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 3.53.20
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अ॒यम॒स्मान्वन॒स्पति॒र्मा च॒ हा मा च॑ रीरिषत् । स्व॒स्त्या गृ॒हेभ्य॒ आव॒सा आ वि॒मोच॑नात् ॥
अयमस्मान्वनस्पतिर्मा च हा मा च रीरिषत् । स्वस्त्या गृहेभ्य आवसा आ विमोचनात् ॥
ayam asmān vanaspatir mā ca hā mā ca rīriṣat | svasty ā gṛhebhya āvasā ā vimocanāt ||
English translation:
“May this lord of the forest never desert us nor do us harm; may we travel prosperously home until the stopping (of the car), until the unharnessing (of the steeds).”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
This lord of the forest: vanaspati, i.e. the timber of which the car is made
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): gopavana ātreyaḥ saptavadhrirvā [gopavana ātreya saptavadhrirvā];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): rathāṅgāni;
Chandas (meter): bhuriganuṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अ॒यम् । अ॒स्मान् । वन॒स्पतिः॑ । मा । च॒ । हाः । मा । च॒ । रि॒रि॒ष॒त् । स्व॒स्ति । आ । गृ॒हेभ्यः॑ । आ । अ॒व॒सै । आ । वि॒ऽमोच॑नात् ॥
अयम् । अस्मान् । वनस्पतिः । मा । च । हाः । मा । च । रिरिषत् । स्वस्ति । आ । गृहेभ्यः । आ । अवसै । आ । विमोचनात् ॥
ayam | asmān | vanaspatiḥ | mā | ca | hāḥ | mā | ca | ririṣat | svasti | ā | gṛhebhyaḥ | ā | avasai | ā | vi-mocanāt
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 3.53.20 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[noun], accusative, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“tree; banyan; vanaspati [word]; vanaspativarga; vaṭādi.”
[adverb]
“not.”
[adverb]
“and; besides; then; now; even.”
[verb], singular, Aorist inj. (proh.)
“abandon; decrease; want; kill; deteriorate; get rid of; exclude; lose; avoid; remove; leave; abandon; neglect; leave; discard; apostatize; discontinue; weaken; abandon; assail; subtract; foreswear; pour away; withdraw; depart; reduce.”
[adverb]
“not.”
[adverb]
“and; besides; then; now; even.”
[verb], singular, Aorist inj. (proh.)
“suffer; harm.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“prosperity; well-being; fortune; benediction; svasti [word]; well; luck.”
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[noun], ablative, plural, neuter
“house; palace; temple; home; place; family; family; stable.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“dwell.”
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[noun], ablative, singular, neuter