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 3.22.3
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अग्ने॑ दि॒वो अर्ण॒मच्छा॑ जिगा॒स्यच्छा॑ दे॒वाँ ऊ॑चिषे॒ धिष्ण्या॒ ये । या रो॑च॒ने प॒रस्ता॒त्सूर्य॑स्य॒ याश्चा॒वस्ता॑दुप॒तिष्ठ॑न्त॒ आप॑: ॥
अग्ने दिवो अर्णमच्छा जिगास्यच्छा देवाँ ऊचिषे धिष्ण्या ये । या रोचने परस्तात्सूर्यस्य याश्चावस्तादुपतिष्ठन्त आपः ॥
agne divo arṇam acchā jigāsy acchā devām̐ ūciṣe dhiṣṇyā ye | yā rocane parastāt sūryasya yāś cāvastād upatiṣṭhanta āpaḥ ||
English translation:
“You move, Agni, to the vapour in heaven; you congregate the divinities who are the vital airs (of the body); you animate the waters in the bright region above the sun, as well as those that are in the firmament beneath.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Vapour in heaven: i.e. in the form of smoke; congregate the divinities: devān ūciṣe dhiṣṇyā ye: dhiṣṇa = prāṇya; or, the devās presiding over the vital airs, prāṇābhimānino devāḥ;
Ūciṣe = samavetān karoṣi; the bright region above the sun: rocane parastāt sūryasya: rocana = loka or region where the fiery radiance burns, rocano nāmāyam loko yatra āgneyam jyotis. tapatī, above the sun, sūryasyopariṣṭāt
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): gāthī kauśikaḥ [gāthī kauśika];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): purīṣyā agnayaḥ;
Chandas (meter): bhurikpaṅkti ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अग्ने॑ । दि॒वः । अर्ण॑म् । अच्छ॑ । जि॒गा॒सि॒ । अच्छ॑ । दे॒वान् । ऊ॒चि॒षे॒ । धिष्ण्या॑ । ये । या । रो॒च॒ने । प॒रस्ता॑त् । सूर्य॑स्य । याः । च॒ । अ॒वस्ता॑त् । उ॒प॒ऽतिष्ठ॑न्ते । आपः॑ ॥
अग्ने । दिवः । अर्णम् । अच्छ । जिगासि । अच्छ । देवान् । ऊचिषे । धिष्ण्या । ये । या । रोचने । परस्तात् । सूर्यस्य । याः । च । अवस्तात् । उपतिष्ठन्ते । आपः ॥
agne | divaḥ | arṇam | accha | jigāsi | accha | devān | ūciṣe | dhiṣṇyā | ye | yā | rocane | parastāt | sūryasya | yāḥ | ca | avastāt | upa-tiṣṭhante | āpaḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 3.22.3 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“wave; flood.”
[adverb]
“towards; accha [prefix].”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“go; enter (a state); arrive.”
[adverb]
“towards; accha [prefix].”
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
“say; describe; name; tell; address; enumerate; call; state; teach; explain; say; declare; speak; define; declare; order; address; recommend; answer; deem; recite; approve; proclaim; indicate; determine; mention; designate.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“wise; beneficent.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“light; celestial sphere.”
[adverb]
“above; subsequently.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“sun; Surya; sūrya [word]; right nostril; twelve; Calotropis gigantea Beng.; sūryakānta; sunlight; best.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[adverb]
“and; besides; then; now; even.”
[adverb]
“below.”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“approach; approach; worship; serve; originate; enter (a state); entertain; arise; stand; happen; become.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“water; body of water; water; ap [word]; juice; jala.”