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 3.31.3
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अ॒ग्निर्ज॑ज्ञे जु॒ह्वा॒३॒॑ रेज॑मानो म॒हस्पु॒त्राँ अ॑रु॒षस्य॑ प्र॒यक्षे॑ । म॒हान्गर्भो॒ मह्या जा॒तमे॑षां म॒ही प्र॒वृद्धर्य॑श्वस्य य॒ज्ञैः ॥
अग्निर्जज्ञे जुह्वा रेजमानो महस्पुत्राँ अरुषस्य प्रयक्षे । महान्गर्भो मह्या जातमेषां मही प्रवृद्धर्यश्वस्य यज्ञैः ॥
agnir jajñe juhvā rejamāno mahas putrām̐ aruṣasya prayakṣe | mahān garbho mahy ā jātam eṣām mahī pravṛd dharyaśvasya yajñaiḥ ||
English translation:
“For the worship of the resplendent (Indra), Agni, glowing with flame, has begotten mighty sons; great was the germ, and great was their birth, and great was their efficacy, for the worship of Haryaśva.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): gāthino viśvāmitraḥ, aiṣīrathīḥ kuśiko vā [gāthina viśvāmitra, aiṣīrathīḥ kuśika vā];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): bhurikpaṅkti ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अ॒ग्निः । ज॒ज्ञे॒ । जु॒ह्वा॑ । रेज॑मानः । म॒हः । पु॒त्रान् । अ॒रु॒षस्य॑ । प्र॒ऽयक्षे॑ । म॒हान् । गर्भः॑ । महि॑ । आ । जा॒तम् । ए॒षा॒म् । म॒ही । प्र॒ऽवृत् । हरि॑ऽअश्वस्य । य॒ज्ञैः ॥
अग्निः । जज्ञे । जुह्वा । रेजमानः । महः । पुत्रान् । अरुषस्य । प्रयक्षे । महान् । गर्भः । महि । आ । जातम् । एषाम् । मही । प्रवृत् । हरिअश्वस्य । यज्ञैः ॥
agniḥ | jajñe | juhvā | rejamānaḥ | mahaḥ | putrān | aruṣasya | pra-yakṣe | mahān | garbhaḥ | mahi | ā | jātam | eṣām | mahī | pra-vṛt | hari-aśvasya | yajñaiḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 3.31.3 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[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], instrumental, singular, feminine
“tongue; fire; ladle.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“tremor; flicker.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“great; great; distinguished; much(a); adult; long; high.”
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
“son; putra [word]; male child; Putra; Bodhisattva.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“red; red.”
[verb noun]
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“large; eminent; great; loud; dangerous; strong; long; high; much(a); mahant [word]; ample; very; great; adult; important; dark; high; abundant; violent; remarkable; mighty; big; long.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“fetus; garbha; inside; cavity; embryo; uterus; child; pit; garbhadruti; filling; pregnancy; room; abdomen; fertilization; inside; hole; baby; calyx; midst.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“great; firm.”
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“kind; object; descendant; kin; being; reincarnation.”
[noun], genitive, plural, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“great; great; distinguished; much(a); adult; long; high.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“Indra; Haryaśva.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine
“yajña; religious ceremony; Vishnu; yajña [word]; Yajña; Shiva.”