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 3.38.6
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
त्रीणि॑ राजाना वि॒दथे॑ पु॒रूणि॒ परि॒ विश्वा॑नि भूषथ॒: सदां॑सि । अप॑श्य॒मत्र॒ मन॑सा जग॒न्वान्व्र॒ते ग॑न्ध॒र्वाँ अपि॑ वा॒युके॑शान् ॥
त्रीणि राजाना विदथे पुरूणि परि विश्वानि भूषथः सदांसि । अपश्यमत्र मनसा जगन्वान्व्रते गन्धर्वाँ अपि वायुकेशान् ॥
trīṇi rājānā vidathe purūṇi pari viśvāni bhūṣathaḥ sadāṃsi | apaśyam atra manasā jaganvān vrate gandharvām̐ api vāyukeśān ||
English translation:
“Royal Indra and Varuṇa, embellish the three universal sacrifices (and make them) full (of all requisites) for this celebration; you have gone to the rite, for I have beheld in my mind, at this solemnity, the gandharvas with hair (waving) in the wind.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
The gandharvas: gandharvān vāyukeśān: the gandharvas are the guardians of the Soma, somarakṣakān; similar beings are cited in Taittirīya: svānabhrājān, bambhāre, hasta, suhasta, kṛśāṇahete vaḥ somakrayaṇās, tān rakṣadhvammā vo dabhan
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): prajāpatiḥ [prajāpati];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): triṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
त्रीणि॑ । रा॒जा॒ना॒ । वि॒दथे॑ । पु॒रूणि॑ । परि॑ । विश्वा॑नि । भू॒ष॒थः॒ । सदां॑सि । अप॑श्यम् । अत्र॑ । मन॑सा । ज॒ग॒न्वान् । व्र॒ते । ग॒न्ध॒र्वान् । अपि॑ । वा॒युऽके॑शान् ॥
त्रीणि । राजाना । विदथे । पुरूणि । परि । विश्वानि । भूषथः । सदांसि । अपश्यम् । अत्र । मनसा । जगन्वान् । व्रते । गन्धर्वान् । अपि । वायुकेशान् ॥
trīṇi | rājānā | vidathe | purūṇi | pari | viśvāni | bhūṣathaḥ | sadāṃsi | apaśyam | atra | manasā | jaganvān | vrate | gandharvān | api | vāyu-keśān
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 3.38.6 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“three; tri/tisṛ [word].”
[noun], nominative, dual, masculine
“king; Kshatriya; rājan [word]; best; rājāvarta; Yakṣa.”
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“meeting; wisdom; council.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“many; much(a); very.”
[adverb]
“from; about; around.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”
[verb], dual, Present indikative
“endeavor; attend; strive.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“mansion; assembly; seat; seat.”
[verb], singular, Imperfect
“see; view; watch; meet; observe; think of; look; examine; behold; visit; understand.”
[adverb]
“now; there; then; then; there; here; here; in the following; alternatively; now.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter
“mind; Manas; purpose; idea; attention; heart; decision; manas [word]; manas [indecl.]; spirit; temper; intelligence.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“go; situate; enter (a state); travel; disappear; [in]; elapse; leave; reach; vanish; love; walk; approach; issue; hop on; gasify; get; come; die; drain; spread; transform; happen; discharge; ride; to be located; run; detect; refer; go; shall; drive.”
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“vrata (vote); commandment; law; oath; command; rule; custom; vrata [word]; rule; behavior.”
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
“Gandharva; castor-oil plant; horse; Gandharva; Indian cuckoo.”
[adverb]
“besides; even; surely; though; furthermore; among; contrastingly; assuredly.”
[noun], masculine
“wind; Vayu; vāta; prāṇa (coll.); air; air; fart; breath; northwest; draft; vāyu [word]; Vāyu; Marut.”
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
“mane; hair; keśa [word].”