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 3.61.4
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अव॒ स्यूमे॑व चिन्व॒ती म॒घोन्यु॒षा या॑ति॒ स्वस॑रस्य॒ पत्नी॑ । स्व१॒॑र्जन॑न्ती सु॒भगा॑ सु॒दंसा॒ आन्ता॑द्दि॒वः प॑प्रथ॒ आ पृ॑थि॒व्याः ॥
अव स्यूमेव चिन्वती मघोन्युषा याति स्वसरस्य पत्नी । स्वर्जनन्ती सुभगा सुदंसा आन्ताद्दिवः पप्रथ आ पृथिव्याः ॥
ava syūmeva cinvatī maghony uṣā yāti svasarasya patnī | svar janantī subhagā sudaṃsā āntād divaḥ papratha ā pṛthivyāḥ ||
English translation:
“The opulent Uṣas, the bride of the far-darting (sun), throwing off (darkness) like a garment, proceeds; diffusing her own (lustre), auspicious, promoting sacred acts, she is renowned to the ends, she is renowned to the ends of the heaven and of the earth.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): gopavana ātreyaḥ saptavadhrirvā [gopavana ātreya saptavadhrirvā];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): uṣāḥ ;
Chandas (meter): bhurikpaṅkti ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अव॑ । स्यूम॑ऽइव । चि॒न्व॒ती । म॒घोनी॑ । उ॒षा । या॑आ॒इ॒ । स्वस॑रस्य । पत्नी॑ । स्वः॑ । जन॑न्ती । सु॒ऽभगा॑ । सु॒ऽदंसाः॑ । आ । अन्ता॑त् । दि॒वः । प॒प्र॒थे॒ । आ । पृ॒थि॒व्याः ॥
अव । स्यूमइव । चिन्वती । मघोनी । उषा । याआइ । स्वसरस्य । पत्नी । स्वः । जनन्ती । सुभगा । सुदंसाः । आ । अन्तात् । दिवः । पप्रथे । आ । पृथिव्याः ॥
ava | syūma-iva | cinvatī | maghonī | uṣā | yāāi | svasarasya | patnī | svaḥ | janantī | su-bhagā | su-daṃsāḥ | ā | antāt | divaḥ | paprathe | ā | pṛthivyāḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 3.61.4 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“down.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
[adverb]
“like; as it were; somehow; just so.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“cover; accumulate; pile up; pick; cover.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“big.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“Ushas; dawn; uṣas [word]; morning.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“go; enter (a state); travel; disappear; reach; come; campaign; elapse; arrive; drive; reach; leave; run; depart; ride.”
[noun], genitive, singular, neuter
“pasture; stall.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“wife; mistress; queen.”
[adverb]
“sun; sky; sunlight.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“become; originate; be born; transform; happen; result; grow; beget; produce; create; conceive; separate; cause; give birth; grow; produce; generate; be; become; arise; come on.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“beautiful; auspicious; beloved; fine-looking; fortunate; subhaga [word]; charming; pleasing; lucky.”
[adverb]
“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[noun], ablative, singular, masculine
“end; last syllable; end; end; boundary; inside; border; death; anta [word]; edge; end; shore; limit; region; outskirt; destruction; boundary; limit; anta; termination; corner; conclusion; hem; end; ant; edge.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
“be known; expand; expand; boom.”
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[noun], genitive, singular, feminine
“Earth; pṛthivī; floor; Earth; earth; pṛthivī [word]; land.”