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 3.3.11
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
वै॒श्वा॒न॒रस्य॑ दं॒सना॑भ्यो बृ॒हदरि॑णा॒देक॑: स्वप॒स्यया॑ क॒विः । उ॒भा पि॒तरा॑ म॒हय॑न्नजायता॒ग्निर्द्यावा॑पृथि॒वी भूरि॑रेतसा ॥
वैश्वानरस्य दंसनाभ्यो बृहदरिणादेकः स्वपस्यया कविः । उभा पितरा महयन्नजायताग्निर्द्यावापृथिवी भूरिरेतसा ॥
vaiśvānarasya daṃsanābhyo bṛhad ariṇād ekaḥ svapasyayā kaviḥ | ubhā pitarā mahayann ajāyatāgnir dyāvāpṛthivī bhūriretasā ||
English translation:
“From acts that are acceptable to Vaiśvānara comes great (wealth); for he, the sage (Agni) alone, bestows (the reward) of zeal in (the performance of) his worship; adoring both his prolific friends, heaven and earth, Agni was born.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): gāthino viśvāmitraḥ [gāthina viśvāmitra];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): vaiśvānaro'gniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): bhurikpaṅkti ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
वै॒श्वा॒न॒रस्य॑ । दं॒सना॑भ्यः । बृ॒हत् । अरि॑णात् । एकः॑ । सु॒ऽअ॒प॒स्यया॑ । क॒विः । उ॒भा । पि॒तरा॑ । म॒हय॑न् । अ॒जा॒य॒त॒ । अ॒ग्निः । द्यावा॑पृथि॒वी इति॑ । भूरि॑ऽरेतसा ॥
वैश्वानरस्य । दंसनाभ्यः । बृहत् । अरिणात् । एकः । सुअपस्यया । कविः । उभा । पितरा । महयन् । अजायत । अग्निः । द्यावापृथिवी इति । भूरिरेतसा ॥
vaiśvānarasya | daṃsanābhyaḥ | bṛhat | ariṇāt | ekaḥ | su-apasyayā | kaviḥ | ubhā | pitarā | mahayan | ajāyata | agniḥ | dyāvāpṛthivī iti | bhūri-retasā
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 3.3.11 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“Agni; fire; Vaiśvānara; Vaiśvānara; sacrificial fire; sun.”
[noun], ablative, plural, feminine
“wonder; power.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“large; great; loud; high; much(a); exalted; abundant; intensive; strong; huge.”
[verb], singular, Imperfect
“free; liberate; run; let go of.”
[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.”
[adverb]
“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine
“activity.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“poet; wise man; bard; Venus; Uśanas; kavi [word]; Kavi; prophet; guru; Brahma.”
[noun], accusative, dual, masculine
“both(a).”
[noun], accusative, dual, masculine
“father; Pitṛ; ancestor; parent; paternal ancestor; pitṛ [word]; forefather.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“glorify.”
[verb], singular, Imperfect
“become; originate; be born; transform; happen; result; grow; beget; produce; create; conceive; separate; cause; give birth; grow; produce; generate; be; become; arise; come on.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[noun], accusative, dual, feminine
“heaven and earth; dyāvāpṛthivī [word].”
[noun]
“much; many; much(a); abundant; rich; mighty; distinguished.”
[noun], accusative, dual, feminine
“semen; sperm.”