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 3.39.2
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
दि॒वश्चि॒दा पू॒र्व्या जाय॑माना॒ वि जागृ॑विर्वि॒दथे॑ श॒स्यमा॑ना । भ॒द्रा वस्त्रा॒ण्यर्जु॑ना॒ वसा॑ना॒ सेयम॒स्मे स॑न॒जा पित्र्या॒ धीः ॥
दिवश्चिदा पूर्व्या जायमाना वि जागृविर्विदथे शस्यमाना । भद्रा वस्त्राण्यर्जुना वसाना सेयमस्मे सनजा पित्र्या धीः ॥
divaś cid ā pūrvyā jāyamānā vi jāgṛvir vidathe śasyamānā | bhadrā vastrāṇy arjunā vasānā seyam asme sanajā pitryā dhīḥ ||
English translation:
“That praise which is begotten before (the dawn) of day is the awakener of Indra, when repeated at the (morning) sacrifice; auspicious and clothed in white raiment is this our ancient and paternal hymn.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Auspicious and clothed in white raiment: bhadrā vastrāṇi arjunā vasānā vāk = speech auspicious, wearing white garments, i.e., tejāṃsi, splendours, energies; our ancient and paternal hymn: pitryā dhīḥ pitṛkramāgatā stuti, praise come in the succession of progenitors
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): gopavana ātreyaḥ saptavadhrirvā [gopavana ātreya saptavadhrirvā];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): bhurikpaṅkti ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
दि॒वः । चि॒त् । आ । पू॒र्व्या । जाय॑माना । वि । जागृ॑विः । वि॒दथे॑ शस्यमा॑ना । भ॒द्रा । व॒स्त्रा॒णि । अर्जु॑ना । वसा॑ना । सा । इ॒यम् । अ॒स्मे इति॑ । स॒न॒ऽजा । पित्र्या॑ । धीः ॥
दिवः । चित् । आ । पूर्व्या । जायमाना । वि । जागृविः । विदथे शस्यमाना । भद्रा । वस्त्राणि । अर्जुना । वसाना । सा । इयम् । अस्मे इति । सनजा । पित्र्या । धीः ॥
divaḥ | cit | ā | pūrvyā | jāyamānā | vi | jāgṛviḥ | vidatheśasyamānā | bhadrā | vastrāṇi | arjunā | vasānā | sā | iyam | asme iti | sana-jā | pitryā | dhīḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 3.39.2 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], ablative, singular, masculine
“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”
[adverb]
“even; indeed.”
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“first; precedent; age-old; excellent; former(a).”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“become; originate; be born; transform; happen; result; grow; beget; produce; create; conceive; separate; cause; give birth; grow; produce; generate; be; become; arise; come on.”
[adverb]
“apart; away; away.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“attentive; argus-eyed; light.”
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“meeting; wisdom; council.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“recommend; tell; praise; approve; communicate; recite; commend; bode; name; agree.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“auspicious; lovely; good; happy; bhadra [word]; lucky; fine-looking; beautiful.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“fabric; clothing; dress; vastra [word].”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“white; clean; light.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“stay; dwell; get stale; be situated; exist; continue; bide.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[noun], dative, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun]
“age-old; ancient.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“born.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“ancestral; paternal.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“intelligence; prayer; mind; insight; idea; hymn; purpose; art; knowledge.”