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 1.57.3
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अ॒स्मै भी॒माय॒ नम॑सा॒ सम॑ध्व॒र उषो॒ न शु॑भ्र॒ आ भ॑रा॒ पनी॑यसे । यस्य॒ धाम॒ श्रव॑से॒ नामे॑न्द्रि॒यं ज्योति॒रका॑रि ह॒रितो॒ नाय॑से ॥
अस्मै भीमाय नमसा समध्वर उषो न शुभ्र आ भरा पनीयसे । यस्य धाम श्रवसे नामेन्द्रियं ज्योतिरकारि हरितो नायसे ॥
asmai bhīmāya namasā sam adhvara uṣo na śubhra ā bharā panīyase | yasya dhāma śravase nāmendriyaṃ jyotir akāri harito nāyase ||
English translation:
“Beautiful Uṣas, now present the oblation in this rite to the formidable, praise-deserving Indra, whose all-sustaining, celebrated, and characteristic radiance has impelled him hither and thither, (in quest) of (sacrificial) food, as (a charioteer drives) his horses (in various directions).”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): savya āṅgirasaḥ [savya āṅgirasa];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): virāḍjagatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अ॒स्मै । भी॒माय॑ । नम॑सा । सम् । अ॒ध्व॒रे । उषः॑ । न । शु॒भ्रे॒ । आ । भ॒र॒ । पनी॑यसे । यस्य॑ । धाम॑ । श्रव॑से । नाम॑ । इ॒न्द्रि॒यम् । ज्योतिः॑ । अका॑रि । ह॒रितः॑ । न । अय॑से ॥
अस्मै । भीमाय । नमसा । सम् । अध्वरे । उषः । न । शुभ्रे । आ । भर । पनीयसे । यस्य । धाम । श्रवसे । नाम । इन्द्रियम् । ज्योतिः । अकारि । हरितः । न । अयसे ॥
asmai | bhīmāya | namasā | sam | adhvare | uṣaḥ | na | śubhre | ā | bhara | panīyase | yasya | dhāma | śravase | nāma | indriyam | jyotiḥ | akāri | haritaḥ | na | ayase
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.57.3 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“awful; amazing; terrific; enormous; bhīma [word]; fearful.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter
“adoration; court; namas [word]; bow; salute.”
[adverb]
“sam; together; together; saṃ.”
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
“yajña; ceremony; adhvara [word].”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“dawn.”
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“white; beautiful; attractive; śubhra [word]; light.”
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“bring; hold; fill; support; wear; possess; carry; nourish; keep; hire; have; satiate; follow; bear.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“admirable.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“domain; dwelling; law; appearance; light; race; agreement; color; location.”
[noun], dative, singular, neuter
“fame; glory; ear.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“name; appellation; nāman [word]; nāmakaraṇa; surname; noun; word.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“aindra.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“light; star; luminosity; fire; jyotis [word]; digestion; planet; light; sunlight.”
[verb], singular, Aorist passive
“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], nominative, plural, feminine
“mare; quarter.”
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[verb noun]
“go; travel; enter (a state); return; walk; continue; reach; ask.”