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 3.35.2

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

उपा॑जि॒रा पु॑रुहू॒ताय॒ सप्ती॒ हरी॒ रथ॑स्य धू॒र्ष्वा यु॑नज्मि । द्र॒वद्यथा॒ सम्भृ॑तं वि॒श्वत॑श्चि॒दुपे॒मं य॒ज्ञमा व॑हात॒ इन्द्र॑म् ॥
उपाजिरा पुरुहूताय सप्ती हरी रथस्य धूर्ष्वा युनज्मि । द्रवद्यथा सम्भृतं विश्वतश्चिदुपेमं यज्ञमा वहात इन्द्रम् ॥
upājirā puruhūtāya saptī harī rathasya dhūrṣv ā yunajmi | dravad yathā sambhṛtaṃ viśvataś cid upemaṃ yajñam ā vahāta indram ||

English translation:

“I harness for you, who is invoked by many, the swift gliding horses to the shafts of the car, that they may bear Indra to this sacrifice that is prepared with all (that is required).”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

उप॑ । अ॒जि॒रा । पु॒रु॒ऽहू॒ताय॑ । सप्ती॒ इति॑ । हरी॒ इति॑ । रथ॑स्य । धूः॒ऽसु । आ । यु॒न॒ज्मि॒ । द्र॒वत् । यथा॑ । सम्ऽभृ॑तम् । वि॒श्वतः॑ । चि॒त् । उप॑ । इ॒मम् । य॒ज्ञम् । आ । व॒हा॒तः॒ । इन्द्र॑म् ॥
उप । अजिरा । पुरुहूताय । सप्ती इति । हरी इति । रथस्य । धूःसु । आ । युनज्मि । द्रवत् । यथा । सम्भृतम् । विश्वतः । चित् । उप । इमम् । यज्ञम् । आ । वहातः । इन्द्रम् ॥
upa | ajirā | puru-hūtāya | saptī iti | harī iti | rathasya | dhūḥ-su | ā | yunajmi | dravat | yathā | sam-bhṛtam | viśvataḥ | cit | upa | imam | yajñam | ā | vahātaḥ | indram

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 3.35.2 English analysis of grammar]

upājirā < upa

[adverb]

“towards; on; next.”

upājirā < ajirā < ajira

[noun], accusative, dual, masculine

“fast; agile; ajira [word].”

puruhūtāya < puruhūta

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

“Indra; Vishnu.”

saptī < sapti

[noun], accusative, dual, masculine

“horse.”

harī < hari

[noun], accusative, dual, masculine

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

rathasya < ratha

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

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

dhūrṣv < dhūrṣu < dhur

[noun], locative, plural

“yoke; dhur [word].”

ā

[adverb]

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

yunajmi < yuj

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“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.”

dravad < dravat < dru

[verb noun], accusative, singular

“liquefy; melt; melt; flee; run; run; vanish; run; rush; dissolve; dissolve.”

yathā

[adverb]

“equally; as; so that; like; how; yathā [word]; that; wherein.”

sambhṛtaṃ < sambhṛtam < sambhṛta

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

viśvataś < viśvatas

[adverb]

“everywhere; around; about.”

cid < cit

[adverb]

“even; indeed.”

upemaṃ < upa

[adverb]

“towards; on; next.”

upemaṃ < imam < idam

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”

yajñam < yajña

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“yajña; religious ceremony; Vishnu; yajña [word]; Yajña; Shiva.”

ā

[adverb]

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

vahāta < vahātaḥ < vah

[verb], dual, Present conjunctive (subjunctive)

“transport; bring; marry; run; drive; vāhay; drive; run; pull; nirvāpay; blow; transport; discharge; assume; remove.”

indram < indra

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

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

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