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 1.112.3

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

यु॒वं तासां॑ दि॒व्यस्य॑ प्र॒शास॑ने वि॒शां क्ष॑यथो अ॒मृत॑स्य म॒ज्मना॑ । याभि॑र्धे॒नुम॒स्वं१॒॑ पिन्व॑थो नरा॒ ताभि॑रू॒ षु ऊ॒तिभि॑रश्वि॒ना ग॑तम् ॥
युवं तासां दिव्यस्य प्रशासने विशां क्षयथो अमृतस्य मज्मना । याभिर्धेनुमस्वं पिन्वथो नरा ताभिरू षु ऊतिभिरश्विना गतम् ॥
yuvaṃ tāsāṃ divyasya praśāsane viśāṃ kṣayatho amṛtasya majmanā | yābhir dhenum asvam pinvatho narā tābhir ū ṣu ūtibhir aśvinā gatam ||

English translation:

“By the vigour infused from celestial nectar, you are able, leaders (of sacrifice), to rule over those beings (who people the three worldds); with those aids by which you gave (milk) to the barren cow, come, Aśvins, willingly hither.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

Legend: To the cow of a ṛṣi, named Śayu, to which, although barren, the Aśvins, at his entreaty, gave abundance of milk

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): kutsaḥ āṅgirasaḥ [kutsa āṅgirasa];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): ādime mantre prathamapādasya dyāvāpṛthivyau, dvitīyasya agniḥ, śiṣṭasya sūktasyāśvinau;
Chandas (meter): triṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

यु॒वम् । तासा॑म् । दि॒व्यस्य॑ । प्र॒ऽशास॑ने । वि॒शाम् । क्ष॒य॒थः॒ । अ॒मृत॑स्य । म॒ज्मना॑ । याभिः॑ । धे॒नुम् । अ॒स्व॑म् । पिन्व॑थः । न॒रा॒ । ताभिः॑ । ऊँ॒ इति॑ । सु । ऊ॒तिऽभिः॑ । अ॒श्वि॒ना॒ । आ । ग॒त॒म् ॥
युवम् । तासाम् । दिव्यस्य । प्रशासने । विशाम् । क्षयथः । अमृतस्य । मज्मना । याभिः । धेनुम् । अस्वम् । पिन्वथः । नरा । ताभिः । ऊँ इति । सु । ऊतिभिः । अश्विना । आ । गतम् ॥
yuvam | tāsām | divyasya | pra-śāsane | viśām | kṣayathaḥ | amṛtasya | majmanā | yābh iḥ | dhenum | asvam | pinvathaḥ | narā | tābhiḥ | oṃ iti | su | ūti-bhiḥ | aśvinā | ā | gatam

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 1.112.3 English analysis of grammar]

yuvaṃ < yuvam < tvad

[noun], nominative, dual

“you.”

tāsāṃ < tāsām < tad

[noun], genitive, plural, feminine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”

divyasya < divya

[noun], genitive, singular, neuter

“divine; celestial; divine; heavenly; divine; beautiful; rain; agreeable.”

praśāsane < praśāsana

[noun], locative, singular, neuter

viśāṃ < viśām < viś

[noun], genitive, plural, feminine

“people; tribe; Vaisya; national; viś; real property; Vaisya.”

kṣayatho < kṣayathaḥ < kṣi

[verb], dual, Present indikative

“govern; inhabit; dwell; stay; predominate; bide; own.”

amṛtasya < amṛta

[noun], genitive, singular, neuter

“amṛta; immortality; vatsanābha; ambrosia; mercury; medicine; vighasa; calcium hydroxide.”

majmanā < majman

[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine

“size.”

yābhir < yābhiḥ < yad

[noun], instrumental, plural, feminine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

dhenum < dhenu

[noun], accusative, singular, feminine

“cow; dhenu [word]; milk.”

asvam < a

[adverb]

“not; akāra; a [taddhita]; a [word]; a; a.”

asvam < suvam <

[noun], accusative, singular, feminine

“sū; mother.”

pinvatho < pinvathaḥ < pinv

[verb], dual, Present indikative

“swell; swell; overflow; abound.”

narā < nara

[noun], vocative, dual, masculine

“man; man; Nara; person; people; Nara; Puruṣa; nara [word]; servant; hero.”

tābhir < tābhiḥ < tad

[noun], instrumental, plural, feminine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”

ū < u

[adverb]

“ukāra; besides; now; indeed; u.”

ṣu < su

[adverb]

“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”

ūtibhir < ūtibhiḥ < ūti

[noun], instrumental, plural, feminine

“aid; favor; ūti [word].”

aśvinā < aśvin

[noun], vocative, dual, masculine

“Asvins; two.”

gatam < gam

[verb], dual, Aorist imperative

“go; situate; enter (a state); travel; disappear; [in]; elapse; leave; reach; vanish; love; walk; approach; issue; hop on; gasify; get; come; die; drain; spread; transform; happen; discharge; ride; to be located; run; detect; refer; go; shall; drive.”

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