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 10.158.5

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

सु॒सं॒दृशं॑ त्वा व॒यं प्रति॑ पश्येम सूर्य । वि प॑श्येम नृ॒चक्ष॑सः ॥
सुसंदृशं त्वा वयं प्रति पश्येम सूर्य । वि पश्येम नृचक्षसः ॥
susaṃdṛśaṃ tvā vayam prati paśyema sūrya | vi paśyema nṛcakṣasaḥ ||

English translation:

“May we look upon you, Sūrya, the bright beholder (of all), may we look into the things which arevisible to mankind.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): cakṣuḥ sauryaḥ [cakṣuḥ saurya];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): sūryaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): virāḍgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

सु॒ऽस॒न्दृश॑म् । त्वा॒ । व॒यम् । प्रति॑ । प॒श्ये॒म॒ । सू॒र्य॒ । वि । प॒श्ये॒म॒ । नृ॒ऽचक्ष॑सः ॥
सुसन्दृशम् । त्वा । वयम् । प्रति । पश्येम । सूर्य । वि । पश्येम । नृचक्षसः ॥
su-sandṛśam | tvā | vayam | prati | paśyema | sūrya | vi | paśyema | nṛ-cakṣasaḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 10.158.5 English analysis of grammar]

susaṃdṛśaṃ < su

[adverb]

“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”

susaṃdṛśaṃ < saṃdṛśam < saṃdṛś

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“appearance; view; view.”

tvā < tvad

[noun], accusative, singular

“you.”

vayam < mad

[noun], nominative, plural

“I; mine.”

prati

[adverb]

“towards; per; regarding; respectively; according to; until.”

paśyema < paś

[verb], plural, Present optative

“see; view; watch; meet; observe; think of; look; examine; behold; visit; understand.”

sūrya

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“sun; Surya; sūrya [word]; right nostril; twelve; Calotropis gigantea Beng.; sūryakānta; sunlight; best.”

vi

[adverb]

“apart; away; away.”

paśyema < paś

[verb], plural, Present optative

“see; view; watch; meet; observe; think of; look; examine; behold; visit; understand.”

nṛcakṣasaḥ < nṛ

[noun], masculine

“man; man; nṛ [word]; crew; masculine.”

nṛcakṣasaḥ < cakṣasaḥ < cakṣas

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“eye; look; radiance.”

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