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 1.59.3
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
आ सूर्ये॒ न र॒श्मयो॑ ध्रु॒वासो॑ वैश्वान॒रे द॑धिरे॒ऽग्ना वसू॑नि । या पर्व॑ते॒ष्वोष॑धीष्व॒प्सु या मानु॑षे॒ष्वसि॒ तस्य॒ राजा॑ ॥
आ सूर्ये न रश्मयो ध्रुवासो वैश्वानरे दधिरेऽग्ना वसूनि । या पर्वतेष्वोषधीष्वप्सु या मानुषेष्वसि तस्य राजा ॥
ā sūrye na raśmayo dhruvāso vaiśvānare dadhire 'gnā vasūni | yā parvateṣv oṣadhīṣv apsu yā mānuṣeṣv asi tasya rājā ||
English translation:
“Treasures were deposited in the Agni, Vaiśvānara, like the permanent rays (of light) in the sun; you are the sovereign of all the treasures that exist in the mountains, in the herbs, in the waters, or amongst men.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): nodhā gautamaḥ [nodhas gautama];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agnirvaiśvānaraḥ ;
Chandas (meter): paṅktiḥ ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
आ । सूर्ये॑ । न । र॒श्मयः॑ । ध्रु॒वासः॑ । वै॒श्वा॒न॒रे । द॒धि॒रे॒ । अ॒ग्ना । वसू॑नि । या । पर्व॑तेषु । ओष॑धीषु । अ॒प्ऽसु । या । मानु॑षेषु । अ॒सि॒ । तस्य॑ । राजा॑ ॥
आ । सूर्ये । न । रश्मयः । ध्रुवासः । वैश्वानरे । दधिरे । अग्ना । वसूनि । या । पर्वतेषु । ओषधीषु । अप्सु । या । मानुषेषु । असि । तस्य । राजा ॥
ā | sūrye | na | raśmayaḥ | dhruvāsaḥ | vaiśvānare | dadhire | agnā | vasūni | yā | parvateṣu | oṣadhīṣu | ap-su | yā | mānuṣeṣu | asi | tasya | rājā
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.59.3 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
“sun; Surya; sūrya [word]; right nostril; twelve; Calotropis gigantea Beng.; sūryakānta; sunlight; best.”
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“beam; rein; sunbeam; shininess; cord.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“certain; fixed; permanent; changeless; firm; safe; resident; immovable; fixed; fixed; vital; faithful.”
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
“Agni; fire; Vaiśvānara; Vaiśvānara; sacrificial fire; sun.”
[verb], plural, Perfect indicative
“put; give; cause; get; hold; make; provide; lend; wear; install; have; enter (a state); supply; hold; take; show.”
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[noun], nominative, plural, neuter
“wealth; property; gold; vasu [word]; ruby; treasure; jewel.”
[noun], nominative, plural, neuter
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], locative, plural, masculine
“mountain; Parvata; parvata [word]; Parvata; Parvata; rock; height.”
[noun], locative, plural, feminine
“herb; plant; drug; herb.”
[noun], locative, plural, feminine
“water; body of water; water; ap [word]; juice; jala.”
[noun], nominative, plural, neuter
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], locative, plural, masculine
“man; man.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“king; Kshatriya; rājan [word]; best; rājāvarta; Yakṣa.”