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 1.134.3
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
वा॒युर्यु॑ङ्क्ते॒ रोहि॑ता वा॒युर॑रु॒णा वा॒यू रथे॑ अजि॒रा धु॒रि वोळ्ह॑वे॒ वहि॑ष्ठा धु॒रि वोळ्ह॑वे । प्र बो॑धया॒ पुरं॑धिं जा॒र आ स॑स॒तीमि॑व । प्र च॑क्षय॒ रोद॑सी वासयो॒षस॒: श्रव॑से वासयो॒षस॑: ॥
वायुर्युङ्क्ते रोहिता वायुररुणा वायू रथे अजिरा धुरि वोळ्हवे वहिष्ठा धुरि वोळ्हवे । प्र बोधया पुरंधिं जार आ ससतीमिव । प्र चक्षय रोदसी वासयोषसः श्रवसे वासयोषसः ॥
vāyur yuṅkte rohitā vāyur aruṇā vāyū rathe ajirā dhuri voḻhave vahiṣṭhā dhuri voḻhave | pra bodhayā puraṃdhiṃ jāra ā sasatīm iva | pra cakṣaya rodasī vāsayoṣasaḥ śravase vāsayoṣasaḥ ||
English translation:
“Vāyu yokes to his car his two red horses; Vāyu (yokes) his purple steeds; Vāyu (yokes) his two unwearied (coursers) to his car to bear their burden; for most able are they to bear the burden. Arouse Vāyu the intelligent (sacrificer), as a gallant (awakens) his sleeping mistress; summon heaven and earth; light up the dawn; light up the dawn (to receive) your sacrificial food.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Rohita = red;
Aruṇa = purple
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): parucchepo daivodāsiḥ [parucchepa daivodāsi];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): vāyu:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdatyaṣṭiḥ ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
वा॒युः । यु॒ङ्क्ते॒ । रोहि॑ता । वा॒युः । अ॒रु॒णा । वा॒युः । रथे॑ । अ॒जि॒रा । धु॒रि । वोळ्ह॑वे । वहि॑ष्ठा । धु॒रि । वोळ्ह॑वे । प्र । बो॒ध॒य॒ । पुर॑म्ऽधिम् । जा॒रः । आ । स॒स॒तीम्ऽइ॑व । प्र । च॒क्ष॒य॒ । रोद॑सी॒ इति॑ । वा॒स॒य॒ । उ॒षसः॒ । श्रव॑से । वा॒स॒य॒ । उ॒षसः॑ ॥
वायुः । युङ्क्ते । रोहिता । वायुः । अरुणा । वायुः । रथे । अजिरा । धुरि । वोळ्हवे । वहिष्ठा । धुरि । वोळ्हवे । प्र । बोधय । पुरम्धिम् । जारः । आ । ससतीम्इव । प्र । चक्षय । रोदसी इति । वासय । उषसः । श्रवसे । वासय । उषसः ॥
vāyuḥ | yuṅkte | rohitā | vāyuḥ | aruṇā | vāyuḥ | rathe | ajirā | dhuri | voḷhave | vahiṣṭhā | dhuri | voḷhave | pra | bodhaya | puram-dhim | jāraḥ | ā | sasatīm-iva | pra | cakṣaya | rodasī iti | vāsaya | uṣasaḥ | śravase | vāsaya | uṣasaḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.134.3 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“wind; Vayu; vāta; prāṇa (coll.); air; air; fart; breath; northwest; draft; vāyu [word]; Vāyu; Marut.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“mix; use; endow; yoke; accompany; to practice Yoga; connect; hire; administer; compound; affect; add; concentrate; unite; join; prosecute; combine; supply; compound; attach to; appoint; fill; process; mobilize; mount; complement; eat; join; treat; coincide; affect; challenge.”
[noun], accusative, dual, masculine
“red.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“wind; Vayu; vāta; prāṇa (coll.); air; air; fart; breath; northwest; draft; vāyu [word]; Vāyu; Marut.”
[noun], accusative, dual, masculine
“red; tawny; dusty; gray.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“wind; Vayu; vāta; prāṇa (coll.); air; air; fart; breath; northwest; draft; vāyu [word]; Vāyu; Marut.”
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
“chariot; warrior; ratha [word]; Dalbergia oojeinensis; rattan.”
[noun], accusative, dual, masculine
“fast; agile; ajira [word].”
[noun], locative, singular, feminine
“yoke; dhur [word].”
[verb noun]
“transport; bring; marry; run; drive; vāhay; drive; run; pull; nirvāpay; blow; transport; discharge; assume; remove.”
[noun], accusative, dual, masculine
[noun], locative, singular, feminine
“yoke; dhur [word].”
[verb noun]
“transport; bring; marry; run; drive; vāhay; drive; run; pull; nirvāpay; blow; transport; discharge; assume; remove.”
[adverb]
“towards; ahead.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“awaken; ignite; advise; admonish; communicate.”
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
“liberality; Puraṃdhi; munificence.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“fancy man.”
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[verb noun], accusative, singular
“sleep.”
[adverb]
“like; as it were; somehow; just so.”
[adverb]
“towards; ahead.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
[noun], accusative, dual, neuter
“heaven and earth; Earth.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
“Ushas; dawn; uṣas [word]; morning.”
[noun], dative, singular, neuter
“fame; glory; ear.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
“Ushas; dawn; uṣas [word]; morning.”