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 1.47.2
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
त्रि॒व॒न्धु॒रेण॑ त्रि॒वृता॑ सु॒पेश॑सा॒ रथे॒ना या॑तमश्विना । कण्वा॑सो वां॒ ब्रह्म॑ कृण्वन्त्यध्व॒रे तेषां॒ सु शृ॑णुतं॒ हव॑म् ॥
त्रिवन्धुरेण त्रिवृता सुपेशसा रथेना यातमश्विना । कण्वासो वां ब्रह्म कृण्वन्त्यध्वरे तेषां सु शृणुतं हवम् ॥
trivandhureṇa trivṛtā supeśasā rathenā yātam aśvinā | kaṇvāso vām brahma kṛṇvanty adhvare teṣāṃ su śṛṇutaṃ havam ||
English translation:
“Come, Aśvins, with your three-columned triangular car; the Kaṇvas repeat your praise at the sacrifice; graciously hear their invocation.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Trivandhureṇa trivṛta rathenā, with a car with three posts and triangular is an earlier explanation; in the context of this hymn, the rendering is: having three undulating fastenings of timber, and passing unobstructedly through the three worlds
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): praskaṇvaḥ kāṇvaḥ [praskaṇva kāṇva];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): aśvinau ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛtsataḥ paṅkti ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
त्रि॒ऽव॒न्धु॒रेण॑ । त्रि॒ऽवृता॑ । सु॒ऽपेश॑सा । रथे॑न । आ । या॒त॒म् । अ॒श्वि॒ना॒ । कण्वा॑सः । वा॒म् । ब्रह्म॑ । कृ॒ण्व॒न्ति॒ । अ॒ध्व॒रे । तेषा॑म् । सु । शृ॒णु॒त॒म् । हव॑म् ॥
त्रिवन्धुरेण । त्रिवृता । सुपेशसा । रथेन । आ । यातम् । अश्विना । कण्वासः । वाम् । ब्रह्म । कृण्वन्ति । अध्वरे । तेषाम् । सु । शृणुतम् । हवम् ॥
tri-vandhureṇa | tri-vṛtā | su-peśasā | rathena | ā | yātam | aśvinā | kaṇvāsaḥ | vām | brahma | kṛṇvanti | adhvare | teṣām | su | śṛṇutam | havam
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.47.2 English analysis of grammar]
[noun]
“three; tri/tisṛ [word].”
[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine
“seat; seat.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine
“treble.”
[adverb]
“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine
“decoration; shape.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine
“chariot; warrior; ratha [word]; Dalbergia oojeinensis; rattan.”
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[verb], dual, Present imperative
“go; enter (a state); travel; disappear; reach; come; campaign; elapse; arrive; drive; reach; leave; run; depart; ride.”
[noun], vocative, dual, masculine
“Asvins; two.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“Kaṇva; Kaṇva; kaṇva [word].”
[noun], dative, dual
“you.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“brahman; mantra; prayer; spell; Veda; Brahmin; sacred text; final emancipation; hymn; brahman [word]; Brāhmaṇa; study.”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“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], locative, singular, masculine
“yajña; ceremony; adhvara [word].”
[noun], genitive, plural, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[adverb]
“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”
[verb], dual, Present imperative
“listen; come to know; hear; hear; listen; study; heed; learn.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“invocation.”