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 3.43.6

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

आ त्वा॑ बृ॒हन्तो॒ हर॑यो युजा॒ना अ॒र्वागि॑न्द्र सध॒मादो॑ वहन्तु । प्र ये द्वि॒ता दि॒व ऋ॒ञ्जन्त्याता॒: सुस॑म्मृष्टासो वृष॒भस्य॑ मू॒राः ॥
आ त्वा बृहन्तो हरयो युजाना अर्वागिन्द्र सधमादो वहन्तु । प्र ये द्विता दिव ऋञ्जन्त्याताः सुसम्मृष्टासो वृषभस्य मूराः ॥
ā tvā bṛhanto harayo yujānā arvāg indra sadhamādo vahantu | pra ye dvitā diva ṛñjanty ātāḥ susammṛṣṭāso vṛṣabhasya mūrāḥ ||

English translation:

“May your mighty horses, Indra, harnessed (in your car), and alike exhilaarated (by Soma), bring you our presence, for they are the destroyers (of the foes) of the showerer (of benefits), and kindly rubbed by his hand they traverse, going quickly, the regions of the sky, making them as it were twofold.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

Making them as it were twofold: pra ye dvitā diva ṛñjanti; sarvā diśo dvitā, dvidhām, yathā bhavati tathā prakarṣeṇa sādhayanti, they especially make all the quarters of the horizon double, so that it (the sky) becomes twofold

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 । त्वा॒ । बृ॒हन्तः॑ । हर॑यः । यु॒जा॒नाः । अ॒र्वाक् । इ॒न्द्र॒ । स॒ध॒ऽमादः॑ । व॒ह॒न्तु॒ । प्र । ये । द्वि॒ता । दि॒वः । ऋ॒ञ्जन्ति॑ । आताः॑ । सुऽस॑म्मृष्टासः । वृ॒ष॒भस्य॑ । मू॒राः ॥
आ । त्वा । बृहन्तः । हरयः । युजानाः । अर्वाक् । इन्द्र । सधमादः । वहन्तु । प्र । ये । द्विता । दिवः । ऋञ्जन्ति । आताः । सुसम्मृष्टासः । वृषभस्य । मूराः ॥
ā | tvā | bṛhantaḥ | harayaḥ | yujānāḥ | arvāk | indra | sadha-mādaḥ | vahantu | pra | ye | dvitā | divaḥ | ṛñjanti | ātāḥ | su-sammṛṣṭāsaḥ | vṛṣabhasya | mūrāḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 3.43.6 English analysis of grammar]

ā

[adverb]

“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”

tvā < tvad

[noun], accusative, singular

“you.”

bṛhanto < bṛhantaḥ < bṛhat

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“large; great; loud; high; much(a); exalted; abundant; intensive; strong; huge.”

harayo < harayaḥ < hari

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“Vishnu; monkey; Krishna; horse; lion; Indra; Hari; Surya; Hari; haritāla; Hari; snake; frog.”

yujānā < yujānāḥ < yuj

[verb noun], nominative, plural

“mix; use; endow; yoke; accompany; to practice Yoga; connect; hire; administer; compound; affect; add; concentrate; unite; join; prosecute; combine; supply; compound; attach to; appoint; fill; process; mobilize; mount; complement; eat; join; treat; coincide; affect; challenge.”

arvāg < arvāk

[adverb]

“here.”

indra

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”

sadhamādo < sadhamādaḥ < sadhamād

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

vahantu < vah

[verb], plural, Present imperative

“transport; bring; marry; run; drive; vāhay; drive; run; pull; nirvāpay; blow; transport; discharge; assume; remove.”

pra

[adverb]

“towards; ahead.”

ye < yad

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

dvitā

[adverb]

“again.”

diva < divaḥ < div

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”

ṛñjanty < ṛñjanti < ṛj

[verb], plural, Present indikative

ātāḥ < ātā

[noun], accusative, plural, feminine

susaṃmṛṣṭāso < su

[adverb]

“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”

susaṃmṛṣṭāso < saṃmṛṣṭāsaḥ < sammṛj < √mṛj

[verb noun], nominative, plural

“houseclean; cleanse.”

vṛṣabhasya < vṛṣabha

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“bull; Vṛṣabha; Vṛṣabha; best.”

mūrāḥ < mūra

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

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