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 3.53.22
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
प॒र॒शुं चि॒द्वि त॑पति शिम्ब॒लं चि॒द्वि वृ॑श्चति । उ॒खा चि॑दिन्द्र॒ येष॑न्ती॒ प्रय॑स्ता॒ फेन॑मस्यति ॥
परशुं चिद्वि तपति शिम्बलं चिद्वि वृश्चति । उखा चिदिन्द्र येषन्ती प्रयस्ता फेनमस्यति ॥
paraśuṃ cid vi tapati śimbalaṃ cid vi vṛścati | ukhā cid indra yeṣantī prayastā phenam asyati ||
English translation:
“As (the tree) suffers pain from the axe, as the śimbal flower is (easily) cut off, as the injured cauldron leaking scatters foam, so may mine enemy perish.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
The ellipse: as the tree is cut down by the axe, so may the enemy be cut down; as one cuts off without difficulty the flower of the śimbal, so may he be destroyed; as the ukhā (cauldron) when struck (prahata), and thence leaking (yeṣantī, sravantī), scatters foam or breath from its mouth, so (dveṣṭa madīya, mantra sāmarthyena prahataḥ san, phenam mukhād udgirtu), may that hater, struck by the power of my prayer vomit foam fromhis mouth
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): gopavana ātreyaḥ saptavadhrirvā [gopavana ātreya saptavadhrirvā];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): anuṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
प॒र॒शुम् । चि॒त् । वि । त॒प॒ति॒ । शि॒म्ब॒लम् । चि॒त् । वि । वृ॒श्च॒ति॒ । उ॒खा । चि॒त् । इ॒न्द्र॒ येष॑न्ती । प्रऽय॑स्ता । फेन॑म् । अ॒स्य॒ति॒ ॥
परशुम् । चित् । वि । तपति । शिम्बलम् । चित् । वि । वृश्चति । उखा । चित् । इन्द्र येषन्ती । प्रयस्ता । फेनम् । अस्यति ॥
paraśum | cit | vi | tapati | śimbalam | cit | vi | vṛścati | ukhā | cit | indra yeṣantī | pra-yastā | phenam | asyati
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 3.53.22 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“ax.”
[adverb]
“even; indeed.”
[adverb]
“apart; away; away.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“heat; burn; grieve; afflict; burn; afflict; trouble; boil.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
[adverb]
“even; indeed.”
[adverb]
“apart; away; away.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“cleave; fell; cut off; hew.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“kettle; ukhā [word].”
[adverb]
“even; indeed.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“foam; cuttlefish bone; phenaprameha; saliva; opium; phena [word].”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“shoot; remove.”