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 3.48.2
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
यज्जाय॑था॒स्तदह॑रस्य॒ कामें॒ऽशोः पी॒यूष॑मपिबो गिरि॒ष्ठाम् । तं ते॑ मा॒ता परि॒ योषा॒ जनि॑त्री म॒हः पि॒तुर्दम॒ आसि॑ञ्च॒दग्रे॑ ॥
यज्जायथास्तदहरस्य कामेंऽशोः पीयूषमपिबो गिरिष्ठाम् । तं ते माता परि योषा जनित्री महः पितुर्दम आसिञ्चदग्रे ॥
yaj jāyathās tad ahar asya kāme 'ṃśoḥ pīyūṣam apibo giriṣṭhām | taṃ te mātā pari yoṣā janitrī mahaḥ pitur dama āsiñcad agre ||
English translation:
“On the day on which you were born, you did drink at will the mountain-abiding nectar of this Soma, for your youthful parent mother (Aditi), in the dwelling of your great sire (Kaśyapa), gave it to you before she gave the breast.”
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]:
यत् । जाय॑थाः । तत् । अहः॑ । अ॒स्य॒ । कामे॑ । अं॒शोः । पी॒यूष॑म् । अ॒पि॒बः॒ । गि॒रि॒ऽस्थाम् । तम् । ते॒ । मा॒ता । परि॑ । योषा॑ । जनि॑त्री । म॒हः । पि॒तुः । दमे॑ । आ । अ॒सि॒ञ्च॒त् । अग्रे॑ ॥
यत् । जायथाः । तत् । अहः । अस्य । कामे । अंशोः । पीयूषम् । अपिबः । गिरिस्थाम् । तम् । ते । माता । परि । योषा । जनित्री । महः । पितुः । दमे । आ । असिञ्चत् । अग्रे ॥
yat | jāyathāḥ | tat | ahaḥ | asya | kāme | aṃśoḥ | pīyūṣam | apibaḥ | giri-sthām | tam | te | mātā | pari | yoṣā | janitrī | mahaḥ | pituḥ | dame | ā | asiñcat | agre
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 3.48.2 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[verb], singular, Present injunctive
“become; originate; be born; transform; happen; result; grow; beget; produce; create; conceive; separate; cause; give birth; grow; produce; generate; be; become; arise; come on.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“day; day; ahar [word]; day; day.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
“wish; desire; sexual love; sexual desire; desire; Kama; sensuality; love; purpose; sexual arousal; pleasure; enjoyment; licentiousness; kāma [word]; sexual intercourse; thorn apple; wish.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“sunbeam; beam; aṃśu [word]; thread.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“amṛta; pīyūṣa; ambrosia.”
[verb], singular, Imperfect
“drink; gulp; soak; drink; suck; inhale.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[noun], dative, singular
“you.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“mother; mātṛkā; mātṛ [word]; parent; Salvinia cucullata Roxb.; Citrullus colocynthis Schrad.; cow.”
[adverb]
“from; about; around.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“woman; puppet; daughter.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“mother.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“great; great; distinguished; much(a); adult; long; high.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“father; Pitṛ; ancestor; parent; paternal ancestor; pitṛ [word]; forefather.”
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
“dwelling; home.”
[verb], singular, Imperfect
“pour; immerse.”
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“tip; beginning; peak; end; front; top; beginning; battlefront; agra [word]; acme; fingertip; top; best; optimum; climax; matter; glans.”