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 10.177.2
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
प॒तं॒गो वाचं॒ मन॑सा बिभर्ति॒ तां ग॑न्ध॒र्वो॑ऽवद॒द्गर्भे॑ अ॒न्तः । तां द्योत॑मानां स्व॒र्यं॑ मनी॒षामृ॒तस्य॑ प॒दे क॒वयो॒ नि पा॑न्ति ॥
पतंगो वाचं मनसा बिभर्ति तां गन्धर्वोऽवदद्गर्भे अन्तः । तां द्योतमानां स्वर्यं मनीषामृतस्य पदे कवयो नि पान्ति ॥
pataṃgo vācam manasā bibharti tāṃ gandharvo 'vadad garbhe antaḥ | tāṃ dyotamānāṃ svaryam manīṣām ṛtasya pade kavayo ni pānti ||
English translation:
“The Sun bears the (sacred) word in his mind the Gandharva has spoken it, (abiding) within the womb;sages cherish it in the plural ce of sacrifice, brilliant, heavenly ruling the mind.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Sacred word: vāk: the three Vedas;Taittirīya Brāhmaṇa 3.12.9: in the morning the deity moves in the sky with the hymns of the Ṛk, he abides atnoon in the Yajurveda, at his setting he is extolled with the Sāmaveda; the sun moves accompanied by thethree Vedas;
Gandharva: from gaḥ (voices), and dhr. (to hold) = the breath of life
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): pataṅgaḥ prājāpatyaḥ [pataṅga prājāpatya];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): māyābhedaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): virāṭtrisṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
प॒त॒ङ्गः । वाच॑म् । मन॑सा । बि॒भ॒र्ति॒ । तान् । ग॒न्ध॒र्वः॑ । अ॒व॒द॒त् । गर्भे॑ । अ॒न्तरिति॑ । ताम् । द्योत॑मानाम् । स्व॒र्य॑म् । म॒नी॒षाम् । ऋ॒तस्य॑ । प॒दे । क॒वयः॑ । नि । पा॒न्ति॒ ॥
पतङ्गः । वाचम् । मनसा । बिभर्ति । तान् । गन्धर्वः । अवदत् । गर्भे । अन्तरिति । ताम् । द्योतमानाम् । स्वर्यम् । मनीषाम् । ऋतस्य । पदे । कवयः । नि । पान्ति ॥
pataṅgaḥ | vācam | manasā | bibharti | tān | gandharvaḥ | avadat | garbhe | antar iti | tām | dyotamānām | svaryam | manīṣām | ṛtasya | pade | kavayaḥ | ni | pānti
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 10.177.2 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“insect; sun; bird; Caesalpinia sappan L.; Pataṃga; Vishnu.”
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
“speech; statement; voice; voice; speech; language; vāc [word]; word; literary composition; conversation; sound; Sarasvati; cry; assurance; spell.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter
“mind; Manas; purpose; idea; attention; heart; decision; manas [word]; manas [indecl.]; spirit; temper; intelligence.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“bring; hold; fill; support; wear; possess; carry; nourish; keep; hire; have; satiate; follow; bear.”
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Gandharva; castor-oil plant; horse; Gandharva; Indian cuckoo.”
[verb], singular, Imperfect
“describe; teach; speak; tell; say; call; name; enumerate; declare; diagnose; address; say; pronounce; express; instruct; order.”
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
“fetus; garbha; inside; cavity; embryo; uterus; child; pit; garbhadruti; filling; pregnancy; room; abdomen; fertilization; inside; hole; baby; calyx; midst.”
[adverb]
“inside; in; antar [word]; midmost; between; among.”
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[verb noun], accusative, singular
“shine; inflame.”
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
“good for the voice.”
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
“hymn; inspiration; idea; thinking; wish; consideration; intelligence.”
[noun], genitive, singular, neuter
“truth; order; fixed order; ṛta [word]; law; custom; custom.”
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“word; location; foot; footprint; pada [word]; verse; footstep; metrical foot; situation; dwelling; state; step; mark; position; trace; construction; animal foot; way; moment; social station; topographic point; path; residence; site; topic.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“poet; wise man; bard; Venus; Uśanas; kavi [word]; Kavi; prophet; guru; Brahma.”
[adverb]
“back; down.”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“protect; govern.”