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 3.55.13
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अ॒न्यस्या॑ व॒त्सं रि॑ह॒ती मि॑माय॒ कया॑ भु॒वा नि द॑धे धे॒नुरूध॑: । ऋ॒तस्य॒ सा पय॑सापिन्व॒तेळा॑ म॒हद्दे॒वाना॑मसुर॒त्वमेक॑म् ॥
अन्यस्या वत्सं रिहती मिमाय कया भुवा नि दधे धेनुरूधः । ऋतस्य सा पयसापिन्वतेळा महद्देवानामसुरत्वमेकम् ॥
anyasyā vatsaṃ rihatī mimāya kayā bhuvā ni dadhe dhenur ūdhaḥ | ṛtasya sā payasāpinvateḻā mahad devānām asuratvam ekam ||
English translation:
“Licking the calf of the other, one of them lows aloud; the cow offers her udder for the one that is without mosture (the earth), and she (the earth) is refreshed by the milk of the rain; great and unequalles is the might of the gods.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Licking the calf: the calf is said to be Agni, the cow with milk is the sky, whose udder is the cloud, whence the rain of which the earth is in want descends: ṛtasya sā prayasā pinvateḷā = jalavarjitā pṛthivy ādityasyodakena siktā bhavati varṣākāle (ādityājjayte vṛṣṭiḥ--Manu 3.76), the earth without water is sprinkled by the water of the sun in the rainy season
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): prajāpatirvaiśvāmitro vācyo vā [prajāpatirvaiśvāmitra vācya vā];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): viśvedevā, rodasī ;
Chandas (meter): triṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अ॒न्यस्याः॑ । व॒त्सम् । मि॒मा॒य॒ । कया॑ । भु॒वा । नि । द॒धे॒ । धे॒नुः । ऊधः॑ । ऋ॒तस्य॑ । सा । पय॑सा । अ॒पि॒न्व॒त॒ । इळा॑ । म॒हत् । दे॒वाना॑म् । अ॒सु॒र॒ऽत्वम् । एक॑म् ॥
अन्यस्याः । वत्सम् । मिमाय । कया । भुवा । नि । दधे । धेनुः । ऊधः । ऋतस्य । सा । पयसा । अपिन्वत । इळा । महत् । देवानाम् । असुरत्वम् । एकम् ॥
anyasyāḥ | vatsam | mimāya | kayā | bhuvā | ni | dadhe | dhenuḥ | ūdhaḥ | ṛtasya | sā | payasā | apinvata | iḷā | mahat | devānām | asura-tvam | ekam
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 3.55.13 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], genitive, singular, feminine
“other; another(a); remaining; different; anya [word]; other than; more(a); fresh; any(a).”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“calf; child; Vatsa; vatsa [word]; juvenile; Vatsa; Vatsa; Vatsa; son; male child.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“lick.”
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
“moo; howl.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine
“what; who; ka [pronoun].”
[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine
“Earth; floor; earth; bhū; Earth; one; saurāṣṭrā; three; land; land; place; world; bhū [word]; soil; pṛthivī; being; bhūja; floor; bhūnāga; sphaṭikā; beginning; birth; estate.”
[adverb]
“back; down.”
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
“put; give; cause; get; hold; make; provide; lend; wear; install; have; enter (a state); supply; hold; take; show.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“cow; dhenu [word]; milk.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“udder; ūdhas [word]; night.”
[noun], genitive, singular, neuter
“truth; order; fixed order; ṛta [word]; law; custom; custom.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter
“milk; milky juice; water; fluid; juice; payas [word]; drink.”
[verb], singular, Imperfect
“swell; swell; overflow; abound.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“refreshment; iḍā [word]; comfort; cow.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“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], genitive, plural, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[noun], masculine
“Asura; lord; asura [word]; sulfur.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“state; quality; cause; reason.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“one; single(a); alone(p); some(a); single(a); eka [word]; alone(p); excellent; each(a); some(a); one; same; alone(p); some(a); consistent; any(a); undifferentiated; disjunct.”