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 1.34.1
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
त्रिश्चि॑न्नो अ॒द्या भ॑वतं नवेदसा वि॒भुर्वां॒ याम॑ उ॒त रा॒तिर॑श्विना । यु॒वोर्हि य॒न्त्रं हि॒म्येव॒ वास॑सोऽभ्यायं॒सेन्या॑ भवतं मनी॒षिभि॑: ॥
त्रिश्चिन्नो अद्या भवतं नवेदसा विभुर्वां याम उत रातिरश्विना । युवोर्हि यन्त्रं हिम्येव वाससोऽभ्यायंसेन्या भवतं मनीषिभिः ॥
triś cin no adyā bhavataṃ navedasā vibhur vāṃ yāma uta rātir aśvinā | yuvor hi yantraṃ himyeva vāsaso 'bhyāyaṃsenyā bhavatam manīṣibhiḥ ||
English translation:
“Wise Aśvins, be present with us thrice today; vast is your vehicle, as well as your munificence; your union is like that of the shining (day) and dewy (night); (suffer yourselves) to be detained by the learned (priests).”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Allusion to three diurnal sacrifices, at dawn, mid-day and sunset; all divinities are tripthagāḥ, with the faculty to go through the heavens, the firmament and the earth
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): hiraṇyastūpa āṅgirasaḥ [hiraṇyastūpa āṅgirasa];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): aśvinau ;
Chandas (meter): virāḍjagatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
त्रिः । चि॒त् । नः॒ । अ॒द्य । भ॒व॒त॒म् । नवेदसा । वि॒ऽभुः । वा॒म् । यामः॑ । उ॒त । रा॒तिः । अ॒श्वि॒ना॒ । यु॒वोः । हि । य॒न्त्रम् । हि॒म्याऽइ॑व । वास॑सः । अ॒भि॒ऽआ॒यं॒सेन्या॑ । भ॒व॒त॒म् । म॒नी॒षिऽभिः॑ ॥
त्रिः । चित् । नः । अद्य । भवतम् । नवेदसा । विभुः । वाम् । यामः । उत । रातिः । अश्विना । युवोः । हि । यन्त्रम् । हिम्याइव । वाससः । अभिआयंसेन्या । भवतम् । मनीषिभिः ॥
triḥ | cit | naḥ | adya | bhavatam | navedasā | vi-bhuḥ | vām | yāmaḥ | uta | rātiḥ | aśvinā | yuvoḥ | hi | yantram | himyāiva | vāsasaḥ | abhi-āyaṃsenyā | bhavatam | manīṣi-bhiḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.34.1 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“thrice; tris [word].”
[adverb]
“even; indeed.”
[noun], dative, plural
“I; mine.”
[adverb]
“now; today; then; nowadays; adya [word].”
[verb], dual, Present imperative
“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, dual, masculine
“cognizant; navedas [word].”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“mighty; abundant; big.”
[noun], genitive, dual
“you.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“prahara; watch; travel; path.”
[adverb]
“and; besides; uta [indecl.]; similarly; alike; even.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“gift; bounty; favor.”
[noun], vocative, dual, masculine
“Asvins; two.”
[noun], genitive, dual
“you.”
[adverb]
“because; indeed; for; therefore; hi [word].”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“alchemical apparatus; surgical instrument; machine; implement; instrument; tool; tie; mechanism.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine
[adverb]
“like; as it were; somehow; just so.”
[noun], genitive, singular, neuter
“clothing; fabric; garment; feather; dress; envelope.”
[verb noun], nominative, dual
[verb], dual, Present imperative
“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], instrumental, plural, masculine
“sage; expert; devout.”