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 3.53.15
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
स॒स॒र्प॒रीरम॑तिं॒ बाध॑माना बृ॒हन्मि॑माय ज॒मद॑ग्निदत्ता । आ सूर्य॑स्य दुहि॒ता त॑तान॒ श्रवो॑ दे॒वेष्व॒मृत॑मजु॒र्यम् ॥
ससर्परीरमतिं बाधमाना बृहन्मिमाय जमदग्निदत्ता । आ सूर्यस्य दुहिता ततान श्रवो देवेष्वमृतमजुर्यम् ॥
sasarparīr amatim bādhamānā bṛhan mimāya jamadagnidattā | ā sūryasya duhitā tatāna śravo deveṣv amṛtam ajuryam ||
English translation:
“The daughter of Sūrya given by Jamadagni gliding everywhere and dissipating ignorance, has emitted a mighty (sound), and has diffused ambrosial imperishable food among the gods.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Given by Jamadagni: jamadagni dattā = given by the ṛs;is maintaining a blazing jamat-jvalat, fire, agni; mighty sound: the sound of thunder or the like in the sky; food among the gods: as the prayers or exclamation which accompanies the burnt offering
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): gopavana ātreyaḥ saptavadhrirvā [gopavana ātreya saptavadhrirvā];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): vāk ;
Chandas (meter): svarāṭtriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
स॒स॒र्प॒रीः । अम॑तिम् । बाध॑माना । बृ॒हत् । मि॒मा॒य॒ । ज॒मद॑ग्निऽदत्ता । आ । सूर्य॑स्य । दु॒हि॒ता । त॒ता॒न॒ । श्रवः॑ । दे॒वेषु॑ । अ॒मृत॑म् । अ॒जु॒र्यम् ॥
ससर्परीः । अमतिम् । बाधमाना । बृहत् । मिमाय । जमदग्निदत्ता । आ । सूर्यस्य । दुहिता । ततान । श्रवः । देवेषु । अमृतम् । अजुर्यम् ॥
sasarparīḥ | amatim | bādhamānā | bṛhat | mimāya | jamadagni-dattā | ā | sūryasya | duhitā | tatāna | śravaḥ | deveṣu | amṛtam | ajuryam
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 3.53.15 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
“indigence.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“afflict; annoy; chase away; tease; grieve; irritate.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“large; great; loud; high; much(a); exalted; abundant; intensive; strong; huge.”
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
“moo; howl.”
[noun], masculine
“Jamadagni.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“give; add; perform; put; administer; fill into; give; ignite; put on; offer; use; fuel; pour; grant; feed; teach; construct; insert; drip; wrap; pay; hand over; lend; inflict; concentrate; sacrifice; splint; poultice; create.”
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“sun; Surya; sūrya [word]; right nostril; twelve; Calotropis gigantea Beng.; sūryakānta; sunlight; best.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“daughter; duhitṛ [word].”
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
“expand; perform; cause; increase; write; spread; produce; spread; speak; propagate.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“fame; glory; ear.”
[noun], locative, plural, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“immortal; amṛta; imperishable.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“ageless; amaranthine.”