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 1.148.3

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

नित्ये॑ चि॒न्नु यं सद॑ने जगृ॒भ्रे प्रश॑स्तिभिर्दधि॒रे य॒ज्ञिया॑सः । प्र सू न॑यन्त गृ॒भय॑न्त इ॒ष्टावश्वा॑सो॒ न र॒थ्यो॑ रारहा॒णाः ॥
नित्ये चिन्नु यं सदने जगृभ्रे प्रशस्तिभिर्दधिरे यज्ञियासः । प्र सू नयन्त गृभयन्त इष्टावश्वासो न रथ्यो रारहाणाः ॥
nitye cin nu yaṃ sadane jagṛbhre praśastibhir dadhire yajñiyāsaḥ | pra sū nayanta gṛbhayanta iṣṭāv aśvāso na rathyo rārahāṇāḥ ||

English translation:

“Him, whom the worshippers lay hold of in his perpetual abode, they detain by their praises, and the holders convey him diligently to the sacrifice, as rapid coursers, harnessed to a car, (bear the rider to his destination).”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

Holders convey him: praṇayanta: the allusion is to the solemn conveyance of fire from the gārhapatya or household, to the āhavanīya, or sacrificial fire

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

नित्ये॑ । चि॒त् । नु । यम् । सद॑ने । ज॒गृ॒भ्रे । प्रश॑स्तिऽभिः । द॒धि॒रे । य॒ज्ञिया॑सः । प्र । सु । न॒य॒न्त॒ । गृ॒भय॑न्तः । इ॒ष्टौ । अश्वा॑सः । न । र॒थ्यः॑ । र॒र॒हा॒णाः ॥
नित्ये । चित् । नु । यम् । सदने । जगृभ्रे । प्रशस्तिभिः । दधिरे । यज्ञियासः । प्र । सु । नयन्त । गृभयन्तः । इष्टौ । अश्वासः । न । रथ्यः । ररहाणाः ॥
nitye | cit | nu | yam | sadane | jagṛbhre | praśasti-bhiḥ | dadhire | yajñiyāsaḥ | pra | su | nayanta | gṛbhayantaḥ | iṣṭau | aśvāsaḥ | na | rathyaḥ | rarahāṇāḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 1.148.3 English analysis of grammar]

nitye < nitya

[noun], locative, singular, neuter

“continuous; own(a); changeless; everlasting; continual; devoted(p); permanent; obligatory; continuing; indispensable; native; addicted; connatural; necessary; durable; ageless; invariable; biological.”

cin < cit

[adverb]

“even; indeed.”

nu

[adverb]

“now; already.”

yaṃ < yam < yad

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

sadane < sadana

[noun], locative, singular, neuter

“seat; weakness; inertness; dwelling; exhaustion; numbness; home; residence; seat; inanition; location.”

jagṛbhre < grah

[verb], plural, Perfect indicative

“take; grasp; take out; extract; perceive; pick; assume; include; accept; understand; use; learn; possess; keep; choose; accept; afflict; suck; paralyze; mention; mistake; eat; wear; embrace; fill into; capture; eclipse; get; collect; hand down; marry; heed; touch.”

praśastibhir < praśastibhiḥ < praśasti

[noun], instrumental, plural, feminine

“announcement; praise; respect.”

dadhire < dhā

[verb], plural, Perfect indicative

“put; give; cause; get; hold; make; provide; lend; wear; install; have; enter (a state); supply; hold; take; show.”

yajñiyāsaḥ < yajñiya

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“sacrificial; divine; devoted.”

pra

[adverb]

“towards; ahead.”

[noun], locative, singular, feminine

“sū; mother.”

nayanta <

[verb], plural, Present injunctive

“bring; lead; spend; decant; enter (a state); remove; take out; take away; enforce; marry; carry; fill into; bring; learn; go out; add.”

gṛbhayanta < gṛbhayantaḥ < gṛbhay < √grah

[verb noun], nominative, plural

iṣṭāv < iṣṭau < iṣṭi

[noun], locative, singular, feminine

“seeking.”

aśvāso < aśvāsaḥ < aśva

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“horse; aśva [word]; Aśva; stallion.”

na

[adverb]

“not; like; no; na [word].”

rathyo < rathyaḥ < rathī

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

rārahāṇāḥ < raṃh

[verb noun], nominative, plural

“rush.”

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