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 3.31.7

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अग॑च्छदु॒ विप्र॑तमः सखी॒यन्नसू॑दयत्सु॒कृते॒ गर्भ॒मद्रि॑: । स॒सान॒ मर्यो॒ युव॑भिर्मख॒स्यन्नथा॑भव॒दङ्गि॑राः स॒द्यो अर्च॑न् ॥
अगच्छदु विप्रतमः सखीयन्नसूदयत्सुकृते गर्भमद्रिः । ससान मर्यो युवभिर्मखस्यन्नथाभवदङ्गिराः सद्यो अर्चन् ॥
agacchad u vipratamaḥ sakhīyann asūdayat sukṛte garbham adriḥ | sasāna maryo yuvabhir makhasyann athābhavad aṅgirāḥ sadyo arcan ||

English translation:

“The most sage (Indra), desirous of the friendship of the (aṅgirasas), went to the cave, and the mountain yielded its contents to the valiant (deity), aided by the youthful Maruts, equally wishing (to conciliate the sages); the destroyer (of the asuras) recovered (the cattle), and immediately aṅgirasas became his worshipper.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): gāthino viśvāmitraḥ, aiṣīrathīḥ kuśiko vā [gāthina viśvāmitra, aiṣīrathīḥ kuśika vā];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): triṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अग॑च्छत् । ऊँ॒ इति॑ । विप्र॑ऽतमः । स॒खि॒ऽयन् । असू॑दयत् । सु॒ऽकृते॑ । गर्भ॑म् । अद्रिः॑ । स॒सान॑ । मर्यः॑ । युव॑ऽभिः । म॒ख॒स्यन् । अथ॑ । अ॒भ॒व॒त् । अङ्गि॑राः । स॒द्यः । अर्च॑न् ॥
अगच्छत् । ऊँ इति । विप्रतमः । सखियन् । असूदयत् । सुकृते । गर्भम् । अद्रिः । ससान । मर्यः । युवभिः । मखस्यन् । अथ । अभवत् । अङ्गिराः । सद्यः । अर्चन् ॥
agacchat | oṃ iti | vipra-tamaḥ | sakhi-yan | asūdayat | su-kṛte | garbham | adriḥ | sasāna | maryaḥ | yuva-bhiḥ | makhasyan | atha | abhavat | aṅgirāḥ | sadyaḥ | arcan

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 3.31.7 English analysis of grammar]

agacchad < agacchat < gam

[verb], singular, Imperfect

“go; situate; enter (a state); travel; disappear; [in]; elapse; leave; reach; vanish; love; walk; approach; issue; hop on; gasify; get; come; die; drain; spread; transform; happen; discharge; ride; to be located; run; detect; refer; go; shall; drive.”

u

[adverb]

“ukāra; besides; now; indeed; u.”

vipratamaḥ < vipratama

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

sakhīyann < sakhīyan < sakhīy

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“befriend.”

asūdayat < sūday < √sūd

[verb], singular, Imperfect

“kill; promote.”

sukṛte < su

[adverb]

“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”

sukṛte < kṛte < kṛt

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

“causing; making; performing; promotive; producing; doing; acting; writing; transforming; effecting.”

garbham < garbha

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“fetus; garbha; inside; cavity; embryo; uterus; child; pit; garbhadruti; filling; pregnancy; room; abdomen; fertilization; inside; hole; baby; calyx; midst.”

adriḥ < adri

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“mountain; rock; seven; stone; adri; grindstone; adri; rock.”

sasāna < san

[verb], singular, Perfect indicative

“win; get; gain.”

maryo < maryaḥ < marya

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“young buck; boyfriend.”

yuvabhir < yuvabhiḥ < yuvan

[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine

“young person; yuvan [word]; taruṇabandha; yuvan; yuvan; young buck; young.”

makhasyann < makhasyan < makhasy

[verb noun], nominative, singular

athābhavad < atha

[adverb]

“now; then; furthermore; now; then.”

athābhavad < abhavat < bhū

[verb], singular, Imperfect

“become; be; originate; transform; happen; result; exist; be born; be; be; come to life; grow; elapse; come to mind; thrive; become; impend; show; conceive; understand; stand; constitute; serve; apply; behave.”

aṅgirāḥ < aṅgiras

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“Aṅgiras; Aṅgiras; Brahman; Atharva-Veda; aṅgiras [word]; Aṅgiras.”

sadyo < sadyas

[adverb]

“immediately; just; daily; sadyas [word].”

arcan < arc

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“sing; worship; honor; praise; welcome.”

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