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 1.145.3

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

तमिद्ग॑च्छन्ति जु॒ह्व१॒॑स्तमर्व॑ती॒र्विश्वा॒न्येक॑: शृणव॒द्वचां॑सि मे । पु॒रु॒प्रै॒षस्ततु॑रिर्यज्ञ॒साध॒नोऽच्छि॑द्रोति॒: शिशु॒राद॑त्त॒ सं रभ॑: ॥
तमिद्गच्छन्ति जुह्वस्तमर्वतीर्विश्वान्येकः शृणवद्वचांसि मे । पुरुप्रैषस्ततुरिर्यज्ञसाधनोऽच्छिद्रोतिः शिशुरादत्त सं रभः ॥
tam id gacchanti juhvas tam arvatīr viśvāny ekaḥ śṛṇavad vacāṃsi me | purupraiṣas taturir yajñasādhano 'cchidrotiḥ śiśur ādatta saṃ rabhaḥ ||

English translation:

“To him the (sacrificial) ladles are directed; to him (our) praises are addressed; he alone hears all my prayers; be is the instrumental gator of many, the transporter (across the world), the instrumental ument of sacrifice, the unintermitting preserver (of mankind), and (genitive le as) an infant; provided with the preparations (of sacrifice), he accepts libations.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): dīrghatamā aucathyaḥ [dīrghatamas aucathya];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): bhuriktriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

तम् । इत् । ग॒च्छ॒न्ति॒ । जु॒ह्वः॑ । तम् । अर्व॑तीः । विश्वा॑नि । एकः॑ । शृ॒ण॒व॒त् । वचां॑सि । मे॒ । पु॒रु॒ऽप्रै॒षः । ततु॑रिः । य॒ज्ञ॒ऽसाध॑नः । अच्छि॑द्रऽऊतिः । शिशुः॑ । आ । अ॒द॒त्त॒ । सम् । रभः॑ ॥
तम् । इत् । गच्छन्ति । जुह्वः । तम् । अर्वतीः । विश्वानि । एकः । शृणवत् । वचांसि । मे । पुरुप्रैषः । ततुरिः । यज्ञसाधनः । अच्छिद्रऊतिः । शिशुः । आ । अदत्त । सम् । रभः ॥
tam | it | gacchanti | juhvaḥ | tam | arvatīḥ | viśvāni | ekaḥ | śṛṇavat | vacāṃsi | me | puru-praiṣaḥ | taturiḥ | yajña-sādhanaḥ | acchidra-ūtiḥ | śiśuḥ | ā | adatta | sam | rabhaḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 1.145.3 English analysis of grammar]

tam < tad

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

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

id

[adverb]

“indeed; assuredly; entirely.”

gacchanti < gam

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“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.”

juhvas < juhvaḥ < juhū

[noun], nominative, plural, feminine

“tongue; fire; ladle.”

tam < tad

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

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

arvatīr < arvatīḥ < arvatī

[noun], nominative, plural, feminine

“mare.”

viśvāny < viśvāni < viśva

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”

ekaḥ < eka

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“one; single(a); alone(p); some(a); single(a); eka [word]; alone(p); excellent; each(a); some(a); one; same; alone(p); some(a); consistent; any(a); undifferentiated; disjunct.”

śṛṇavad < śṛṇavat < śru

[verb], singular, Present conjunctive (subjunctive)

“listen; come to know; hear; hear; listen; study; heed; learn.”

vacāṃsi < vacas

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“statement; command; speech; words; advice; word; voice.”

me < mad

[noun], genitive, singular

“I; mine.”

purupraiṣas < puru

[noun]

“many; much(a); very.”

purupraiṣas < praiṣaḥ < praiṣa

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“order; invitation.”

taturir < taturiḥ < taturi

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

yajñasādhano < yajña

[noun], masculine

“yajña; religious ceremony; Vishnu; yajña [word]; Yajña; Shiva.”

yajñasādhano < sādhanaḥ < sādhana

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“effective; performing.”

'cchidrotiḥ < acchidra

[noun]

“uninjured; unbroken.”

'cchidrotiḥ < ūtiḥ < ūti

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“aid; favor; ūti [word].”

śiśur < śiśuḥ < śiśu

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“child; young; baby; śiśu [word]; Śiśu; male child; fetus.”

ādatta < ādā < √dā

[verb], singular, Imperfect

“take; take away; take out; pick; extract; drink; grasp; put; collect; accept; get; choose; remove; steal; bring; press out; impound; keep; eat; use; distill.”

saṃ < sam

[adverb]

“sam; together; together; saṃ.”

rabhaḥ < rabhas

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

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