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 3.35.5

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

मा ते॒ हरी॒ वृष॑णा वी॒तपृ॑ष्ठा॒ नि री॑रम॒न्यज॑मानासो अ॒न्ये । अ॒त्याया॑हि॒ शश्व॑तो व॒यं तेऽरं॑ सु॒तेभि॑: कृणवाम॒ सोमै॑: ॥
मा ते हरी वृषणा वीतपृष्ठा नि रीरमन्यजमानासो अन्ये । अत्यायाहि शश्वतो वयं तेऽरं सुतेभिः कृणवाम सोमैः ॥
mā te harī vṛṣaṇā vītapṛṣṭhā ni rīraman yajamānāso anye | atyāyāhi śaśvato vayaṃ te 'raṃ sutebhiḥ kṛṇavāma somaiḥ ||

English translation:

“Let not other sacrifices attract your vigorous and smooth-backed steeds; disregarding others, come perpetually hither, that we may propitiate you sufficiently with effused Soma libations.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

मा । ते॒ । हरी॒ इति॑ । वृष॑णा । वी॒तऽपृ॑ष्ठा । नि । री॒र॒म॒न् । यज॑मानासः । अ॒न्ये । अ॒ति॒ऽआया॑हि । शश्व॑तः । व॒यम् । ते । अर॑म् । सु॒तेभिः॑ । कृ॒ण॒वा॒म॒ । सोमैः॑ ॥
मा । ते । हरी इति । वृषणा । वीतपृष्ठा । नि । रीरमन् । यजमानासः । अन्ये । अतिआयाहि । शश्वतः । वयम् । ते । अरम् । सुतेभिः । कृणवाम । सोमैः ॥
mā | te | harī iti | vṛṣaṇā | vīta-pṛṣṭhā | ni | rīraman | yajamānāsaḥ | anye | ati-āyāhi | śaśvataḥ | vayam | te | aram | sutebhiḥ | kṛṇavāma | somaiḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 3.35.5 English analysis of grammar]

[adverb]

“not.”

te < tvad

[noun], genitive, singular

“you.”

harī < hari

[noun], accusative, dual, masculine

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

vṛṣaṇā < vṛṣaṇa

[noun], accusative, dual, masculine

vītapṛṣṭhā < vīta

[noun]

“straight; smooth.”

vītapṛṣṭhā < pṛṣṭhā < pṛṣṭha

[noun], accusative, dual, masculine

“back; top; top; surface; shell; peak; Pṛṣṭha; flat roof; pṛṣṭha [word]; back; roof.”

ni

[adverb]

“back; down.”

rīraman < ram

[verb], plural, Aorist inj. (proh.)

“delight; rejoice; love; frolic; desire; give; calm; break.”

yajamānāso < yajamānāsaḥ < yaj

[verb noun], nominative, plural

“sacrifice; worship; worship.”

anye < anya

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“other; another(a); remaining; different; anya [word]; other than; more(a); fresh; any(a).”

atyāyāhi < ati

[adverb]

“very; excessively; beyond; excessively.”

atyāyāhi < āyāhi < āyā < √yā

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“enter (a state); come; transform; approach; arrive; reach; enter.”

śaśvato < śaśvataḥ < śaśvat

[noun], accusative, plural, masculine

“all(a); each(a).”

vayaṃ < vayam < mad

[noun], nominative, plural

“I; mine.”

te < tvad

[noun], dative, singular

“you.”

'raṃ < aram

[adverb]

sutebhiḥ < su

[verb noun], instrumental, plural

“press out; su.”

kṛṇavāma < kṛ

[verb], plural, Present conjunctive (subjunctive)

“make; perform; cause; produce; shape; construct; do; put; fill into; use; fuel; transform; bore; act; write; create; prepare; administer; dig; prepare; treat; take effect; add; trace; put on; process; treat; heed; hire; act; produce; assume; eat; ignite; chop; treat; obey; manufacture; appoint; evacuate; choose; understand; insert; happen; envelop; weigh; observe; practice; lend; bring; duplicate; plant; kṛ; concentrate; mix; knot; join; take; provide; utter; compose.”

somaiḥ < soma

[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine

“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”

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