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 3.32.3

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

ये ते॒ शुष्मं॒ ये तवि॑षी॒मव॑र्ध॒न्नर्च॑न्त इन्द्र म॒रुत॑स्त॒ ओज॑: । माध्यं॑दिने॒ सव॑ने वज्रहस्त॒ पिबा॑ रु॒द्रेभि॒: सग॑णः सुशिप्र ॥
ये ते शुष्मं ये तविषीमवर्धन्नर्चन्त इन्द्र मरुतस्त ओजः । माध्यंदिने सवने वज्रहस्त पिबा रुद्रेभिः सगणः सुशिप्र ॥
ye te śuṣmaṃ ye taviṣīm avardhann arcanta indra marutas ta ojaḥ | mādhyaṃdine savane vajrahasta pibā rudrebhiḥ sagaṇaḥ suśipra ||

English translation:

“These are the Maruts, Indra, who, worshipping your prowess, augment your withering force (by their aid); attended by the Rudras, drink, wielder of the thunder-bolt, and handsome-chinned, at the noon-day sacrifice.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): gopavana ātreyaḥ saptavadhrirvā [gopavana ātreya saptavadhrirvā];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): triṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

ये । ते॒ । शुष्म॑म् । ये । तवि॑षीम् । अव॑र्धन् । अर्च॑न्तः । इ॒न्द्र॒ । म॒रुतः॑ । ते॒ । ओजः॑ । माध्य॑न्दिने । सव॑ने । व॒ज्र॒ऽह॒स्त॒ । पिब॑ । रु॒द्रेभिः॑ । सऽग॑णः । सु॒ऽशि॒प्र॒ ॥
ये । ते । शुष्मम् । ये । तविषीम् । अवर्धन् । अर्चन्तः । इन्द्र । मरुतः । ते । ओजः । माध्यन्दिने । सवने । वज्रहस्त । पिब । रुद्रेभिः । सगणः । सुशिप्र ॥
ye | te | śuṣmam | ye | taviṣīm | avardhan | arcantaḥ | indra | marutaḥ | te | ojaḥ | mādhyandine | savane | vajra-hasta | piba | rudrebhiḥ | sa-gaṇaḥ | su-śipra

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 3.32.3 English analysis of grammar]

ye < yad

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

te < tvad

[noun], genitive, singular

“you.”

śuṣmaṃ < śuṣmam < śuṣma

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“vigor; energy; fire; hiss; courage.”

ye < yad

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

taviṣīm < taviṣī

[noun], accusative, singular, feminine

“strength; power.”

avardhann < avardhan < vṛdh

[verb], plural, Imperfect

“increase; grow; vṛdh; increase; succeed; strengthen; grow up; spread.”

arcanta < arcantaḥ < arc

[verb noun], nominative, plural

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

indra

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”

marutas < marutaḥ < marut

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“Marut; vāta; wind; Vayu.”

ta < te < tvad

[noun], genitive, singular

“you.”

ojaḥ < ojas

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“strength; power; ojas; ojas [word]; potency; might.”

mādhyandine < mādhyaṃdina

[noun], locative, singular, neuter

“midday.”

savane < savana

[noun], locative, singular, neuter

“yajña; savana [word]; Snāna; Soma sacrifice; press.”

vajrahasta

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“Indra; Shiva.”

pibā <

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“drink; gulp; soak; drink; suck; inhale.”

rudrebhiḥ < rudra

[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine

“Shiva; Rudra; eleven; rudra [word]; eleventh.”

sagaṇaḥ < sa

[adverb]

“with; little; together.”

sagaṇaḥ < gaṇaḥ < gaṇa

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“group; varga; troop; troop; battalion; flock; herd; gaṇa [word]; corporation; gaṇa; herd; sect; swarm; set; party; gaṇa; series; Ganesa; flight.”

suśipra < su

[adverb]

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

suśipra < śipra < śiprā

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“lip; śiprā.”

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