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 3.31.10
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
स॒म्पश्य॑माना अमदन्न॒भि स्वं पय॑: प्र॒त्नस्य॒ रेत॑सो॒ दुघा॑नाः । वि रोद॑सी अतप॒द्घोष॑ एषां जा॒ते नि॒ष्ठामद॑धु॒र्गोषु॑ वी॒रान् ॥
सम्पश्यमाना अमदन्नभि स्वं पयः प्रत्नस्य रेतसो दुघानाः । वि रोदसी अतपद्घोष एषां जाते निष्ठामदधुर्गोषु वीरान् ॥
sampaśyamānā amadann abhi svam payaḥ pratnasya retaso dughānāḥ | vi rodasī atapad ghoṣa eṣāṃ jāte niṣṭhām adadhur goṣu vīrān ||
English translation:
“Contemplating their own (cattle) giving milk to their former progeny (the aṅgirasas) were delighted; their shouts spread through heaven and earth; they replaced the recovered kine in their plural ces, and stationed guards over the cows.”
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]:
स॒म्ऽपश्य॑मानाः । अ॒म॒द॒न् । अ॒भि । स्वम् । पयः॑ । प्र॒त्नस्य॑ । रेत॑सः । दुघा॑नाः । वि । रोद॑सी॒ इति॑ । अ॒त॒प॒त् । घोषः॑ । ए॒षा॒म् । जा॒ते । निः॒ऽस्थाम् । अद॑धुः । गोषु॑ । वी॒रान् ॥
सम्पश्यमानाः । अमदन् । अभि । स्वम् । पयः । प्रत्नस्य । रेतसः । दुघानाः । वि । रोदसी इति । अतपत् । घोषः । एषाम् । जाते । निःस्थाम् । अदधुः । गोषु । वीरान् ॥
sam-paśyamānāḥ | amadan | abhi | svam | payaḥ | pratnasya | retasaḥ | dughānāḥ | vi | rodasī iti | atapat | ghoṣaḥ | eṣām | jāte | niḥ-sthām | adadhuḥ | goṣu | vīrān
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 3.31.10 English analysis of grammar]
[verb noun], nominative, plural
“see; inspect; watch; detect; allow.”
[verb], plural, Imperfect
“rut; intoxicate; delight; revel; rejoice; drink; ramp; exult.”
[adverb]
“towards; on.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“property; wealth.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“milk; milky juice; water; fluid; juice; payas [word]; drink.”
[noun], genitive, singular, neuter
“age-old; pratna [word].”
[noun], genitive, singular, neuter
“semen; sperm.”
[verb noun], nominative, plural
“milk.”
[adverb]
“apart; away; away.”
[noun], accusative, dual, feminine
“heaven and earth; Earth.”
[verb], singular, Imperfect
“heat; burn; grieve; afflict; burn; afflict; trouble; boil.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“sound; noise; cry; voice; ghoṣa [word]; station; Ghoṣa; post; twang.”
[noun], genitive, plural, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[verb noun], locative, singular
“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], accusative, singular, feminine
“niṣṭhā; perfection; death; end; decision; firmness.”
[verb], plural, Imperfect
“put; give; cause; get; hold; make; provide; lend; wear; install; have; enter (a state); supply; hold; take; show.”
[noun], locative, plural, masculine
“cow; cattle; go [word]; Earth; bull; floor; milk; beam; sunbeam; leather; hide; horn; language; bowstring; earth; ox; Svarga.”
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
“hero; man; Vīra; vīra; vīra [word]; Vīra.”