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 3.36.5
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
म॒हाँ उ॒ग्रो वा॑वृधे वी॒र्या॑य स॒माच॑क्रे वृष॒भः काव्ये॑न । इन्द्रो॒ भगो॑ वाज॒दा अ॑स्य॒ गाव॒: प्र जा॑यन्ते॒ दक्षि॑णा अस्य पू॒र्वीः ॥
महाँ उग्रो वावृधे वीर्याय समाचक्रे वृषभः काव्येन । इन्द्रो भगो वाजदा अस्य गावः प्र जायन्ते दक्षिणा अस्य पूर्वीः ॥
mahām̐ ugro vāvṛdhe vīryāya samācakre vṛṣabhaḥ kāvyena | indro bhago vājadā asya gāvaḥ pra jāyante dakṣiṇā asya pūrvīḥ ||
English translation:
“The mighty, fierce, auspicious Indra, the showerer (of benefits), augments (in power) as he is animated for heroic (acts) by praise; his cattle are genitive rated givers of food; many are his donations.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Many are his donations: dakṣiṇā asya pūrvīḥ: these are both epithets of gāvaḥ: bahvyastā gāvo dakṣiṇāḥ prajāyante, those many cows, givers (of milk and the like) are born
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]:
म॒हान् । उ॒ग्रः । व॒वृ॒धे॒ । वी॒र्या॑य । स॒म्ऽआच॑क्रे । वृ॒ष॒भः । काव्ये॑न । इन्द्रः॑ । भगः॑ । वा॒ज॒ऽदाः । अ॒स्य॒ । गावः॑ । प्र । ज॒य॒न्ते॒ । दक्षि॑णाः । अ॒स्य॒ । पू॒र्वीः ॥
महान् । उग्रः । ववृधे । वीर्याय । सम्आचक्रे । वृषभः । काव्येन । इन्द्रः । भगः । वाजदाः । अस्य । गावः । प्र । जयन्ते । दक्षिणाः । अस्य । पूर्वीः ॥
mahān | ugraḥ | vavṛdhe | vīryāya | sam-ācakre | vṛṣabhaḥ | kāvyena | indraḥ | bhagaḥ | vāja-dāḥ | asya | gāvaḥ | pra | jayante | dakṣiṇāḥ | asya | pūrvīḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 3.36.5 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“large; eminent; great; loud; dangerous; strong; long; high; much(a); mahant [word]; ample; very; great; adult; important; dark; high; abundant; violent; remarkable; mighty; big; long.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“powerful; awful; dangerous; intense; mighty; potent; colicky; atrocious.”
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
“increase; grow; vṛdh; increase; succeed; strengthen; grow up; spread.”
[noun], dative, singular, neuter
“potency; vīrya; heroism; potency; strength; semen; power; deed; active agent; efficacy; vīryapāramitā; gold; vigor; vīrya [word]; virility; manfulness; jewel; force.”
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
“gather; collect.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“bull; Vṛṣabha; Vṛṣabha; best.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter
“Uśanas; poem; Kāvya; wisdom.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Bhaga; vulva; good fortune; vagina; bhaga [word]; sun; well-being; happiness; overlord.”
[noun], masculine
“prize; Vāja; reward; reward; Ribhus; vigor; strength; contest.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“giving.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“cow; cattle; go [word]; Earth; bull; floor; milk; beam; sunbeam; leather; hide; horn; language; bowstring; earth; ox; Svarga.”
[adverb]
“towards; ahead.”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“become; originate; be born; transform; happen; result; grow; beget; produce; create; conceive; separate; cause; give birth; grow; produce; generate; be; become; arise; come on.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“Dakṣiṇā; south; dakṣiṇā [word]; gift; South.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“many; much(a); very.”