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 3.53.9
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
म॒हाँ ऋषि॑र्देव॒जा दे॒वजू॒तोऽस्त॑भ्ना॒त्सिन्धु॑मर्ण॒वं नृ॒चक्षा॑: । वि॒श्वामि॑त्रो॒ यदव॑हत्सु॒दास॒मप्रि॑यायत कुशि॒केभि॒रिन्द्र॑: ॥
महाँ ऋषिर्देवजा देवजूतोऽस्तभ्नात्सिन्धुमर्णवं नृचक्षाः । विश्वामित्रो यदवहत्सुदासमप्रियायत कुशिकेभिरिन्द्रः ॥
mahām̐ ṛṣir devajā devajūto 'stabhnāt sindhum arṇavaṃ nṛcakṣāḥ | viśvāmitro yad avahat sudāsam apriyāyata kuśikebhir indraḥ ||
English translation:
“The great ṛṣi the genitive rator of the gods, the attracted by the deities, the overlooker of the leaders (at holy rites), Viśvāmitra attested the watery stream when he sacrificed for Sudās; Indra, with the Kuśikas was plural ased.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
The genitive rator of the gods: devajāḥ = the genitive rator of radiances or energies, tejasām janayitā; arrested the watery stream: astabhnāt sindhum arṇavam: he is said to have stoped the current of the confluence of the vipās/ā and śutudri rivers; indra with the kuśikas was plural ased: apriyayata kuśikebhir Indra = kuśikagotrotpannair ṛṣibhiḥ saha, with the ṛṣis of the kuśika lineage, or it might be rendered, plural ased by the Kuśikas
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]:
म॒हान् । ऋषिः॑ । दे॒व॒ऽजाः । दे॒वऽजू॑तः । अस्त॑भ्नात् । सिन्धु॑म् । अ॒र्ण॒वम् । नृ॒ऽचक्षाः॑ । वि॒श्वामि॑त्रः । यत् । अव॑हत् । सु॒ऽदास॑म् । अप्रि॑यायत । कु॒शि॒केभिः॑ । इन्द्रः॑ ॥
महान् । ऋषिः । देवजाः । देवजूतः । अस्तभ्नात् । सिन्धुम् । अर्णवम् । नृचक्षाः । विश्वामित्रः । यत् । अवहत् । सुदासम् । अप्रियायत । कुशिकेभिः । इन्द्रः ॥
mahān | ṛṣiḥ | deva-jāḥ | deva-jūtaḥ | astabhnāt | sindhum | arṇavam | nṛ-cakṣāḥ | viśvāmitraḥ | yat | avahat | su-dāsam | apriyāyata | kuśikebhiḥ | indraḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 3.53.9 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“large; eminent; great; loud; dangerous; strong; long; high; much(a); mahant [word]; ample; very; great; adult; important; dark; high; abundant; violent; remarkable; mighty; big; long.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Ṛṣi; spiritual teacher; ascetic; Mantra.”
[noun], masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“born.”
[noun], masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“animate; encourage; impel; inspire.”
[verb], singular, Imperfect
“paralyze; stiffen; fixate; fixate; stambh; rear; stop; strengthen; constipate.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“river; Indus; sindhu [word].”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“wavy; flowing.”
[noun], masculine
“man; man; nṛ [word]; crew; masculine.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“eye; look; radiance.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Viśvāmitra; coconut.”
[adverb]
“once [when]; because; that; if; how.”
[verb], singular, Imperfect
“transport; bring; marry; run; drive; vāhay; drive; run; pull; nirvāpay; blow; transport; discharge; assume; remove.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“Sudās.”
[verb], singular, Imperfect
[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine
“Kuśika; Vatica robusta.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”