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 1.65.3
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
ऋ॒तस्य॑ दे॒वा अनु॑ व्र॒ता गु॒र्भुव॒त्परि॑ष्टि॒र्द्यौर्न भूम॑ ॥
ऋतस्य देवा अनु व्रता गुर्भुवत्परिष्टिर्द्यौर्न भूम ॥
ṛtasya devā anu vratā gur bhuvat pariṣṭir dyaur na bhūma ||
English translation:
“[3-4] The gods followed the traces of the fugitive; the search spread everywhere, and earth became like heaven; the waters swelled (to conceal him), who was much enlarged by praise, and was manifested as it were in the womb in the waters, the source of sacrificial food.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
So nileyata, so āpaḥ praviṣat, tam devaḥ praiṣam aicchan; tam matsyāḥ prabravit: he, concealing himself, entered into the waters; the gods wished for a messenger to him; a fish discovered him. A fish revealed to the gods where Agni had hidden (Taittiriya)
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): parāśaraḥ śāktaḥ [parāśara śākta];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛtpaṅkti ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
ऋ॒तस्य॑ । दे॒वाः । अनु॑ । व्र॒ता । गुः॒ । भुव॑त् । परि॑ष्टिः । द्यौः । न । भूम॑ ॥
ऋतस्य । देवाः । अनु । व्रता । गुः । भुवत् । परिष्टिः । द्यौः । न । भूम ॥
ṛtasya | devāḥ | anu | vratā | guḥ | bhuvat | pariṣṭiḥ | dyauḥ | na | bhūma
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.65.3 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], genitive, singular, neuter
“truth; order; fixed order; ṛta [word]; law; custom; custom.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[adverb]
“subsequently; behind; along; towards; because.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“vrata (vote); commandment; law; oath; command; rule; custom; vrata [word]; rule; behavior.”
[verb], plural, Root aorist (Ind.)
“go; enter (a state); arrive.”
[verb], singular, Thematic aorist (Ind.)
“become; be; originate; transform; happen; result; exist; be born; be; be; come to life; grow; elapse; come to mind; thrive; become; impend; show; conceive; understand; stand; constitute; serve; apply; behave.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“trouble; dilemma.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“Earth; floor.”