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 3.29.1
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अस्ती॒दम॑धि॒मन्थ॑न॒मस्ति॑ प्र॒जन॑नं कृ॒तम् । ए॒तां वि॒श्पत्नी॒मा भ॑रा॒ग्निं म॑न्थाम पू॒र्वथा॑ ॥
अस्तीदमधिमन्थनमस्ति प्रजननं कृतम् । एतां विश्पत्नीमा भराग्निं मन्थाम पूर्वथा ॥
astīdam adhimanthanam asti prajananaṃ kṛtam | etāṃ viśpatnīm ā bharāgnim manthāma pūrvathā ||
English translation:
“This, the apparatus of attrition is ready; the genitive ration (of the flame) is ready; take up this (stick) the protectress of mankind, and let us churn the fire as has been done of old.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
The apparatus of attrition is ready: astīdam adhimanthanam = asti prajananam kṛtam: adhimanthana is the stick, the string and the like plural ced upon the two pieces of wood to assist in their attrition;
Prajananam = begetting; may also connote a tuft of dry grass used to catch and carry the flame
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): gopavana ātreyaḥ saptavadhrirvā [gopavana ātreya saptavadhrirvā];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdanuṣṭup;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अस्ति॑ । इ॒दम् । अ॒धि॒ऽमन्थ॑नम् । अस्ति॑ । प्र॒ऽजन॑नम् । कृ॒तम् । ए॒ताम् । वि॒श्पत्नी॑म् । आ । भ॒र॒ । अ॒ग्निम् । म॒न्था॒म॒ । पू॒र्वऽथा॑ ॥
अस्ति । इदम् । अधिमन्थनम् । अस्ति । प्रजननम् । कृतम् । एताम् । विश्पत्नीम् । आ । भर । अग्निम् । मन्थाम । पूर्वथा ॥
asti | idam | adhi-manthanam | asti | pra-jananam | kṛtam | etām | viśpatnīm | ā | bhara | agnim | manthāma | pūrva-thā
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 3.29.1 English analysis of grammar]
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“parturition; genitalia.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“make; perform; cause; produce; shape; construct; do; put; fill into; use; fuel; transform; bore; act; write; create; prepare; administer; dig; prepare; treat; take effect; add; trace; put on; process; treat; heed; hire; act; produce; assume; eat; ignite; chop; treat; obey; manufacture; appoint; evacuate; choose; understand; insert; happen; envelop; weigh; observe; practice; lend; bring; duplicate; plant; kṛ; concentrate; mix; knot; join; take; provide; utter; compose.”
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); etad [word].”
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“bring; hold; fill; support; wear; possess; carry; nourish; keep; hire; have; satiate; follow; bear.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[verb], plural, Imperfect
“churn; knead; trample; full; stir; crush.”
[adverb]