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 3.35.7

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

स्ती॒र्णं ते॑ ब॒र्हिः सु॒त इ॑न्द्र॒ सोम॑: कृ॒ता धा॒ना अत्त॑वे ते॒ हरि॑भ्याम् । तदो॑कसे पुरु॒शाका॑य॒ वृष्णे॑ म॒रुत्व॑ते॒ तुभ्यं॑ रा॒ता ह॒वींषि॑ ॥
स्तीर्णं ते बर्हिः सुत इन्द्र सोमः कृता धाना अत्तवे ते हरिभ्याम् । तदोकसे पुरुशाकाय वृष्णे मरुत्वते तुभ्यं राता हवींषि ॥
stīrṇaṃ te barhiḥ suta indra somaḥ kṛtā dhānā attave te haribhyām | tadokase puruśākāya vṛṣṇe marutvate tubhyaṃ rātā havīṃṣi ||

English translation:

“The sacred grass is strewn for you; the Soma, Indra, is poured forth; the grain wherewith to feed your horses is prepared; the oblations are offered to you abiding on the sacred grass, who is praised of many, and is the showerer (of benefits), attended by the Maruts.”

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]:

स्ती॒र्णम् । ते॒ । ब॒र्हिः । सु॒तः । इ॒न्द्र॒ । सोमः॑ । कृ॒ताः । धा॒नाः । अत्त॑वे । ते॒ । हरि॑ऽभ्याम् । तत्ऽओ॑कसे । पु॒रु॒ऽशाका॑य । वृष्णे॑ । म॒रुत्व॑ते । तुभ्य॑म् । रा॒ता । ह॒वींषि॑ ॥
स्तीर्णम् । ते । बर्हिः । सुतः । इन्द्र । सोमः । कृताः । धानाः । अत्तवे । ते । हरिभ्याम् । तत्ओकसे । पुरुशाकाय । वृष्णे । मरुत्वते । तुभ्यम् । राता । हवींषि ॥
stīrṇam | te | barhiḥ | sutaḥ | indra | somaḥ | kṛtāḥ | dhānāḥ | attave | te | hari-bhyām | tat-okase | puru-śākāya | vṛṣṇe | marutvate | tubhyam | rātā | havīṃṣi

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 3.35.7 English analysis of grammar]

stīrṇaṃ < stīrṇam < stṛ

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“spread; kill; lay; cover.”

te < tvad

[noun], dative, singular

“you.”

barhiḥ < barhis

[noun], nominative, singular, neuter

“Barhis; barhis [word].”

suta < sutaḥ < su

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“press out; su.”

indra

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

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

somaḥ < soma

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”

kṛtā < kṛtāḥ < kṛ

[verb noun], nominative, plural

“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.”

dhānā < dhānāḥ < dhānā

[noun], nominative, plural, feminine

“Dhānā; Coriander; corn; grain.”

attave < ad

[verb noun]

“eat; devour.”

te < tvad

[noun], genitive, singular

“you.”

haribhyām < hari

[noun], dative, dual, masculine

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

tadokase < tad

[noun]

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”

tadokase < okase < oka

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

“home; house; oka [word].”

puruśākāya < puru

[noun]

“many; much(a); very.”

puruśākāya < śākāya < śāka

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

“power.”

vṛṣṇe < vṛṣan

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

“bull; Indra; stallion; Vṛṣan; man.”

marutvate < marutvant

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

“Indra; marutvant [word].”

tubhyaṃ < tubhyam < tvad

[noun], dative, singular

“you.”

rātā <

[verb noun], nominative, plural

“give; impart.”

havīṃṣi < havis

[noun], nominative, plural, neuter

“Havya; offering; ghee; havis [word].”

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