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 10.117.5
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
पृ॒णी॒यादिन्नाध॑मानाय॒ तव्या॒न्द्राघी॑यांस॒मनु॑ पश्येत॒ पन्था॑म् । ओ हि वर्त॑न्ते॒ रथ्ये॑व च॒क्रान्यम॑न्य॒मुप॑ तिष्ठन्त॒ राय॑: ॥
पृणीयादिन्नाधमानाय तव्यान्द्राघीयांसमनु पश्येत पन्थाम् । ओ हि वर्तन्ते रथ्येव चक्रान्यमन्यमुप तिष्ठन्त रायः ॥
pṛṇīyād in nādhamānāya tavyān drāghīyāṃsam anu paśyeta panthām | o hi vartante rathyeva cakrānyam-anyam upa tiṣṭhanta rāyaḥ ||
English translation:
“Let the very rich man satisfy his suitor, let him look forward to a more protracted route, for richesrevolve from one man to another, as the wheels of a chariot turn round.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
A more protracted route: i.e., the road ofvirtue; let him look further along the path of life, and he will see riches deserting the rich and going to otherṣFortune is fickle
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): bhikṣuḥ;Devatā (deity/subject-matter): dhanānnadānapraśaṃsā ;
Chandas (meter): virāṭtrisṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
पृ॒णी॒यात् । इत् । नाध॑मानाय । तव्या॑न् । द्राघी॑यांसम् । अनु॑ । प॒श्ये॒त॒ । पन्था॑म् । ओ इति॑ । हि । व॒र्त॒न्ते॒ । रथ्या॑ऽइव । च॒क्रा । अ॒न्यम्ऽअ॑न्यम् । उप॑ । ति॒ष्ठ॒न्त॒ । रायः॑ ॥
पृणीयात् । इत् । नाधमानाय । तव्यान् । द्राघीयांसम् । अनु । पश्येत । पन्थाम् । ओ इति । हि । वर्तन्ते । रथ्याइव । चक्रा । अन्यम्अन्यम् । उप । तिष्ठन्त । रायः ॥
pṛṇīyāt | it | nādhamānāya | tavyān | drāghīyāṃsam | anu | paśyeta | panthām | o iti | hi | vartante | rathyāiva | cakrā | anyam-anyam | upa | tiṣṭhanta | rāyaḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 10.117.5 English analysis of grammar]
[verb], singular, Present optative
“fill; elapse; pull back; fill; satisfy; bestow; meet; stuff; load; mix; complete.”
[adverb]
“indeed; assuredly; entirely.”
[verb noun], dative, singular
“suffer.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“stronger; rich.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“long; longer.”
[adverb]
“subsequently; behind; along; towards; because.”
[verb], singular, Present optative
“see; view; watch; meet; observe; think of; look; examine; behold; visit; understand.”
[noun], accusative, singular
“way; road; path [word]; journey; method.”
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[adverb]
“ukāra; besides; now; indeed; u.”
[adverb]
“because; indeed; for; therefore; hi [word].”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“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.”
[noun], nominative, plural, neuter
[adverb]
“like; as it were; somehow; just so.”
[noun], nominative, plural, neuter
“wheel; Cakra; discus; army; cakra; oil mill; cakrikā; cakra; group.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“other; another(a); remaining; different; anya [word]; other than; more(a); fresh; any(a).”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“other; another(a); remaining; different; anya [word]; other than; more(a); fresh; any(a).”
[adverb]
“towards; on; next.”
[verb], plural, Present injunctive
“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
“wealth; possession; rai [word]; gold.”