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 3.57.2
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
इन्द्र॒: सु पू॒षा वृष॑णा सु॒हस्ता॑ दि॒वो न प्री॒ताः श॑श॒यं दु॑दुह्रे । विश्वे॒ यद॑स्यां र॒णय॑न्त दे॒वाः प्र वोऽत्र॑ वसवः सु॒म्नम॑श्याम् ॥
इन्द्रः सु पूषा वृषणा सुहस्ता दिवो न प्रीताः शशयं दुदुह्रे । विश्वे यदस्यां रणयन्त देवाः प्र वोऽत्र वसवः सुम्नमश्याम् ॥
indraḥ su pūṣā vṛṣaṇā suhastā divo na prītāḥ śaśayaṃ duduhre | viśve yad asyāṃ raṇayanta devāḥ pra vo 'tra vasavaḥ sumnam aśyām ||
English translation:
“Indra and Pūṣan, the showerers (of benefits) and happy-handed Aśvins, well affected towards us, have milked the (cloud) reposing in heaven, wherefore, Vasus, universal deities, sporting on this (altar), may I here obtain the happiness derived from you.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): viśvāmitraḥ [viśvāmitra];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): viśvedevā:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
इन्द्रः॑ । सु । पू॒षा । वृष॑णा । सु॒ऽहस्ता॑ । दि॒वः । न । प्री॒ताः । श॒श॒यम् । दु॒दु॒ह्रे॒ । विश्वे॑ । यत् । अ॒स्या॒म् । र॒णय॑न्त । दे॒वाः । प्र । वः॒ । अत्र॑ । व॒स॒वः॒ । सु॒म्नम् । अ॒श्या॒म् ॥
इन्द्रः । सु । पूषा । वृषणा । सुहस्ता । दिवः । न । प्रीताः । शशयम् । दुदुह्रे । विश्वे । यत् । अस्याम् । रणयन्त । देवाः । प्र । वः । अत्र । वसवः । सुम्नम् । अश्याम् ॥
indraḥ | su | pūṣā | vṛṣaṇā | su-hastā | divaḥ | na | prītāḥ | śaśayam | duduhre | viśve | yat | asyām | raṇayanta | devāḥ | pra | vaḥ | atra | vasavaḥ | sumnam | aśyām
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 3.57.2 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[adverb]
“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Pushan; pūṣan [word]; sun.”
[noun], nominative, dual, masculine
“bull; Indra; stallion; Vṛṣan; man.”
[adverb]
“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”
[noun], nominative, dual, masculine
“hand; hand; proboscis; hasta [word]; autograph.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[verb noun], nominative, plural
“delight; gladden; satisfy; nutrify; comfort.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“abundant.”
[verb], plural, Perfect indicative
“milk.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”
[adverb]
“once [when]; because; that; if; how.”
[noun], locative, singular, feminine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[verb], plural, Imperfect
“delight.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[adverb]
“towards; ahead.”
[noun], genitive, plural
“you.”
[adverb]
“now; there; then; then; there; here; here; in the following; alternatively; now.”
[noun], vocative, plural, masculine
“Vasu; Vasu; eight; vas; audbhida; Deva; sun; pāṃśuja; Agni.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“favor; benevolence; sumna [word]; entreaty; favor.”
[verb], singular, Aorist optative
“get; reach; enter (a state).”