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 3.6.8
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
उ॒रौ वा॒ ये अ॒न्तरि॑क्षे॒ मद॑न्ति दि॒वो वा॒ ये रो॑च॒ने सन्ति॑ दे॒वाः । ऊमा॑ वा॒ ये सु॒हवा॑सो॒ यज॑त्रा आयेमि॒रे र॒थ्यो॑ अग्ने॒ अश्वा॑: ॥
उरौ वा ये अन्तरिक्षे मदन्ति दिवो वा ये रोचने सन्ति देवाः । ऊमा वा ये सुहवासो यजत्रा आयेमिरे रथ्यो अग्ने अश्वाः ॥
urau vā ye antarikṣe madanti divo vā ye rocane santi devāḥ | ūmā vā ye suhavāso yajatrā āyemire rathyo agne aśvāḥ ||
English translation:
“The deities who sport in the spacious (firmament); those who are in the luminous sphere of heaven; the adorable Umas, who come when worthily invoked; the horses, Agni, that are fit for your car.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
The adorable Ūmas: ūmāḥ = ūmasaṅjmakāḥ pitaraḥ santi, the Ūmas are the pitara, called Ūmā
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): gāthino viśvāmitraḥ [gāthina viśvāmitra];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
उ॒रौ । वा॒ । ये । अ॒न्तरि॑क्षे । मद॑न्ति । दि॒वः । वा॒ । ये । रो॒च॒ने । सन्ति॑ । दे॒वाः । ऊमाः॑ । वा॒ । ये । सु॒ऽहवा॑सः । यज॑त्राः । आ॒ऽये॒मि॒रे । र॒थ्यः॑ । अ॒ग्ने॒ । अश्वाः॑ ॥
उरौ । वा । ये । अन्तरिक्षे । मदन्ति । दिवः । वा । ये । रोचने । सन्ति । देवाः । ऊमाः । वा । ये । सुहवासः । यजत्राः । आयेमिरे । रथ्यः । अग्ने । अश्वाः ॥
urau | vā | ye | antarikṣe | madanti | divaḥ | vā | ye | rocane | santi | devāḥ | ūmāḥ | vā | ye | su-havāsaḥ | yajatrāḥ | āyemire | rathyaḥ | agne | aśvāḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 3.6.8 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“wide; broad; great; uru [word]; much(a); excellent.”
[adverb]
“or; optionally; either.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“sky; atmosphere; air; abhra.”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“rut; intoxicate; delight; revel; rejoice; drink; ramp; exult.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”
[adverb]
“or; optionally; either.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“light; celestial sphere.”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“assistant.”
[adverb]
“or; optionally; either.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[adverb]
“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“invocation.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“adorable.”
[verb], plural, Perfect indicative
“measure in length; measure in width; extend; spread; lengthen; unfold; broaden; measure; broaden.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“horse; aśva [word]; Aśva; stallion.”