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 3.29.3
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
उ॒त्ता॒नाया॒मव॑ भरा चिकि॒त्वान्त्स॒द्यः प्रवी॑ता॒ वृष॑णं जजान । अ॒रु॒षस्तू॑पो॒ रुश॑दस्य॒ पाज॒ इळा॑यास्पु॒त्रो व॒युने॑ऽजनिष्ट ॥
उत्तानायामव भरा चिकित्वान्त्सद्यः प्रवीता वृषणं जजान । अरुषस्तूपो रुशदस्य पाज इळायास्पुत्रो वयुनेऽजनिष्ट ॥
uttānāyām ava bharā cikitvān sadyaḥ pravītā vṛṣaṇaṃ jajāna | aruṣastūpo ruśad asya pāja iḻāyās putro vayune 'janiṣṭa ||
English translation:
“Let the intelligent priest plural ce the lower of the sticks with the face upwards, the upper (with the surface) downwards, so that quickly impregnated it may genitive rate the showerer (of benefits) Agni; then the bright blazing son of Iḷā whose light dissipates the darkness is born of the wood of attrition.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Son of iḷā: the fire of the altar
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): gopavana ātreyaḥ saptavadhrirvā [gopavana ātreya saptavadhrirvā];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): triṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
उ॒त्ता॒नाया॒म् । अव॑ । भ॒र॒ । चि॒कि॒त्वान् । स॒द्यः । प्रऽवी॑ता । वृष॑णम् । ज॒जा॒न॒ । अ॒रु॒षऽस्तू॑पः । रुश॑त् । अ॒स्य॒ । पाजः॑ । इळा॑याः । पु॒त्रः । व॒युने॑ । अ॒ज॒नि॒ष्ट॒ ॥
उत्तानायाम् । अव । भर । चिकित्वान् । सद्यः । प्रवीता । वृषणम् । जजान । अरुषस्तूपः । रुशत् । अस्य । पाजः । इळायाः । पुत्रः । वयुने । अजनिष्ट ॥
uttānāyām | ava | bhara | cikitvān | sadyaḥ | pra-vītā | vṛṣaṇam | jajāna | aruṣa-stūpaḥ | ruśat | asya | pājaḥ | iḷāyāḥ | putraḥ | vayune | ajaniṣṭa
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 3.29.3 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], locative, singular, feminine
“supine; upward; upright; skin-deep; raised; shallow.”
[adverb]
“down.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“bring; hold; fill; support; wear; possess; carry; nourish; keep; hire; have; satiate; follow; bear.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“notice; observe; attend to; intend.”
[adverb]
“immediately; just; daily; sadyas [word].”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“impregnate.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“bull; Indra; stallion; Vṛṣan; man.”
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
“become; originate; be born; transform; happen; result; grow; beget; produce; create; conceive; separate; cause; give birth; grow; produce; generate; be; become; arise; come on.”
[noun]
“red; red.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“white; bright; bright.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“luminosity; look.”
[noun], genitive, singular, feminine
“refreshment; iḍā [word]; comfort; cow.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“son; putra [word]; male child; Putra; Bodhisattva.”
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“convention; custom; means.”
[verb], singular, Athematic is aor. (Ind.)
“become; originate; be born; transform; happen; result; grow; beget; produce; create; conceive; separate; cause; give birth; grow; produce; generate; be; become; arise; come on.”