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 3.38.9
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
यु॒वं प्र॒त्नस्य॑ साधथो म॒हो यद्दैवी॑ स्व॒स्तिः परि॑ णः स्यातम् । गो॒पाजि॑ह्वस्य त॒स्थुषो॒ विरू॑पा॒ विश्वे॑ पश्यन्ति मा॒यिन॑: कृ॒तानि॑ ॥
युवं प्रत्नस्य साधथो महो यद्दैवी स्वस्तिः परि णः स्यातम् । गोपाजिह्वस्य तस्थुषो विरूपा विश्वे पश्यन्ति मायिनः कृतानि ॥
yuvam pratnasya sādhatho maho yad daivī svastiḥ pari ṇaḥ syātam | gopājihvasya tasthuṣo virūpā viśve paśyanti māyinaḥ kṛtāni ||
English translation:
“You two secure the great felicity of the ancient (worshipper), that which is happiness in heaven; do you (therefore) be even about us; all those who exercise illusion, contemplate the manifold expoits of the everlasting and blandly-speaking Indra.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
All those who exercise illusion: viśve māyinaḥ = sarve devāḥ, all the gods; māyā also signifies wisdom, intelligence,hence, may also mean the wise;
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): prajāpatiḥ [prajāpati];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
यु॒वम् । प्र॒त्नस्य॑ । सा॒ध॒थः॒ । म॒हः । यत् । दैवी॑ । स्व॒स्तिः । परि॑ । नः॒ । स्या॒त॒म् । गो॒पाजि॑ह्वस्य । त॒स्थुषः॑ । विऽरू॑पा । विश्वे॑ । प॒श्य॒न्ति॒ । मा॒यिनः॑ । कृ॒तानि॑ ॥
युवम् । प्रत्नस्य । साधथः । महः । यत् । दैवी । स्वस्तिः । परि । नः । स्यातम् । गोपाजिह्वस्य । तस्थुषः । विरूपा । विश्वे । पश्यन्ति । मायिनः । कृतानि ॥
yuvam | pratnasya | sādhathaḥ | mahaḥ | yat | daivī | svastiḥ | pari | ṇaḥ | syātam | gopājihvasya | tasthuṣaḥ | vi-rūpā | viśve | paśyanti | māyinaḥ | kṛtāni
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 3.38.9 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, dual
“you.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“age-old; pratna [word].”
[verb], dual, Present indikative
“promote; succeed.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“great; great; distinguished; much(a); adult; long; high.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“divine; religious.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“prosperity; well-being; fortune; benediction; svasti [word]; well; luck.”
[adverb]
“from; about; around.”
[noun], genitive, plural
“I; mine.”
[verb], dual, Present optative
“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”
[noun], masculine
“herder; defender.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“tongue; tongue; jihvā [word]; fire.”
[verb noun], genitive, singular
“stay; stand; situate; exist; [in]; resist; endure; put; soak; be; stop; adhere; get stale; concentrate; grow; trust; wake; consociate; last; dwell; lie; stand; stop.”
[noun], nominative, dual, masculine
“ugly; maimed; grotesque.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“see; view; watch; meet; observe; think of; look; examine; behold; visit; understand.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“artful; charming; crafty; deceptive.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“Kṛta; action; throw; work; production; work; kindness; four; kṛta [word].”