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 1.110.3
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
तत्स॑वि॒ता वो॑ऽमृत॒त्वमासु॑व॒दगो॑ह्यं॒ यच्छ्र॒वय॑न्त॒ ऐत॑न । त्यं चि॑च्चम॒समसु॑रस्य॒ भक्ष॑ण॒मेकं॒ सन्त॑मकृणुता॒ चतु॑र्वयम् ॥
तत्सविता वोऽमृतत्वमासुवदगोह्यं यच्छ्रवयन्त ऐतन । त्यं चिच्चमसमसुरस्य भक्षणमेकं सन्तमकृणुता चतुर्वयम् ॥
tat savitā vo 'mṛtatvam āsuvad agohyaṃ yac chravayanta aitana | tyaṃ cic camasam asurasya bhakṣaṇam ekaṃ santam akṛṇutā caturvayam ||
English translation:
“Then Savitā bestowed upon you immortality, when you came to him, who is not to be concealed, and representd (your desire) to partake of the libations; and that ladle for the sacrificial viands which the Asura had formed single, you made fourfold.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Who is not to be concealed: In the previous hymn, Savitā (from su, to offer oblations) perhaps refers to the presenter of oblations; in this hymn, the sun is alluded to
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): kutsaḥ āṅgirasaḥ [kutsa āṅgirasa];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): ṛbhavaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): virāḍjagatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
तत् । स॒वि॒ता । वः॒ । अ॒मृ॒त॒ऽत्वम् । आ । अ॒सु॒व॒त् । अगो॑ह्यम् । यत् । श्र॒वय॑न्तः । ऐत॑न । त्यम् । चि॒त् । च॒म॒सम् । असु॑रस्य । भक्ष॑णम् । एक॑म् । सन्त॑म् । अ॒कृ॒णु॒त॒ । चतुः॑ऽवयम् ॥
तत् । सविता । वः । अमृतत्वम् । आ । असुवत् । अगोह्यम् । यत् । श्रवयन्तः । ऐतन । त्यम् । चित् । चमसम् । असुरस्य । भक्षणम् । एकम् । सन्तम् । अकृणुत । चतुःवयम् ॥
tat | savitā | vaḥ | amṛta-tvam | ā | asuvat | agohyam | yat | śravayantaḥ | aitana | tyam | cit | camasam | asurasya | bhakṣaṇam | ekam | santam | akṛṇuta | catuḥ-vayam
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.110.3 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“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
“Savitar; sun; Surya; Savitṛ.”
[noun], dative, plural
“you.”
[noun]
“immortal; amṛta; imperishable.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“state; quality; cause; reason.”
[verb], singular, Imperfect
“press out.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
[adverb]
“once [when]; because; that; if; how.”
[verb noun], nominative, plural
[verb], plural, Imperfect
“go; travel; enter (a state); return; walk; continue; reach; ask.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“that.”
[adverb]
“even; indeed.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“camasa; beaker; cake.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“Asura; lord; asura [word]; sulfur.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
[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.”
[verb noun], accusative, singular
“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”
[verb], singular, Imperfect
“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], accusative, singular, masculine
“quadruple.”