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 10.130.3
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
कासी॑त्प्र॒मा प्र॑ति॒मा किं नि॒दान॒माज्यं॒ किमा॑सीत्परि॒धिः क आ॑सीत् । छन्द॒: किमा॑सी॒त्प्रउ॑गं॒ किमु॒क्थं यद्दे॒वा दे॒वमय॑जन्त॒ विश्वे॑ ॥
कासीत्प्रमा प्रतिमा किं निदानमाज्यं किमासीत्परिधिः क आसीत् । छन्दः किमासीत्प्रउगं किमुक्थं यद्देवा देवमयजन्त विश्वे ॥
kāsīt pramā pratimā kiṃ nidānam ājyaṃ kim āsīt paridhiḥ ka āsīt | chandaḥ kim āsīt praügaṃ kim ukthaṃ yad devā devam ayajanta viśve ||
English translation:
“What was the authority (of the sacrifice), what was thelimitation, what was the first cause, what wasthe clarified butter, what was the enclosure, what was the metre, what was pra-uga text, when the universal godsoffered worship to the gods?”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
When the Sādhyas, assembled as agents of creation, offered sacrifice toPrajāpati, the question was: how should this Yajña be prepared?
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): yajñaḥ prājāpatyaḥ [yajña prājāpatya];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): bhāvavṛttam ;
Chandas (meter): triṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
का । आ॒सी॒त् । प्र॒ऽमा । प्र॒ति॒ऽमा । किम् । नि॒ऽदान॑म् । आज्य॑म् । किम् । आ॒सी॒त् । प॒रि॒ऽधिः । कः । आ॒सी॒त् । छन्दः॑ । किम् । आ॒सी॒त् । प्रउ॑गम् । किम् । उ॒क्थम् । यत् । दे॒वाः । दे॒वम् । अय॑जन्त । विश्वे॑ ॥
का । आसीत् । प्रमा । प्रतिमा । किम् । निदानम् । आज्यम् । किम् । आसीत् । परिधिः । कः । आसीत् । छन्दः । किम् । आसीत् । प्रउगम् । किम् । उक्थम् । यत् । देवाः । देवम् । अयजन्त । विश्वे ॥
kā | āsīt | pra-mā | prati-mā | kim | ni-dānam | ājyam | kim | āsīt | pari-dhiḥ | kaḥ | āsīt | chandaḥ | kim | āsīt | praugam | kim | uktham | yat | devāḥ | devam | ayajanta | viśve
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 10.130.3 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“what; who; ka [pronoun].”
[verb], singular, Imperfect
“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“foundation.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“look; statue; measure.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“what; who; ka [pronoun].”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“nidāna; cause; symptom; band.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“ghee; clarified butter; ājya.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“what; who; ka [pronoun].”
[verb], singular, Imperfect
“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“covering; circumference; Paridhi; halo; fence.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“what; who; ka [pronoun].”
[verb], singular, Imperfect
“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“Veda; meter; chandas [word]; hymn; meter; meter.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“what; who; ka [pronoun].”
[verb], singular, Imperfect
“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“what; who; ka [pronoun].”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“hymn; praise; uktha [word]; encomium.”
[adverb]
“once [when]; because; that; if; how.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[verb], plural, Imperfect
“sacrifice; worship; worship.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”