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 3.7.3
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
आ सी॑मरोहत्सु॒यमा॒ भव॑न्ती॒: पति॑श्चिकि॒त्वान्र॑यि॒विद्र॑यी॒णाम् । प्र नील॑पृष्ठो अत॒सस्य॑ धा॒सेस्ता अ॑वासयत्पुरु॒धप्र॑तीकः ॥
आ सीमरोहत्सुयमा भवन्तीः पतिश्चिकित्वान्रयिविद्रयीणाम् । प्र नीलपृष्ठो अतसस्य धासेस्ता अवासयत्पुरुधप्रतीकः ॥
ā sīm arohat suyamā bhavantīḥ patiś cikitvān rayivid rayīṇām | pra nīlapṛṣṭho atasasya dhāses tā avāsayat purudhapratīkaḥ ||
English translation:
“Their lord has mounted on his well-trained mares the sagacious selector of treasures, the blackbacked, many-limbed (Agni) has granted them a plural ce of rest for the cherishing of (their) rapid speed.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Atasasya dhāseḥ = śatata gamanasya poṣanārtham, for the sake of cherishing of the perpetual going
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): gāthino viśvāmitraḥ [gāthina viśvāmitra];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
आ । सी॒म् । अ॒रो॒ह॒त् । सु॒ऽयमाः॑ । भव॑न्तीः । पतिः॑ । चि॒कि॒त्वान् । र॒यि॒ऽवित् । र॒यी॒णाम् । प्र । नील॑ऽपृष्ठः । अ॒त॒सस्य॑ । धा॒सेः । ताः । अ॒वा॒स॒य॒त् । पु॒रु॒धऽप्र॑तीकः ॥
आ । सीम् । अरोहत् । सुयमाः । भवन्तीः । पतिः । चिकित्वान् । रयिवित् । रयीणाम् । प्र । नीलपृष्ठः । अतसस्य । धासेः । ताः । अवासयत् । पुरुधप्रतीकः ॥
ā | sīm | arohat | su-yamāḥ | bhavantīḥ | patiḥ | cikitvān | rayi-vit | rayīṇām | pra | nīla-pṛṣṭhaḥ | atasasya | dhāseḥ | tāḥ | avāsayat | purudha-pratīkaḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 3.7.3 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[adverb]
[verb], singular, Imperfect
“heal; grow; cicatrize; climb; board; ascend; grow.”
[adverb]
“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
“Yama; yama; twin; yam; Yama; two; bridle; yama [word]; Asvins.”
[verb noun], accusative, plural
“become; be; originate; transform; happen; result; exist; be born; be; be; come to life; grow; elapse; come to mind; thrive; become; impend; show; conceive; understand; stand; constitute; serve; apply; behave.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“husband; overlord; king; deity; īśvara; ruler; pati [word]; commanding officer; leader; owner; mayor; lord.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“notice; observe; attend to; intend.”
[noun], masculine
“wealth; property.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“finding.”
[noun], genitive, plural, masculine
“wealth; property.”
[adverb]
“towards; ahead.”
[noun]
“blue; black; black; nīla [word]; green.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“back; top; top; surface; shell; peak; Pṛṣṭha; flat roof; pṛṣṭha [word]; back; roof.”
[noun], genitive, singular, neuter
“shrub; scrub.”
[noun], ablative, singular, feminine
“seat; home.”
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[verb], singular, Imperfect
“banish.”
[adverb]
“multiply.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine