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 1.104.3
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अव॒ त्मना॑ भरते॒ केत॑वेदा॒ अव॒ त्मना॑ भरते॒ फेन॑मु॒दन् । क्षी॒रेण॑ स्नात॒: कुय॑वस्य॒ योषे॑ ह॒ते ते स्या॑तां प्रव॒णे शिफा॑याः ॥
अव त्मना भरते केतवेदा अव त्मना भरते फेनमुदन् । क्षीरेण स्नातः कुयवस्य योषे हते ते स्यातां प्रवणे शिफायाः ॥
ava tmanā bharate ketavedā ava tmanā bharate phenam udan | kṣīreṇa snātaḥ kuyavasya yoṣe hate te syātām pravaṇe śiphāyāḥ ||
English translation:
“(The Asura), knowing the wealth of others, carries it off of himself; present in the water, he carries off, of himself, the foam; the two wives of Kuyava bathe with the water; may they be drowned in the depths of the Śiphā river.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
(The Asura): named Kuyava
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): kutsaḥ āṅgirasaḥ [kutsa āṅgirasa];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): triṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अव॑ । त्मना॑ । भ॒र॒ते॒ । केत॑ऽवेदाः । अव॑ । त्मना॑ । भ॒र॒ते॒ । फेन॑म् । उ॒दन् । क्षी॒रेण॑ । स्ना॒तः॒ । कुय॑वस्य । योषे॒ इति॑ । ह॒ते इति॑ । ते इति॑ । स्या॒ता॒म् । प्र॒व॒णे । शिफा॑याः ॥
अव । त्मना । भरते । केतवेदाः । अव । त्मना । भरते । फेनम् । उदन् । क्षीरेण । स्नातः । कुयवस्य । योषे इति । हते इति । ते इति । स्याताम् । प्रवणे । शिफायाः ॥
ava | tmanā | bharate | keta-vedāḥ | ava | tmanā | bharate | phenam | udan | kṣīreṇa | snātaḥ | kuyavasya | yoṣeiti | hate iti | te iti | syātām | pravaṇe | śiphāyāḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.104.3 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“down.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine
“self.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“bring; hold; fill; support; wear; possess; carry; nourish; keep; hire; have; satiate; follow; bear.”
[noun], masculine
“wish; will; purpose; expectation; house.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“knowledge.”
[adverb]
“down.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine
“self.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“bring; hold; fill; support; wear; possess; carry; nourish; keep; hire; have; satiate; follow; bear.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“foam; cuttlefish bone; phenaprameha; saliva; opium; phena [word].”
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“water; body of water.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter
“milk; milky juice; milk; sap; kṣīra [word]; juice; fluid.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“bathe.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
[noun], nominative, dual, feminine
“woman; puppet; daughter.”
[verb noun], nominative, dual
“kill; cure; māray; remove; destroy; hit; injure; damage; destroy; paralyze; hurt; forge; beat; cut off; stop; overwhelm; kick; hunt; affect; strike; hammer; love; obstruct; shoot.”
[noun], nominative, dual, feminine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[verb], dual, Present optative
“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
“torrent.”
[noun], genitive, singular, feminine
“fiber; śiphā.”