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 3.8.3
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
उच्छ्र॑यस्व वनस्पते॒ वर्ष्म॑न्पृथि॒व्या अधि॑ । सुमि॑ती मी॒यमा॑नो॒ वर्चो॑ धा य॒ज्ञवा॑हसे ॥
उच्छ्रयस्व वनस्पते वर्ष्मन्पृथिव्या अधि । सुमिती मीयमानो वर्चो धा यज्ञवाहसे ॥
uc chrayasva vanaspate varṣman pṛthivyā adhi | sumitī mīyamāno varco dhā yajñavāhase ||
English translation:
“Be exalted, Vanaspati upon this sacred spot of earth, being measured with careful measurement, and bestow food upon the offerer of the sacrifice.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): gāthino viśvāmitraḥ [gāthina viśvāmitra];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): viśvedevā:;
Chandas (meter): svarāḍanuṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
उत् । श्र॒य॒स्व॒ । व॒न॒स्प॒ते॒ । वर्ष्म॑न् । पृ॒थि॒व्याः । अधि॑ । सुऽमि॑ती । मी॒यमा॑नः । वर्चः॑ । धाः॒ । य॒ज्ञऽवा॑हसे ॥
उत् । श्रयस्व । वनस्पते । वर्ष्मन् । पृथिव्याः । अधि । सुमिती । मीयमानः । वर्चः । धाः । यज्ञवाहसे ॥
ut | śrayasva | vanaspate | varṣman | pṛthivyāḥ | adhi | su-mitī | mīyamānaḥ | varcaḥ | dhāḥ | yajña-vāhase
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 3.8.3 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“up.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“situate; dwell; go; lurk; reach; rear; repose; cling to.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“tree; banyan; vanaspati [word]; vanaspativarga; vaṭādi.”
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“height; peak; enormousness.”
[noun], genitive, singular, feminine
“Earth; pṛthivī; floor; Earth; earth; pṛthivī [word]; land.”
[adverb]
“on; from; accordingly.”
[adverb]
“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“weigh; measure; total; last; weigh; measure; give away; transform.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“shininess; vigor; fecal matter; glare; magnificence; energy; prestige; energy; glory; luster; light; varcas [word]; glory; body waste; droppings; color.”
[verb], singular, Aorist inj. (proh.)
“put; give; cause; get; hold; make; provide; lend; wear; install; have; enter (a state); supply; hold; take; show.”
[noun], masculine
“yajña; religious ceremony; Vishnu; yajña [word]; Yajña; Shiva.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine