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 10.136.4

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अ॒न्तरि॑क्षेण पतति॒ विश्वा॑ रू॒पाव॒चाक॑शत् । मुनि॑र्दे॒वस्य॑देवस्य॒ सौकृ॑त्याय॒ सखा॑ हि॒तः ॥
अन्तरिक्षेण पतति विश्वा रूपावचाकशत् । मुनिर्देवस्यदेवस्य सौकृत्याय सखा हितः ॥
antarikṣeṇa patati viśvā rūpāvacākaśat | munir devasya-devasya saukṛtyāya sakhā hitaḥ ||

English translation:

“The Muni flies through the firmament, illumining all objects, the friend of each deity, appointed forpious works.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): munayo vātaraśanāḥ [munaya vātaraśanāḥ];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): keśinaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): anuṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अ॒न्तरि॑क्षेण । प॒त॒ति॒ । विश्वा॑ । रू॒पा । अ॒व॒ऽचाक॑शत् । मुनिः॑ । दे॒वस्य॑ऽदेवस्य । सौकृ॑त्याय । सखा॑ । हि॒तः ॥
अन्तरिक्षेण । पतति । विश्वा । रूपा । अवचाकशत् । मुनिः । देवस्यदेवस्य । सौकृत्याय । सखा । हितः ॥
antarikṣeṇa | patati | viśvā | rūpā | ava-cākaśat | muniḥ | devasya-devasya | saukṛtyāya | sakhā | hitaḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 10.136.4 English analysis of grammar]

antarikṣeṇa < antarikṣa

[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter

“sky; atmosphere; air; abhra.”

patati < pat

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“fall down; drop; fly; issue; fall; fall; decay; hang down; banish; throw; lodge; disappear.”

viśvā < viśva

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”

rūpāvacākaśat < rūpā < rūpa

[noun], accusative, plural, 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.”

rūpāvacākaśat < avacākaśat < avacākaś < √kāś

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“look.”

munir < muniḥ < muni

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“ascetic; seven; Sesbania grandiflora; Brahmin; muni; saint; Buddha; Ṛṣi.”

devasya < deva

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”

devasya < deva

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”

saukṛtyāya < saukṛtya

[noun], dative, singular, neuter

sakhā < sakhi

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“friend; companion; sakhi [word].”

hitaḥ < dhā

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“put; give; cause; get; hold; make; provide; lend; wear; install; have; enter (a state); supply; hold; take; show.”

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