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 1.127.3
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
स हि पु॒रू चि॒दोज॑सा वि॒रुक्म॑ता॒ दीद्या॑नो॒ भव॑ति द्रुहंत॒रः प॑र॒शुर्न द्रु॑हंत॒रः । वी॒ळु चि॒द्यस्य॒ समृ॑तौ॒ श्रुव॒द्वने॑व॒ यत्स्थि॒रम् । नि॒:षह॑माणो यमते॒ नाय॑ते धन्वा॒सहा॒ नाय॑ते ॥
स हि पुरू चिदोजसा विरुक्मता दीद्यानो भवति द्रुहंतरः परशुर्न द्रुहंतरः । वीळु चिद्यस्य समृतौ श्रुवद्वनेव यत्स्थिरम् । निःषहमाणो यमते नायते धन्वासहा नायते ॥
sa hi purū cid ojasā virukmatā dīdyāno bhavati druhaṃtaraḥ paraśur na druhaṃtaraḥ | vīḻu cid yasya samṛtau śruvad vaneva yat sthiram | niḥṣahamāṇo yamate nāyate dhanvāsahā nāyate ||
English translation:
“Verily, that Agni, far shining with brilliant vigour, is the destroyer of foes, like a hatchet that cuts down trees; whatever is most solid and stable dissolves like water at his contact; unsparing, he sports (amidst enemies), nor desists (from their destruction), like an archer who retreats not (frombattle).”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): parucchepo daivodāsiḥ [parucchepa daivodāsi];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): aṣṭiḥ ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
सः । हि । पु॒रु । चि॒त् । ओज॑सा । वि॒रुक्म॑ता । दीद्या॑नः । भव॑ति । द्रु॒ह॒म्ऽत॒रः । प॒र॒शुः । न । द्रु॒ह॒न्त॒रः । वी॒ळु । चि॒त् । यस्य॑ । सम्ऽऋ॑तौ । श्रुव॑त् । वना॑ऽइव । यत् । स्थि॒रम् । निः॒ऽसह॑माणः । य॒म॒ते॒ । न । अ॒य॒ते॒ । ध॒न्व॒ऽसहा॑ । न । अ॒य॒ते॒ ॥
सः । हि । पुरु । चित् । ओजसा । विरुक्मता । दीद्यानः । भवति । द्रुहम्तरः । परशुः । न । द्रुहन्तरः । वीळु । चित् । यस्य । सम्ऋतौ । श्रुवत् । वनाइव । यत् । स्थिरम् । निःसहमाणः । यमते । न । अयते । धन्वसहा । न । अयते ॥
saḥ | hi | puru | cit | ojasā | virukmatā | dīdyānaḥ | bhavati | druham-taraḥ | paraśuḥ | na | druhantaraḥ | vīḷu | cit | yasya | sam-ṛtau | śruvat | vanāiva | yat | sthiram | niḥ-sahamāṇaḥ | yamate | na | ayate | dhanva-sahā | na | ayate
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.127.3 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[adverb]
“because; indeed; for; therefore; hi [word].”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“many; much(a); very.”
[adverb]
“even; indeed.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter
“strength; power; ojas; ojas [word]; potency; might.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter
“bright; glistening.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“shine; glitter.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“become; be; originate; transform; happen; result; exist; be born; be; be; come to life; grow; elapse; come to mind; thrive; become; impend; show; conceive; understand; stand; constitute; serve; apply; behave.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“ax.”
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“hard; firm.”
[adverb]
“even; indeed.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], locative, singular, feminine
“battle; contact.”
[verb], singular, Aorist inj. (proh.)
“listen; come to know; hear; hear; listen; study; heed; learn.”
[noun], nominative, plural, neuter
“forest; wood; tree; grove; vana [word]; forest; brush.”
[adverb]
“like; as it were; somehow; just so.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“firm; hard; lasting; calm; stable; immovable; firm; strong; sthira [word]; vegetable; potent; steadfast; durable; firm; trustworthy; trustworthy; diligent.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
[verb], singular, Aorist conj./subj.
“concentrate; grant; restrain; cause; control; offer; cover; raise.”
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“go; travel; enter (a state); return; walk; continue; reach; ask.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“go; travel; enter (a state); return; walk; continue; reach; ask.”