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 2.24.6
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अ॒भि॒नक्ष॑न्तो अ॒भि ये तमा॑न॒शुर्नि॒धिं प॑णी॒नां प॑र॒मं गुहा॑ हि॒तम् । ते वि॒द्वांस॑: प्रति॒चक्ष्यानृ॑ता॒ पुन॒र्यत॑ उ॒ आय॒न्तदुदी॑युरा॒विश॑म् ॥
अभिनक्षन्तो अभि ये तमानशुर्निधिं पणीनां परमं गुहा हितम् । ते विद्वांसः प्रतिचक्ष्यानृता पुनर्यत उ आयन्तदुदीयुराविशम् ॥
abhinakṣanto abhi ye tam ānaśur nidhim paṇīnām paramaṃ guhā hitam | te vidvāṃsaḥ praticakṣyānṛtā punar yata u āyan tad ud īyur āviśam ||
English translation:
“Those sages, who searching on every side, discovered the precious treasure (of cattle) hidden in the cave of the Paṇis, having seen through the false (illusions of the asura), and again coming (thither) forced an entrance.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Those sages: the aṅgirasas; the allegory is explained: the cows hidden in the caves are the rains accusative ulated in the clouds, which are set free by the oblations with fire, of which the aṅgirasas were, no doubt, the authors
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): gṛtsamadaḥ śaunakaḥ [gṛtsamada śaunaka];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): brahmaṇaspatiḥ;
Chandas (meter): jagatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अ॒भि॒ऽनक्ष॑न्तः । अ॒भि । ये । तम् । आ॒न॒शुः । नि॒धिम् । प॒णी॒नाम् । प॒र॒मम् । गुहा॑ । हि॒तम् । ते । वि॒द्वांसः॑ । प्र॒ति॒ऽचक्ष्य॑ । अनृ॑ता । पुनः॑ । यतः॑ । ऊँ॒ इति॑ । आय॑न् । तत् । उत् । ई॒युः । आ॒ऽविश॑म् ॥
अभिनक्षन्तः । अभि । ये । तम् । आनशुः । निधिम् । पणीनाम् । परमम् । गुहा । हितम् । ते । विद्वांसः । प्रतिचक्ष्य । अनृता । पुनः । यतः । ऊँ इति । आयन् । तत् । उत् । ईयुः । आविशम् ॥
abhi-nakṣantaḥ | abhi | ye | tam | ānaśuḥ | nidhim | paṇīnām | paramam | guhā | hitam | te | vidvāṃsaḥ | prati-cakṣya | anṛtā | punaḥ | yataḥ | oṃ iti | āyan | tat | ut | īyuḥ | āviśam
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 2.24.6 English analysis of grammar]
[verb noun], nominative, plural
“approach.”
[adverb]
“towards; on.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[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.”
[verb], plural, Perfect indicative
“get; reach; enter (a state).”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“hoard; receptacle; treasure; ocean; instrument.”
[noun], genitive, plural, masculine
“niggard; paṇ.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“extreme; best; excellent; highest; highest; devoted(p); maximal; distant; parama [word]; very; farthermost.”
[adverb]
“secretly.”
[verb noun], accusative, singular
“put; give; cause; get; hold; make; provide; lend; wear; install; have; enter (a state); supply; hold; take; show.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[verb noun], nominative, plural
“know; diagnose; perceive; know; accord; notice; deem; mind; learn; specify; watch; recognize; detect; call.”
[verb noun]
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“falsehood; lying; lie; cheat.”
[adverb]
“again; further; now; over and over; subsequently; repeatedly; however; besides.”
[adverb]
“from which; whence; wherein.”
[adverb]
“ukāra; besides; now; indeed; u.”
[verb], plural, Imperfect
“go; travel; enter (a state); return; walk; continue; reach; ask.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[adverb]
“up.”
[verb], plural, Perfect indicative
“go; travel; enter (a state); return; walk; continue; reach; ask.”
[verb], singular, Imperfect
“enter; overwhelm; possess; approach; afflict; enter (a state); reach; wear.”