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 3.1.3
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
मयो॑ दधे॒ मेधि॑रः पू॒तद॑क्षो दि॒वः सु॒बन्धु॑र्ज॒नुषा॑ पृथि॒व्याः । अवि॑न्दन्नु दर्श॒तम॒प्स्व१॒॑न्तर्दे॒वासो॑ अ॒ग्निम॒पसि॒ स्वसॄ॑णाम् ॥
मयो दधे मेधिरः पूतदक्षो दिवः सुबन्धुर्जनुषा पृथिव्याः । अविन्दन्नु दर्शतमप्स्वन्तर्देवासो अग्निमपसि स्वसॄणाम् ॥
mayo dadhe medhiraḥ pūtadakṣo divaḥ subandhur januṣā pṛthivyāḥ | avindann u darśatam apsv antar devāso agnim apasi svasṝṇām ||
English translation:
“The gods discovered the graceful Agni (concealed) amidst the waters of the flowing (rivers), for the purpose of (sacred) acts; Agni, who is intelligent,of purified vigour, and friendly; who from his birth bestowed happiness on earth and heaven.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): gāthino viśvāmitraḥ [gāthina viśvāmitra];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
मयः॑ । द॒धे॒ । मेधि॑रः । पू॒तऽद॑क्षः । दि॒वः । सु॒ऽबन्धुः॑ । ज॒नुषा॑ । पृ॒थि॒व्याः । अवि॑न्दन् । ऊँ॒ इति॑ । द॒र्श॒तम् । अ॒प्ऽसु । अ॒न्तः । दे॒वासः॑ । अ॒ग्निम् । अ॒पसि॑ । स्वसॄ॑णाम् ॥
मयः । दधे । मेधिरः । पूतदक्षः । दिवः । सुबन्धुः । जनुषा । पृथिव्याः । अविन्दन् । ऊँ इति । दर्शतम् । अप्सु । अन्तः । देवासः । अग्निम् । अपसि । स्वसॄणाम् ॥
mayaḥ | dadhe | medhiraḥ | pūta-dakṣaḥ | divaḥ | su-bandhuḥ | januṣā | pṛthivyāḥ | avindan | oṃ iti | darśatam | ap-su | antaḥ | devāsaḥ | agnim | apasi | svasṝṇām
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 3.1.3 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“pleasure; refreshment.”
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
“put; give; cause; get; hold; make; provide; lend; wear; install; have; enter (a state); supply; hold; take; show.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“wise; intelligent.”
[verb noun]
“purify; filter; blow; purify; purge; sift.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Dakṣa; ability; cock; fitness; will; purpose; disposition; cock.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”
[adverb]
“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“relative; bandhu [word]; association; friend; kin.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter
“birth.”
[noun], genitive, singular, feminine
“Earth; pṛthivī; floor; Earth; earth; pṛthivī [word]; land.”
[verb], plural, Imperfect
“find; detect; marry; get; think.”
[adverb]
“ukāra; besides; now; indeed; u.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“beautiful; visible; beautiful.”
[noun], locative, plural, feminine
“water; body of water; water; ap [word]; juice; jala.”
[adverb]
“inside; in; antar [word]; midmost; between; among.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“work; deed.”
[noun], genitive, plural, feminine
“sister; svasṛ [word].”