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 10.149.2
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
यत्रा॑ समु॒द्रः स्क॑भि॒तो व्यौन॒दपां॑ नपात्सवि॒ता तस्य॑ वेद । अतो॒ भूरत॑ आ॒ उत्थि॑तं॒ रजोऽतो॒ द्यावा॑पृथि॒वी अ॑प्रथेताम् ॥
यत्रा समुद्रः स्कभितो व्यौनदपां नपात्सविता तस्य वेद । अतो भूरत आ उत्थितं रजोऽतो द्यावापृथिवी अप्रथेताम् ॥
yatrā samudraḥ skabhito vy aunad apāṃ napāt savitā tasya veda | ato bhūr ata ā utthitaṃ rajo 'to dyāvāpṛthivī aprathetām ||
English translation:
“Where the cloud thus arrested shed moisture (on the earth) Savitā, O grandson of the waters, knewthat (plural ce); from thence proceeded the earth, thence arose the firmament, thence the heaven and earth werespread out.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): arcanhairaṇyastupaḥ [arcanhairaṇyastupa];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): savitā ;
Chandas (meter): virāṭtrisṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
यत्र॑ । स॒मु॒द्रः । स्क॒भि॒तः । वि । औन॑त् । अपा॑म् । न॒पा॒त् । स॒वि॒ता । तस्य॑ । वे॒द॒ । अतः॑ । भूः । अतः॑ । आः॒ । उत्थि॑तम् । रजः॑ । अतः॑ । द्यावा॑पृथि॒वी इति॑ । अ॒प्र॒थे॒ता॒म् ॥
यत्र । समुद्रः । स्कभितः । वि । औनत् । अपाम् । नपात् । सविता । तस्य । वेद । अतः । भूः । अतः । आः । उत्थितम् । रजः । अतः । द्यावापृथिवी इति । अप्रथेताम् ॥
yatra | samudraḥ | skabhitaḥ | vi | aunat | apām | napāt | savitā | tasya | veda | ataḥ | bhūḥ | ataḥ | āḥ | utthitam | rajaḥ | ataḥ | dyāvāpṛthivī iti | aprathetām
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 10.149.2 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“wherein; once [when].”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“ocean; Samudra; sea; samudra [word]; four.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“fixate; establish.”
[adverb]
“apart; away; away.”
[verb], singular, Imperfect
[noun], genitive, plural, neuter
“water; body of water; water; ap [word]; juice; jala.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“grandson; nephew; napāt [word].”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Savitar; sun; Surya; Savitṛ.”
[noun], genitive, singular, neuter
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
“know; diagnose; perceive; know; accord; notice; deem; mind; learn; specify; watch; recognize; detect; call.”
[adverb]
“now; therefore; then; from there; hence; consequently; then; hence; henceforth.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“Earth; floor; earth; bhū; Earth; one; saurāṣṭrā; three; land; land; place; world; bhū [word]; soil; pṛthivī; being; bhūja; floor; bhūnāga; sphaṭikā; beginning; birth; estate.”
[adverb]
“now; therefore; then; from there; hence; consequently; then; hence; henceforth.”
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“originate; get up; arise; rise; utthā; rise; be active; come forth; cause; happen; grow.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“powder; menorrhea; dust; Rajas; atmosphere; rajas; pollen; passion; rajas [word]; sindūra; rust; tin; impurity; dark; sky.”
[adverb]
“now; therefore; then; from there; hence; consequently; then; hence; henceforth.”
[noun], nominative, dual, feminine
“heaven and earth; dyāvāpṛthivī [word].”
[verb], dual, Imperfect
“be known; expand; expand; boom.”