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 3.43.4
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
आ च॒ त्वामे॒ता वृष॑णा॒ वहा॑तो॒ हरी॒ सखा॑या सु॒धुरा॒ स्वङ्गा॑ । धा॒नाव॒दिन्द्र॒: सव॑नं जुषा॒णः सखा॒ सख्यु॑: शृणव॒द्वन्द॑नानि ॥
आ च त्वामेता वृषणा वहातो हरी सखाया सुधुरा स्वङ्गा । धानावदिन्द्रः सवनं जुषाणः सखा सख्युः शृणवद्वन्दनानि ॥
ā ca tvām etā vṛṣaṇā vahāto harī sakhāyā sudhurā svaṅgā | dhānāvad indraḥ savanaṃ juṣāṇaḥ sakhā sakhyuḥ śṛṇavad vandanāni ||
English translation:
“May these two vigorous friendly burden-bearing and well-limbed steeds convey you hither, where, Indra, approving of the ceremony (in wihc the offering) is parched grain, may hear as a friend the praises of his friend (the worshipper).”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): gopavana ātreyaḥ saptavadhrirvā [gopavana ātreya saptavadhrirvā];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
आ । च॒ । त्वाम् । ए॒ता । वृष॑णा । वहा॑तः । हरी॒ इति॑ । सखा॑या । सु॒ऽधुरा॑ । सु॒ऽअङ्गा॑ । धा॒नाऽव॑त् । इन्द्रः॑ । सव॑नम् । जु॒षा॒णः । सखा॑ । सख्युः॑ । शृ॒ण॒व॒त् । वन्द॑नानि ॥
आ । च । त्वाम् । एता । वृषणा । वहातः । हरी इति । सखाया । सुधुरा । सुअङ्गा । धानावत् । इन्द्रः । सवनम् । जुषाणः । सखा । सख्युः । शृणवत् । वन्दनानि ॥
ā | ca | tvām | etā | vṛṣaṇā | vahātaḥ | harī iti | sakhāyā | su-dhurā | su-aṅgā | dhānāvat | indraḥ | savanam | juṣāṇaḥ | sakhā | sakhyuḥ | śṛṇavat | vandanāni
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 3.43.4 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[adverb]
“and; besides; then; now; even.”
[noun], accusative, singular
“you.”
[noun], nominative, dual, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); etad [word].”
[noun], nominative, dual, masculine
“bull; Indra; stallion; Vṛṣan; man.”
[verb], dual, Present conjunctive (subjunctive)
“transport; bring; marry; run; drive; vāhay; drive; run; pull; nirvāpay; blow; transport; discharge; assume; remove.”
[noun], nominative, dual, masculine
“Vishnu; monkey; Krishna; horse; lion; Indra; Hari; Surya; Hari; haritāla; Hari; snake; frog.”
[noun], nominative, dual, masculine
“friend; companion; sakhi [word].”
[adverb]
“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”
[noun], nominative, dual, masculine
“yoke; dhur [word].”
[adverb]
“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”
[noun], nominative, dual, masculine
“body part; body; part; limb; extremity; Vedāṅga; section; root; army unit; aṅga [word]; subsection; aṅgamantra; part; body; ingredient.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“yajña; savana [word]; Snāna; Soma sacrifice; press.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“enjoy; endow; possess; frequent; accompany; induce; consume; approve; affect; attend; befit; blend; contract.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“friend; companion; sakhi [word].”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“friend; companion; sakhi [word].”
[verb], singular, Present conjunctive (subjunctive)
“listen; come to know; hear; hear; listen; study; heed; learn.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“worship; skin disease.”