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 10.158.4
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
चक्षु॑र्नो धेहि॒ चक्षु॑षे॒ चक्षु॑र्वि॒ख्यै त॒नूभ्य॑: । सं चे॒दं वि च॑ पश्येम ॥
चक्षुर्नो धेहि चक्षुषे चक्षुर्विख्यै तनूभ्यः । सं चेदं वि च पश्येम ॥
cakṣur no dhehi cakṣuṣe cakṣur vikhyai tanūbhyaḥ | saṃ cedaṃ vi ca paśyema ||
English translation:
“Give sight, Sūrya, to our eyes, (bestow) sight for the illumination of our bodies, so that we may lookupon and into this (world).”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): cakṣuḥ sauryaḥ [cakṣuḥ saurya];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): sūryaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
चक्षुः॑ । नः॒ । धे॒हि॒ । चक्षु॑षे । चक्षुः॑ । वि॒ऽख्यै । त॒नूभ्यः॑ । सम् । च॒ । इ॒दम् । वि । च॒ । प॒श्ये॒म॒ ॥
चक्षुः । नः । धेहि । चक्षुषे । चक्षुः । विख्यै । तनूभ्यः । सम् । च । इदम् । वि । च । पश्येम ॥
cakṣuḥ | naḥ | dhehi | cakṣuṣe | cakṣuḥ | vi-khyai | tanūbhyaḥ | sam | ca | idam | vi | ca | paśyema
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 10.158.4 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“eye; look; visual perception; cakṣus [word]; sight.”
[noun], genitive, plural
“I; mine.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“put; give; cause; get; hold; make; provide; lend; wear; install; have; enter (a state); supply; hold; take; show.”
[noun], dative, singular, neuter
“eye; look; visual perception; cakṣus [word]; sight.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“eye; look; visual perception; cakṣus [word]; sight.”
[verb noun]
“name; be known; call; enumerate; behold.”
[noun], dative, plural, feminine
“body; self; own(a); person; form.”
[adverb]
“sam; together; together; saṃ.”
[adverb]
“and; besides; then; now; even.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[adverb]
“apart; away; away.”
[adverb]
“and; besides; then; now; even.”
[verb], plural, Present optative
“see; view; watch; meet; observe; think of; look; examine; behold; visit; understand.”