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 1.112.23
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
याभि॒: कुत्स॑मार्जुने॒यं श॑तक्रतू॒ प्र तु॒र्वीतिं॒ प्र च॑ द॒भीति॒माव॑तम् । याभि॑र्ध्व॒सन्तिं॑ पुरु॒षन्ति॒माव॑तं॒ ताभि॑रू॒ षु ऊ॒तिभि॑रश्वि॒ना ग॑तम् ॥
याभिः कुत्समार्जुनेयं शतक्रतू प्र तुर्वीतिं प्र च दभीतिमावतम् । याभिर्ध्वसन्तिं पुरुषन्तिमावतं ताभिरू षु ऊतिभिरश्विना गतम् ॥
yābhiḥ kutsam ārjuneyaṃ śatakratū pra turvītim pra ca dabhītim āvatam | yābhir dhvasantim puruṣantim āvataṃ tābhir ū ṣu ūtibhir aśvinā gatam ||
English translation:
“With those aids by which you, who are worshipped in many rites, protected Kutsa, the son of Arjuna, as well as Turviti, Dhabhiti, Dhvasant, and Puruśanti; with them, Aśvins, come willingly hither.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Śatakratu, Indra, he to whom many rites are addressed, or by whom many acts are performed (here applied to the Aśvins); Puruśanti was a ṛṣi
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): kutsaḥ āṅgirasaḥ [kutsa āṅgirasa];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): ādime mantre prathamapādasya dyāvāpṛthivyau, dvitīyasya agniḥ, śiṣṭasya sūktasyāśvinau;
Chandas (meter): jagatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
याभिः॑ । कुत्स॑म् । आ॒र्जु॒ने॒यम् । श॒त॒क्र॒तू॒ इति॑ शतऽक्रतू । प्र । तु॒र्वीति॑म् । प्र । च॒ । द॒भीति॑म् । आव॑तम् । याभिः॑ । ध्व॒सन्ति॑म् । पु॒रु॒ऽसन्ति॑म् । आव॑तम् । ताभिः॑ । ऊँ॒ इति॑ । सु । ऊ॒तिऽभिः॑ । अ॒श्वि॒ना॒ । आ । ग॒त॒म् ॥
याभिः । कुत्सम् । आर्जुनेयम् । शतक्रतू इति शतक्रतू । प्र । तुर्वीतिम् । प्र । च । दभीतिम् । आवतम् । याभिः । ध्वसन्तिम् । पुरुसन्तिम् । आवतम् । ताभिः । ऊँ इति । सु । ऊतिभिः । अश्विना । आ । गतम् ॥
yābhiḥ | kutsam | ārjuneyam | śatakratūitiśata-kratū | pra | turvītim | pra | ca | dabhītim | āvatam | yābhiḥ | dhvasantim | puru-santim | āvatam | tābhiḥ | oṃ iti | su | ūti-bhiḥ | aśvinā | ā | gatam
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.112.23 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], instrumental, plural, feminine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“Kutsa; kutsa [word].”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“Kutsa.”
[noun], neuter
“hundred; one-hundredth; śata [word].”
[noun], vocative, dual, masculine
“yajña; decision; plan; deliberation; intelligence; Kratu; will; kratu [word]; desire; resoluteness; ritual.”
[adverb]
“towards; ahead.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“Turvīti.”
[adverb]
“towards; ahead.”
[adverb]
“and; besides; then; now; even.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“Dabhīti.”
[verb], dual, Imperfect
“support; help; prefer; prefer; like.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, feminine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“Puruṣanti.”
[verb], dual, Imperfect
“support; help; prefer; prefer; like.”
[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.”
[adverb]
“ukāra; besides; now; indeed; u.”
[adverb]
“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, feminine
“aid; favor; ūti [word].”
[noun], vocative, dual, masculine
“Asvins; two.”
[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.”