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 1.95.3
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
त्रीणि॒ जाना॒ परि॑ भूषन्त्यस्य समु॒द्र एकं॑ दि॒व्येक॑म॒प्सु । पूर्वा॒मनु॒ प्र दिशं॒ पार्थि॑वानामृ॒तून्प्र॒शास॒द्वि द॑धावनु॒ष्ठु ॥
त्रीणि जाना परि भूषन्त्यस्य समुद्र एकं दिव्येकमप्सु । पूर्वामनु प्र दिशं पार्थिवानामृतून्प्रशासद्वि दधावनुष्ठु ॥
trīṇi jānā pari bhūṣanty asya samudra ekaṃ divy ekam apsu | pūrvām anu pra diśam pārthivānām ṛtūn praśāsad vi dadhāv anuṣṭhu ||
English translation:
“They contemplate three plural ces of his birth; one in the ocean, one in the heaven, one in the firmament; and, dividing the seasons of the year for the benefit of earthly creatures, he formed, in regular succession, the eastern quarteṛ ”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): kutsaḥ āṅgirasaḥ [kutsa āṅgirasa];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): satyaguṇaviśiṣṭo'gniḥ śuddho'gnirvā;
Chandas (meter): virāṭtrisṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
त्रीणि॑ । जाना॑ । परि॑ । भू॒ष॒न्ति॒ । अ॒स्य॒ । स॒मु॒द्रे । एक॑म् । दि॒वि । एक॑म् । अ॒प्ऽसु । पूर्वा॑म् । अनु॑ । प्र । दिश॑म् । पार्थि॑वानाम् । ऋ॒तून् । प्र॒ऽशास॑त् । वि । द॒धौ॒ । अ॒नु॒ष्ठु ॥
त्रीणि । जाना । परि । भूषन्ति । अस्य । समुद्रे । एकम् । दिवि । एकम् । अप्सु । पूर्वाम् । अनु । प्र । दिशम् । पार्थिवानाम् । ऋतून् । प्रशासत् । वि । दधौ । अनुष्ठु ॥
trīṇi | jānā | pari | bhūṣanti | asya | samudre | ekam | divi | ekam | ap-su | pūrvām | anu | pra | diśam | pārthivānām | ṛtūn | pra-śāsat | vi | dadhau | anuṣṭhu
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.95.3 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“three; tri/tisṛ [word].”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“birth.”
[adverb]
“from; about; around.”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“endeavor; attend; strive.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
“ocean; Samudra; sea; samudra [word]; four.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“one; single(a); alone(p); some(a); single(a); eka [word]; alone(p); excellent; each(a); some(a); one; same; alone(p); some(a); consistent; any(a); undifferentiated; disjunct.”
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“one; single(a); alone(p); some(a); single(a); eka [word]; alone(p); excellent; each(a); some(a); one; same; alone(p); some(a); consistent; any(a); undifferentiated; disjunct.”
[noun], locative, plural, feminine
“water; body of water; water; ap [word]; juice; jala.”
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
“aforesaid(a); antecedent; previous(a); first; eastern; former(a); pūrva [word]; age-old; anterior; bygone; fore(a); predictive; firstborn; easterly; instrumental.”
[adverb]
“subsequently; behind; along; towards; because.”
[adverb]
“towards; ahead.”
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
“quarter; direction; region; diś [word]; Aṣṭādhyāyī, 5.3.27; distant region; Diś; four; example; method; space.”
[noun], genitive, plural, neuter
“earthly; earthen; mundane; royal; tellurian; sublunar.”
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
“season; turn; menstruation; ṛtu [word]; time period; order; six.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“govern.”
[adverb]
“apart; away; away.”
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
“put; give; cause; get; hold; make; provide; lend; wear; install; have; enter (a state); supply; hold; take; show.”
[adverb]