒स्रुराप॑: । क्व॑ स्वि॒दग्रं॒ क्व॑ बु॒ध्न आ॑सा॒मापो॒ मध्यं॒ क्व॑ वो नू॒नमन्त॑: ॥
दूरं किल प्रथमा जग्मुरासामिन्द्रस्य याः प्रसवे सस्रुरापः । क्व स्विदग्रं क्व बुध्न आसामापो मध्यं क्व वो नूनमन्तः ॥
dūraṃ kila prathamā jagmur āsām indrasya yāḥ prasave sasrur āpaḥ | kva svid agraṃ kva budhna āsām āpo madhyaṃ kva vo nūnam antaḥ ||
English translation:
“The first of those waters, which issued forth at Indra's sending, went very far. Where, waters, is yourbeginning, where your root, where is your centre, where indeed is your termination?”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): aṣṭrādaṃṣṭro vairūpaḥ [aṣṭrādaṃṣṭra vairūpa];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): pādanicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
दू॒रम् । किल॑ । प्र॒थ॒माः । ज॒ग्मुः॒ । आ॒सा॒म् । इन्द्र॑स्य । याः । प्र॒ऽस॒वे । स॒स्रुः । आपः॑ । क्व॑ । स्वि॒त् । अग्र॑म् । क्व॑ । बु॒ध्नः । आ॒सा॒म् । आपः॑ । मध्य॑म् । क्व॑ । वः॒ । नू॒नम् । अन्तः॑ ॥
दूरम् । किल । प्रथमाः । जग्मुः । आसाम् । इन्द्रस्य । याः । प्रसवे । सस्रुः । आपः । क्व । स्वित् । अग्रम् । क्व । बुध्नः । आसाम् । आपः । मध्यम् । क्व । वः । नूनम् । अन्तः ॥
dūram | kila | prathamāḥ | jagmuḥ | āsām | indrasya | yāḥ | pra-save | sasruḥ | āpaḥ | kva | svit | agram | kva | budhnaḥ | āsām | āpaḥ | madhyam | kva | vaḥ | nūnam | antaḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 10.111.8 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“far.”
[adverb]
“assuredly; indeed; kila [indecl.].”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“first; prathama [word]; third; young; chief(a); best; antecedent.”
[verb], plural, Perfect indicative
“go; situate; enter (a state); travel; disappear; [in]; elapse; leave; reach; vanish; love; walk; approach; issue; hop on; gasify; get; come; die; drain; spread; transform; happen; discharge; ride; to be located; run; detect; refer; go; shall; drive.”
[noun], genitive, plural, feminine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
“stimulation.”
[verb], plural, Perfect indicative
“sṛ; liquefy; run; spread; stretch out.”
[noun], nominative, plural, neuter
“water; body of water; water; ap [word]; juice; jala.”
[adverb]
“wherein; how; kva [word].”
[adverb]
“svid [word].”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“tip; beginning; peak; end; front; top; beginning; battlefront; agra [word]; acme; fingertip; top; best; optimum; climax; matter; glans.”
[adverb]
“wherein; how; kva [word].”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“bottom; bottom; base.”
[noun], genitive, plural, feminine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[noun], vocative, plural, neuter
“water; body of water; water; ap [word]; juice; jala.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“midst; center; cavity; inside; middle; center; waist; group; pulp; torso; time interval; area; series; madhya [word]; Madhya; noon; middle; middle age; span; belly.”
[adverb]
“wherein; how; kva [word].”
[noun], genitive, plural
“you.”
[adverb]
“now; surely; immediately; just.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“end; last syllable; end; end; boundary; inside; border; death; anta [word]; edge; end; shore; limit; region; outskirt; destruction; boundary; limit; anta; termination; corner; conclusion; hem; end; ant; edge.”