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 10.124.7
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
क॒विः क॑वि॒त्वा दि॒वि रू॒पमास॑ज॒दप्र॑भूती॒ वरु॑णो॒ निर॒पः सृ॑जत् । क्षेमं॑ कृण्वा॒ना जन॑यो॒ न सिन्ध॑व॒स्ता अ॑स्य॒ वर्णं॒ शुच॑यो भरिभ्रति ॥
कविः कवित्वा दिवि रूपमासजदप्रभूती वरुणो निरपः सृजत् । क्षेमं कृण्वाना जनयो न सिन्धवस्ता अस्य वर्णं शुचयो भरिभ्रति ॥
kaviḥ kavitvā divi rūpam āsajad aprabhūtī varuṇo nir apaḥ sṛjat | kṣemaṃ kṛṇvānā janayo na sindhavas tā asya varṇaṃ śucayo bharibhrati ||
English translation:
“The sage (Mitra) by his wisdom fixed his body in the sky; Varuṇa with but a wslight effort let loose thewaters, conferring happiness, like wives, the pure rivers assume his (white) tint.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): agnivaruṇasomānāṃ nihavaḥ [agnivaruṇasomānāṃ nihava];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): yathānipātam;
Chandas (meter): jagatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
क॒विः । क॒वि॒ऽत्वा । दि॒वि । रू॒पम् । आ । अ॒स॒ज॒त् । अप्र॑ऽभूती । वरु॑णः । निः । अ॒पः । सृ॒ज॒त् । क्षेम॑म् । कृ॒ण्वा॒नाः । जन॑यः । न । सिन्ध॑वः । ताः । अ॒स्य॒ । वर्ण॑म् । शुच॑यः । भ॒रि॒भ्र॒ति॒ ॥
कविः । कवित्वा । दिवि । रूपम् । आ । असजत् । अप्रभूती । वरुणः । निः । अपः । सृजत् । क्षेमम् । कृण्वानाः । जनयः । न । सिन्धवः । ताः । अस्य । वर्णम् । शुचयः । भरिभ्रति ॥
kaviḥ | kavi-tvā | divi | rūpam | ā | asajat | apra-bhūtī | varuṇaḥ | niḥ | apaḥ | sṛjat | kṣemam | kṛṇvānāḥ | janayaḥ | na | sindhavaḥ | tāḥ | asya | varṇam | śucayaḥ | bharibhrati
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 10.124.7 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“poet; wise man; bard; Venus; Uśanas; kavi [word]; Kavi; prophet; guru; Brahma.”
[noun], masculine
“poet; wise man; bard; Venus; Uśanas; kavi [word]; Kavi; prophet; guru; Brahma.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter
“state; quality; cause; reason.”
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“form; appearance; beauty; look; shape; shape; symptom; feature; nature; guise; rūpa [word]; one; appearance; likeness; color; kind; vowel; type; disguise; aspect; form; derivative; omen; vision.”
[verb], singular, Imperfect
“adhere; give; hang; mix; attach; addict.”
[adverb]
“not; akāra; a [taddhita]; a [word]; a; a.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Varuna; varuṇa [word]; Crataeva religiosa Forst.; Varuṇa; varuṇādi.”
[adverb]
“niḥ; away; out; without.”
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
“water; body of water; water; ap [word]; juice; jala.”
[verb], singular, Present injunctive
“create; shoot; discharge; free; cause; throw; emit; send; produce; use; be born; make.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“ease; happiness; peace; tranquillity; kṣema [word]; respite; rest.”
[verb noun], nominative, plural
“make; perform; cause; produce; shape; construct; do; put; fill into; use; fuel; transform; bore; act; write; create; prepare; administer; dig; prepare; treat; take effect; add; trace; put on; process; treat; heed; hire; act; produce; assume; eat; ignite; chop; treat; obey; manufacture; appoint; evacuate; choose; understand; insert; happen; envelop; weigh; observe; practice; lend; bring; duplicate; plant; kṛ; concentrate; mix; knot; join; take; provide; utter; compose.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“wife; jan; woman; jani [word]; birth.”
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“river; Indus; sindhu [word].”
[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.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“color; caste; complexion; vowel; varṇa [word]; vowel; syllable; appearance; Karat; people; beauty; varṇa; gold; color; complexion.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“clean; clean; pure; bright; clear; honest; śuci [word]; clear; impeccant.”
[verb], plural, Present indikative