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 1.66.3
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
दा॒धार॒ क्षेम॒मोको॒ न र॒ण्वो यवो॒ न प॒क्वो जेता॒ जना॑नाम् ॥
दाधार क्षेममोको न रण्वो यवो न पक्वो जेता जनानाम् ॥
dādhāra kṣemam oko na raṇvo yavo na pakvo jetā janānām ||
English translation:
“[3-4] Like a secure mansion, he proects property; he (nourishes people) like barley; he is the conqueror of (hostile)) men; he is like a ṛṣi, the praiser (of the gods), eminent amongst (devout) person ns; as a spirited horse (goes to battle), he repairs delighted to the hall of sacrifice; may be bestow upon us food.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): parāśaraḥ śāktaḥ [parāśara śākta];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): paṅktiḥ ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
दा॒धार॑ । क्षेम॑म् । ओकः॑ । न । र॒ण्वः॑ । यवः॑ । न । प॒क्वः । जेता॑ । जना॑नाम् ॥
दाधार । क्षेमम् । ओकः । न । रण्वः । यवः । न । पक्वः । जेता । जनानाम् ॥
dādhāra | kṣemam | okaḥ | na | raṇvaḥ | yavaḥ | na | pakvaḥ | jetā | janānām
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.66.3 English analysis of grammar]
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
“keep; put; hold; assume; wear; take; promise; stay; exist; hold; begin; dip.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“ease; happiness; peace; tranquillity; kṣema [word]; respite; rest.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“home; house; oka [word].”
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“agreeable; happy; delightful; gay.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“barley; yava; barleycorn; yava [word]; yava; yavakṣāra; grain.”
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“heated; pakva; ripe; cooked; festering; baked; developed; doomed; digested; pakva [word]; suppurative; gray; fruiting; done.”
[verb], singular, periphrast. future
“overcome; cure; win; conquer; control; win; succeed; remove; beat; govern; surpass; suppress.”
[noun], genitive, plural, masculine
“people; national; man; relative; jan; Janaloka; person; jana [word]; man; attendant; Jana; foreigner; inhabitant; group.”