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 2.13.5
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अधा॑कृणोः पृथि॒वीं सं॒दृशे॑ दि॒वे यो धौ॑ती॒नाम॑हिह॒न्नारि॑णक्प॒थः । तं त्वा॒ स्तोमे॑भिरु॒दभि॒र्न वा॒जिनं॑ दे॒वं दे॒वा अ॑जन॒न्त्सास्यु॒क्थ्य॑: ॥
अधाकृणोः पृथिवीं संदृशे दिवे यो धौतीनामहिहन्नारिणक्पथः । तं त्वा स्तोमेभिरुदभिर्न वाजिनं देवं देवा अजनन्त्सास्युक्थ्यः ॥
adhākṛṇoḥ pṛthivīṃ saṃdṛśe dive yo dhautīnām ahihann āriṇak pathaḥ | taṃ tvā stomebhir udabhir na vājinaṃ devaṃ devā ajanan sāsy ukthyaḥ ||
English translation:
“Inasmuch as you have rendered earth visible to heaven, and have set open the path of the rivers by slaying Ahi; therefore the gods have rendered you divine by praises, as (men) invigorate a horse by water; (and) you are, (Indra), to be praised.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): gṛtsamadaḥ śaunakaḥ [gṛtsamada śaunaka];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): virāḍjagatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अध॑ । अ॒कृ॒णोः॒ । पृ॒थि॒वीम् । स॒म्ऽदृशे॑ । दि॒वे । यः । धौ॒ती॒नाम् । अ॒हि॒ऽह॒न् । अरि॑णक् । प॒थः । तम् । त्वा॒ । स्तोमे॑भिः । उ॒दऽभिः॑ । न । वा॒जिन॑म् । दे॒वम् । दे॒वाः । अ॒ज॒न॒न् । सः । अ॒सि॒ । उ॒क्थ्यः॑ ॥
अध । अकृणोः । पृथिवीम् । सम्दृशे । दिवे । यः । धौतीनाम् । अहिहन् । अरिणक् । पथः । तम् । त्वा । स्तोमेभिः । उदभिः । न । वाजिनम् । देवम् । देवाः । अजनन् । सः । असि । उक्थ्यः ॥
adha | akṛṇoḥ | pṛthivīm | sam-dṛśe | dive | yaḥ | dhautīnām | ahi-han | ariṇak | pathaḥ | tam | tvā | stomebhiḥ | uda-bhiḥ | na | vājinam | devam | devāḥ | ajanan | saḥ | asi | ukthyaḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 2.13.5 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“then; and; therefore; now.”
[verb], singular, Imperfect
“make; perform; cause; produce; shape; construct; do; put; fill into; use; fuel; transform; bore; act; write; create; prepare; administer; dig; prepare; treat; take effect; add; trace; put on; process; treat; heed; hire; act; produce; assume; eat; ignite; chop; treat; obey; manufacture; appoint; evacuate; choose; understand; insert; happen; envelop; weigh; observe; practice; lend; bring; duplicate; plant; kṛ; concentrate; mix; knot; join; take; provide; utter; compose.”
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
“Earth; pṛthivī; floor; Earth; earth; pṛthivī [word]; land.”
[verb noun]
“see; look; consider.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], genitive, plural, feminine
[noun], masculine
“snake; lead; nāga; Nāga; ahi [word]; Vṛtra.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“killing; curative; destroying; removing; māraka; stabbing.”
[verb], singular, Imperfect
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
“way; road; path [word]; journey; method.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[noun], accusative, singular
“you.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine
“hymn; Stoma; stoma [word].”
[noun], instrumental, plural, neuter
“water.”
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“horse; bird; seven; hero; achiever; aphrodisiac.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[verb], plural, Imperfect
“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, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“applaudable.”