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 10.158.3
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
चक्षु॑र्नो दे॒वः स॑वि॒ता चक्षु॑र्न उ॒त पर्व॑तः । चक्षु॑र्धा॒ता द॑धातु नः ॥
चक्षुर्नो देवः सविता चक्षुर्न उत पर्वतः । चक्षुर्धाता दधातु नः ॥
cakṣur no devaḥ savitā cakṣur na uta parvataḥ | cakṣur dhātā dadhātu naḥ ||
English translation:
“May the divine Savitā grant us sight, may Parvata (grant) us sight; may Dhātā (grant) us sight.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): cakṣuḥ sauryaḥ [cakṣuḥ saurya];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): sūryaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
चक्षुः॑ । नः॒ । दे॒वः । स॒वि॒ता । चक्षुः॑ । नः॒ । उ॒त । पर्व॑तः । चक्षुः॑ । धा॒ता । द॒धा॒तु॒ । नः॒ ॥
चक्षुः । नः । देवः । सविता । चक्षुः । नः । उत । पर्वतः । चक्षुः । धाता । दधातु । नः ॥
cakṣuḥ | naḥ | devaḥ | savitā | cakṣuḥ | naḥ | uta | parvataḥ | cakṣuḥ | dhātā | dadhātu | naḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 10.158.3 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“eye; look; visual perception; cakṣus [word]; sight.”
[noun], dative, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Savitar; sun; Surya; Savitṛ.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“eye; look; visual perception; cakṣus [word]; sight.”
[noun], dative, plural
“I; mine.”
[adverb]
“and; besides; uta [indecl.]; similarly; alike; even.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“mountain; Parvata; parvata [word]; Parvata; Parvata; rock; height.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“eye; look; visual perception; cakṣus [word]; sight.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Brahma; Dhātṛ; creator; Dhātṛ.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“put; give; cause; get; hold; make; provide; lend; wear; install; have; enter (a state); supply; hold; take; show.”
[noun], dative, plural
“I; mine.”