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 1.158.3
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
यु॒क्तो ह॒ यद्वां॑ तौ॒ग्र्याय॑ पे॒रुर्वि मध्ये॒ अर्ण॑सो॒ धायि॑ प॒ज्रः । उप॑ वा॒मव॑: शर॒णं ग॑मेयं॒ शूरो॒ नाज्म॑ प॒तय॑द्भि॒रेवै॑: ॥
युक्तो ह यद्वां तौग्र्याय पेरुर्वि मध्ये अर्णसो धायि पज्रः । उप वामवः शरणं गमेयं शूरो नाज्म पतयद्भिरेवैः ॥
yukto ha yad vāṃ taugryāya perur vi madhye arṇaso dhāyi pajraḥ | upa vām avaḥ śaraṇaṃ gameyaṃ śūro nājma patayadbhir evaiḥ ||
English translation:
“In like manner, Aśvins, as your strong-drawn (car), able to cross (the sea), was plural ced,harnessed, in the middle of the water, for (the rescue of) the son of Tugra, so may I attain to your preserving protection (with the same alacrity) as a victorious hero (returns home) with bounding steeds.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Tugra: the text has arṇaso madhye = in the midst of the water
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): dīrghatamā aucathyaḥ [dīrghatamas aucathya];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): aśvinau ;
Chandas (meter): bhurikpaṅkti ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
यु॒क्तः । ह॒ । यत् । वा॒म् । तौ॒ग्र्याय॑ । पे॒रुः । वि । मध्ये॑ । अर्ण॑सः । धायि॑ । प॒ज्रः । उप॑ । वा॒म् । अवः॑ । श॒र॒णम् । ग॒मे॒य॒म् । शूरः॑ । न । अज्म॑ । प॒तय॑त्ऽभिः । एवैः॑ ॥
युक्तः । ह । यत् । वाम् । तौग्र्याय । पेरुः । वि । मध्ये । अर्णसः । धायि । पज्रः । उप । वाम् । अवः । शरणम् । गमेयम् । शूरः । न । अज्म । पतयत्भिः । एवैः ॥
yuktaḥ | ha | yat | vām | taugryāya | peruḥ | vi | madhye | arṇasaḥ | dhāyi | pajraḥ | upa | vām | avaḥ | śaraṇam | gameyam | śūraḥ | na | ajma | patayat-bhiḥ | evaiḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.158.3 English analysis of grammar]
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“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.”
[adverb]
“indeed; ha [word].”
[adverb]
“once [when]; because; that; if; how.”
[noun], genitive, dual
“you.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“Bhujyu.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
[adverb]
“apart; away; away.”
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“midst; center; cavity; inside; middle; center; waist; group; pulp; torso; time interval; area; series; madhya [word]; Madhya; noon; middle; middle age; span; belly.”
[noun], genitive, singular, neuter
“body of water; water.”
[verb], singular, Aorist passive
“put; give; cause; get; hold; make; provide; lend; wear; install; have; enter (a state); supply; hold; take; show.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“steadfast.”
[adverb]
“towards; on; next.”
[noun], genitive, dual
“you.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“aid; favor; protection.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“refuge; safety; shelter; house; protection.”
[verb], singular, Aorist optative
“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.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“hero; cock; śūra; Śūra; Vatica robusta; Plumbago zeylanica; warrior; hero; attacker; lentil; wild boar; lion; dog.”
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“drive.”
[verb noun], instrumental, plural
“fly.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine
“eva [word]; habit; manner; behavior; custom.”