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 1.128.3
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
एवे॑न स॒द्यः पर्ये॑ति॒ पार्थि॑वं मुहु॒र्गी रेतो॑ वृष॒भः कनि॑क्रद॒द्दध॒द्रेत॒: कनि॑क्रदत् । श॒तं चक्षा॑णो अ॒क्षभि॑र्दे॒वो वने॑षु तु॒र्वणि॑: । सदो॒ दधा॑न॒ उप॑रेषु॒ सानु॑ष्व॒ग्निः परे॑षु॒ सानु॑षु ॥
एवेन सद्यः पर्येति पार्थिवं मुहुर्गी रेतो वृषभः कनिक्रदद्दधद्रेतः कनिक्रदत् । शतं चक्षाणो अक्षभिर्देवो वनेषु तुर्वणिः । सदो दधान उपरेषु सानुष्वग्निः परेषु सानुषु ॥
evena sadyaḥ pary eti pārthivam muhurgī reto vṛṣabhaḥ kanikradad dadhad retaḥ kanikradat | śataṃ cakṣāṇo akṣabhir devo vaneṣu turvaṇiḥ | sado dadhāna upareṣu sānuṣv agniḥ pareṣu sānuṣu ||
English translation:
“Agni, who is ever to be hymned, the giver of food, the showerer (of benefits), comes immediately (upon our invocation), in approach to (the altar of) earth, loud-sounding, vigorous, and loud-sounding; the rapid and divine (Agni, incited by praise), manifests himself a hundredfold by his flames; Agni, having his abode in high plural ce, (comes quickly) to pious rites.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): parucchepo daivodāsiḥ [parucchepa daivodāsi];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): virāḍatyaṣṭiḥ ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
एवे॑न । स॒द्यः । परि॑ । ए॒ति॒ । पार्थि॑वम् । मु॒हुः॒ऽगीः । रेतः॑ । वृ॒ष॒भः । कनि॑क्रदत् । दधत् । रेतः॑ । कनि॑क्रदत् । श॒तम् । चक्षा॑णः । अ॒क्षऽभिः॑ । दे॒वः । वने॑षु । तु॒र्वणिः॑ । सदः॑ । दधा॑नः । उप॑रेषु । सानु॑षु । अ॒ग्निः । परे॑षु । सानु॑षु ॥
एवेन । सद्यः । परि । एति । पार्थिवम् । मुहुःगीः । रेतः । वृषभः । कनिक्रदत् । दधत् । रेतः । कनिक्रदत् । शतम् । चक्षाणः । अक्षभिः । देवः । वनेषु । तुर्वणिः । सदः । दधानः । उपरेषु । सानुषु । अग्निः । परेषु । सानुषु ॥
evena | sadyaḥ | pari | eti | pārthivam | muhuḥ-gīḥ | retaḥ | vṛṣabhaḥ | kanikradat | dadhat | retaḥ | kanikradat | śatam | cakṣāṇaḥ | akṣa-bhiḥ | devaḥ | vaneṣu | turvaṇiḥ | sadaḥ | dadhānaḥ | upareṣu | sānuṣu | agniḥ | pareṣu | sānuṣu
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.128.3 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine
“eva [word]; habit; manner; behavior; custom.”
[adverb]
“immediately; just; daily; sadyas [word].”
[adverb]
“from; about; around.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“go; travel; enter (a state); return; walk; continue; reach; ask.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“earthly; earthen; mundane; royal; tellurian; sublunar.”
[adverb]
“again; repeatedly; continually.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“semen; sperm.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“bull; Vṛṣabha; Vṛṣabha; best.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“roar; neigh.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“put; give; cause; get; hold; make; provide; lend; wear; install; have; enter (a state); supply; hold; take; show.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“semen; sperm.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“roar; neigh.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“hundred; one-hundredth; śata [word].”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“watch; look.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, neuter
“eye; akṣa [word]; hole.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[noun], locative, plural, neuter
“forest; wood; tree; grove; vana [word]; forest; brush.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“victorious; overpowering.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“mansion; assembly; seat; seat.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“put; give; cause; get; hold; make; provide; lend; wear; install; have; enter (a state); supply; hold; take; show.”
[noun], locative, plural, masculine
“later(a); future(a); nether.”
[noun], locative, plural, masculine
“tableland; ridge; peak; back; ridge; guru.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[noun], locative, plural, masculine
“best; other; following; devoted(p); extreme; highest; otherwordly; better; hostile; maximal; distant; another(a); para [word]; upper; concluding; foreign; earlier; worse; longer; finest; excessive.”
[noun], locative, plural, masculine
“tableland; ridge; peak; back; ridge; guru.”