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 3.35.1

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

तिष्ठा॒ हरी॒ रथ॒ आ यु॒ज्यमा॑ना या॒हि वा॒युर्न नि॒युतो॑ नो॒ अच्छ॑ । पिबा॒स्यन्धो॑ अ॒भिसृ॑ष्टो अ॒स्मे इन्द्र॒ स्वाहा॑ ररि॒मा ते॒ मदा॑य ॥
तिष्ठा हरी रथ आ युज्यमाना याहि वायुर्न नियुतो नो अच्छ । पिबास्यन्धो अभिसृष्टो अस्मे इन्द्र स्वाहा ररिमा ते मदाय ॥
tiṣṭhā harī ratha ā yujyamānā yāhi vāyur na niyuto no accha | pibāsy andho abhisṛṣṭo asme indra svāhā rarimā te madāya ||

English translation:

“Stay, Indra, having yoked the horses to the car, as Vāyu stops when he has put to his steds, and come to our presence; solicited by us to drink of the Soma, which with reverence we offer for your exhilaration.”

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]:

तिष्ठ॑ । हरी॒ इति॑ । रथे॑ । आ । यु॒ज्यमा॑ना । या॒हि । वा॒युः । न । नि॒ऽयुतः॑ । नः॒ । अच्छ॑ । पिबा॑सि । अन्धः॑ । अ॒भिऽसृ॑ष्टः । अ॒स्मे इति॑ । इन्द्र॑ । स्वाहा॑ । र॒रि॒म । ते॒ । मदा॑य ॥
तिष्ठ । हरी इति । रथे । आ । युज्यमाना । याहि । वायुः । न । नियुतः । नः । अच्छ । पिबासि । अन्धः । अभिसृष्टः । अस्मे इति । इन्द्र । स्वाहा । ररिम । ते । मदाय ॥
tiṣṭha | harī iti | rathe | ā | yujyamānā | yāhi | vāyuḥ | na | ni-yutaḥ | naḥ | accha | pibāsi | andhaḥ | abhi-sṛṣṭaḥ | asme iti | indra | svāhā | rarima | te | madāya

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 3.35.1 English analysis of grammar]

tiṣṭhā < sthā

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“stay; stand; situate; exist; [in]; resist; endure; put; soak; be; stop; adhere; get stale; concentrate; grow; trust; wake; consociate; last; dwell; lie; stand; stop.”

harī < hari

[noun], accusative, dual, masculine

“Vishnu; monkey; Krishna; horse; lion; Indra; Hari; Surya; Hari; haritāla; Hari; snake; frog.”

ratha < rathe < ratha

[noun], locative, singular, masculine

“chariot; warrior; ratha [word]; Dalbergia oojeinensis; rattan.”

ā

[adverb]

“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”

yujyamānā < yuj

[verb noun], accusative, dual

“mix; use; endow; yoke; accompany; to practice Yoga; connect; hire; administer; compound; affect; add; concentrate; unite; join; prosecute; combine; supply; compound; attach to; appoint; fill; process; mobilize; mount; complement; eat; join; treat; coincide; affect; challenge.”

yāhi <

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“go; enter (a state); travel; disappear; reach; come; campaign; elapse; arrive; drive; reach; leave; run; depart; ride.”

vāyur < vāyuḥ < vāyu

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“wind; Vayu; vāta; prāṇa (coll.); air; air; fart; breath; northwest; draft; vāyu [word]; Vāyu; Marut.”

na

[adverb]

“not; like; no; na [word].”

niyuto < niyutaḥ < niyut

[noun], accusative, plural, feminine

“gift; team.”

no < naḥ < mad

[noun], accusative, plural

“I; mine.”

accha < acchā

[adverb]

“towards; accha [prefix].”

pibāsy < pibāsi <

[verb], singular, Present conjunctive (subjunctive)

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

andho < andhaḥ < andhas

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“Soma; drink; amṛta.”

abhisṛṣṭo < abhisṛṣṭaḥ < abhisṛj < √sṛj

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“start.”

asme < mad

[noun], locative, plural

“I; mine.”

indra

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

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

svāhā

[adverb]

“hail.”

rarimā <

[verb], plural, Perfect indicative

“give; impart.”

te < tvad

[noun], dative, singular

“you.”

madāya < mada

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

“drunkenness; mada; estrus; excitement; sexual arousal; alcohol; musth; mad; mada; ecstasy; pride; drink; joy; arrogance; vivification.”

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