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 1.51.3

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

त्वं गो॒त्रमङ्गि॑रोभ्योऽवृणो॒रपो॒तात्र॑ये श॒तदु॑रेषु गातु॒वित् । स॒सेन॑ चिद्विम॒दाया॑वहो॒ वस्वा॒जावद्रि॑ग वावसा॒नस्य॑ न॒र्तय॑न् ॥
त्वं गोत्रमङ्गिरोभ्योऽवृणोरपोतात्रये शतदुरेषु गातुवित् । ससेन चिद्विमदायावहो वस्वाजावद्रिं वावसानस्य नर्तयन् ॥
tvaṃ gotram aṅgirobhyo 'vṛṇor apotātraye śatadureṣu gātuvit | sasena cid vimadāyāvaho vasv ājāv adriṃ vāvasānasya nartayan ||

English translation:

“You have opened the cloud for the Aṅgirasas you have shown the way to Atri, who vexes his adversaries by a hundred doors (by a number of yantras, means or contrivances); you have granted wealth, with food, to Vimada; you are wielding your thunderbolt in defence of a worshipper engaged in battle.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

Gotra = herd of cattle or a cloud;

Gotrabhid = mountain-breaker with his thunderbolt (Indra) or may allude to the recovery of cows stolen by Paṇi;;

Vimada = a maharṣi

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): savya āṅgirasaḥ [savya āṅgirasa];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): bhuriktriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

त्वम् । गो॒त्रम् । अङ्गि॑रःऽभ्यः । अ॒वृ॒णोः॒ । अप॑ । उ॒त । अत्र॑ये । श॒तऽदु॑रेषु । गा॒तु॒ऽवित् । स॒सेन॑ । चि॒त् । वि॒ऽम॒दाय॑ । अ॒व॒हः॒ । वसु॑ । आ॒जौ । अद्रि॑म् । व॒व॒सा॒नस्य॑ । न॒र्तय॑न् ॥
त्वम् । गोत्रम् । अङ्गिरःभ्यः । अवृणोः । अप । उत । अत्रये । शतदुरेषु । गातुवित् । ससेन । चित् । विमदाय । अवहः । वसु । आजौ । अद्रिम् । ववसानस्य । नर्तयन् ॥
tvam | gotram | aṅgiraḥ-bhyaḥ | avṛṇoḥ | apa | uta | atraye | śata-dureṣu | gātu-vit | sasena | cit | vi-madāya | avahaḥ | vasu | ājau | adrim | vavasānasya | nataryan

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 1.51.3 English analysis of grammar]

tvaṃ < tvam < tvad

[noun], nominative, singular

“you.”

gotram < gotra

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“Gotra; patronymic; gotra [word]; name; family; family; kin; Gotra; mountain; herd; cow pen; cowbarn.”

aṅgirobhyo < aṅgirobhyaḥ < aṅgiras

[noun], dative, plural, masculine

“Aṅgiras; Aṅgiras; Brahman; Atharva-Veda; aṅgiras [word]; Aṅgiras.”

'vṛṇor < avṛṇoḥ < vṛ

[verb], singular, Imperfect

“surround; accompany; cover; cover; obstruct; check; spread; envelop.”

apotātraye < apa

[adverb]

“away.”

apotātraye < uta

[adverb]

“and; besides; uta [indecl.]; similarly; alike; even.”

apotātraye < atraye < atri

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

“Atri; Atri; atri [word].”

śatadureṣu < śata

[noun], neuter

“hundred; one-hundredth; śata [word].”

śatadureṣu < dureṣu < dura

[noun], locative, plural, masculine

gātuvit < gātu

[noun], masculine

“path; way.”

gātuvit < vid

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“finding.”

sasena < sasa

[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine

cid < cit

[adverb]

“even; indeed.”

vimadāyāvaho < vimadāya < vimada

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

“Vimada.”

vimadāyāvaho < avahaḥ < vah

[verb], singular, Imperfect

“transport; bring; marry; run; drive; vāhay; drive; run; pull; nirvāpay; blow; transport; discharge; assume; remove.”

vasv < vasū < vasu

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“wealth; property; gold; vasu [word]; ruby; treasure; jewel.”

ājāv < ājau < āji

[noun], locative, singular, masculine

“battle; fight; contest; āji [word]; combat.”

adriṃ < adrim < adri

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“mountain; rock; seven; stone; adri; grindstone; adri; rock.”

vāvasānasya < vas

[verb noun], genitive, singular

“wear.”

nartayan < nartay < √nṛt

[verb noun], nominative, singular

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