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 10.172.4
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
उ॒षा अप॒ स्वसु॒स्तम॒: सं व॑र्तयति वर्त॒निं सु॑जा॒तता॑ ॥
उषा अप स्वसुस्तमः सं वर्तयति वर्तनिं सुजातता ॥
uṣā apa svasus tamaḥ saṃ vartayati vartaniṃ sujātatā ||
English translation:
“Uṣas drives away the darkness of her sister (night); her genitive rative benevolence (harnesses) herchariot.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Sujātatā = her own prolific faculty
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): saṃvartaḥ [saṃvarta];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): uṣāḥ ;
Chandas (meter): pipīlikāmadhyāgāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
उ॒षाः । अप॑ । स्वसुः॑ । तमः॑ । सम् । व॒र्त॒य॒ति॒ । व॒र्त॒निम् । सु॒ऽजा॒तता॑ ॥
उषाः । अप । स्वसुः । तमः । सम् । वर्तयति । वर्तनिम् । सुजातता ॥
uṣāḥ | apa | svasuḥ | tamaḥ | sam | vartayati | vartanim | su-jātatā
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 10.172.4 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“Ushas; dawn; uṣas [word]; morning.”
[adverb]
“away.”
[noun], genitive, singular, feminine
“sister; svasṛ [word].”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“dark; darkness; Tamas; tamas [word]; faint; tamas; gloom; ignorance.”
[adverb]
“sam; together; together; saṃ.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“pound; tell; exist; bring; spill; mix; survive; melt; roll; explain; perform; turn; chop; sustain; spend; roll up; produce.”
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
“path; East; way.”
[adverb]
“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”
[verb noun]
“become; originate; be born; transform; happen; result; grow; beget; produce; create; conceive; separate; cause; give birth; grow; produce; generate; be; become; arise; come on.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“state; Lakshmi.”