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 1.3.2

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अश्वि॑ना॒ पुरु॑दंससा॒ नरा॒ शवी॑रया धि॒या । धिष्ण्या॒ वन॑तं॒ गिर॑: ॥
अश्विना पुरुदंससा नरा शवीरया धिया । धिष्ण्या वनतं गिरः ॥
aśvinā purudaṃsasā narā śavīrayā dhiyā | dhiṣṇyā vanataṃ giraḥ ||

English translation:

Aśvins, abounding in mighty acts, guides (of devotion), endowed with fortitude, listen with unaverted minds to our praises.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

Long-armed: purubhuja, also explained as: great eaters

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): madhucchandāḥ vaiśvāmitraḥ [madhucchandas vaiśvāmitra];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): aśvinau ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अश्वि॑ना । पुरु॑ऽदंससा । नरा॑ । शवी॑रया । धि॒या । धिष्ण्या॑ । वन॑तम् । गिरः॑ ॥
अश्विना । पुरुदंससा । नरा । शवीरया । धिया । धिष्ण्या । वनतम् । गिरः ॥
aśvinā | puru-daṃsasā | narā | śavīrayā | dhiyā | dhiṣṇyā | vanatam | giraḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 1.3.2 English analysis of grammar]

aśvinā < aśvin

[noun], vocative, dual, masculine

“Asvins; two.”

purudaṃsasā < puru

[noun]

“many; much(a); very.”

purudaṃsasā < daṃsasā < daṃsas

[noun], vocative, dual, masculine

narā < nara

[noun], vocative, dual, masculine

“man; man; Nara; person; people; Nara; Puruṣa; nara [word]; servant; hero.”

śavīrayā < śavīra

[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine

dhiyā < dhī

[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine

“intelligence; prayer; mind; insight; idea; hymn; purpose; art; knowledge.”

dhiṣṇyā < dhiṣṇyāḥ < dhiṣṇya

[noun], vocative, plural, masculine

“wise; beneficent.”

vanataṃ < vanatam < van

[verb], dual, Present imperative

“obtain; gain; desire; get; like; love; overcome.”

giraḥ < gir

[noun], accusative, plural, feminine

“hymn; praise; voice; words; invocation; command; statement; cry; language.”

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