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 10.157.5
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
प्र॒त्यञ्च॑म॒र्कम॑नय॒ञ्छची॑भि॒रादित्स्व॒धामि॑षि॒रां पर्य॑पश्यन् ॥
प्रत्यञ्चमर्कमनयञ्छचीभिरादित्स्वधामिषिरां पर्यपश्यन् ॥
pratyañcam arkam anayañ chacībhir ād it svadhām iṣirām pary apaśyan ||
English translation:
“When (the worshippers) with their pious acts offered praise in honour (of the gods), then (men) beheldaround them the swift descending rain.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): bhuvana āptyaḥ sādhano vā bhauvanaḥ [bhuvana āptya sādhana vā bhauvana];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): viśvedevā:;
Chandas (meter): dvipadātriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
प्र॒त्यञ्च॑म् । अ॒र्कम् । अ॒न॒य॒न् । शची॑भिः । आत् । इत् । स्व॒धाम् । इ॒षि॒राम् । परि॑ । अ॒प॒श्य॒न् ॥
प्रत्यञ्चम् । अर्कम् । अनयन् । शचीभिः । आत् । इत् । स्वधाम् । इषिराम् । परि । अपश्यन् ॥
pratyañcam | arkam | anayan | śacībhiḥ | āt | it | svadhām | iṣirām | pari | apaśyan
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 10.157.5 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“western; facing; westbound; backward; pratyañc [word]; inverted.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“Calotropis gigantea Beng.; sun; copper; Surya; hymn; twelve; fire; beam.”
[verb], plural, Imperfect
“bring; lead; spend; decant; enter (a state); remove; take out; take away; enforce; marry; carry; fill into; bring; learn; go out; add.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, feminine
“Śacī; power; dexterity; ability; aid.”
[adverb]
“then.”
[adverb]
“indeed; assuredly; entirely.”
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
“free will; offering; libation; nature; svadhā [word]; comfort; power.”
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
“vigorous; bracing; quick.”
[adverb]
“from; about; around.”
[verb], plural, Imperfect
“see; view; watch; meet; observe; think of; look; examine; behold; visit; understand.”