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 1.190.3

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

उप॑स्तुतिं॒ नम॑स॒ उद्य॑तिं च॒ श्लोकं॑ यंसत्सवि॒तेव॒ प्र बा॒हू । अ॒स्य क्रत्वा॑ह॒न्यो॒३॒॑ यो अस्ति॑ मृ॒गो न भी॒मो अ॑र॒क्षस॒स्तुवि॑ष्मान् ॥
उपस्तुतिं नमस उद्यतिं च श्लोकं यंसत्सवितेव प्र बाहू । अस्य क्रत्वाहन्यो यो अस्ति मृगो न भीमो अरक्षसस्तुविष्मान् ॥
upastutiṃ namasa udyatiṃ ca ślokaṃ yaṃsat saviteva pra bāhū | asya kratvāhanyo yo asti mṛgo na bhīmo arakṣasas tuviṣmān ||

English translation:

“He is ready (to accept) the offered praise, the presentation of the homage, the hymn, as the sun (is ready) to put forth his rays; by the acts of him whom the rākṣasas (oppose not), the daily (revolving sun) exists, and he is strong as a fearful beast of prey.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

He: or, the pronoun may apply to the yajamāna, who exerts himself to offer the praise, the oblation

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): agastyo maitrāvaruṇiḥ [agastya maitrāvaruṇi];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): bṛhaspatiḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

उप॑ऽस्तुतिम् । नम॑सः । उत्ऽय॑तिम् । च॒ । श्लोक॑म् । यं॒स॒त् । स॒वि॒ताऽइ॑व । प्र । बा॒हू इति॑ । अ॒स्य । क्रत्वा॑ । अ॒ह॒न्यः॑ । यः । अस्ति॑ । मृ॒गः । न । भी॒मः । अ॒र॒क्षसः॒ । तुवि॑ष्मान् ॥
उपस्तुतिम् । नमसः । उत्यतिम् । च । श्लोकम् । यंसत् । सविताइव । प्र । बाहू इति । अस्य । क्रत्वा । अहन्यः । यः । अस्ति । मृगः । न । भीमः । अरक्षसः । तुविष्मान् ॥
upa-stutim | namasaḥ | ut-yatim | ca | ślokam | yaṃsat | savitāiva | pra | bāhū iti | asya | kratvā | ahanyaḥ | yaḥ | asti | mṛgaḥ | na | bhīmaḥ | arakṣasaḥ | tuvi ṣmān

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 1.190.3 English analysis of grammar]

upastutiṃ < upastutim < upastuti

[noun], accusative, singular, feminine

“praise; applause.”

namasa < namasaḥ < namas

[noun], genitive, singular, neuter

“adoration; court; namas [word]; bow; salute.”

udyatiṃ < udyatim < udyati

[noun], accusative, singular, feminine

ca

[adverb]

“and; besides; then; now; even.”

ślokaṃ < ślokam < śloka

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“Śloka; fame; hymn; śloka [word]; praise; glory; verse.”

yaṃsat < yam

[verb], singular, Aorist conj./subj.

“concentrate; grant; restrain; cause; control; offer; cover; raise.”

saviteva < savitā < savitṛ

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“Savitar; sun; Surya; Savitṛ.”

saviteva < iva

[adverb]

“like; as it were; somehow; just so.”

pra

[adverb]

“towards; ahead.”

bāhū < bāhu

[noun], accusative, dual, masculine

“arm; bāhu [word]; elbow; forefoot.”

asya < idam

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”

kratvāhanyo < kratvā < kratu

[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine

“yajña; decision; plan; deliberation; intelligence; Kratu; will; kratu [word]; desire; resoluteness; ritual.”

kratvāhanyo < ahanyaḥ < ahanya

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“daily.”

yo < yaḥ < yad

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

asti < as

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”

mṛgo < mṛgaḥ < mṛga

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“game; deer; animal; antelope; mṛga [word]; Mṛgaśiras.”

na

[adverb]

“not; like; no; na [word].”

bhīmo < bhīmaḥ < bhīma

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“awful; amazing; terrific; enormous; bhīma [word]; fearful.”

arakṣasas < arakṣasaḥ < arakṣas

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“harmless.”

tuviṣmān < tuviṣmat

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“powerful.”

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