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 3.62.16
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
आ नो॑ मित्रावरुणा घृ॒तैर्गव्यू॑तिमुक्षतम् । मध्वा॒ रजां॑सि सुक्रतू ॥
आ नो मित्रावरुणा घृतैर्गव्यूतिमुक्षतम् । मध्वा रजांसि सुक्रतू ॥
ā no mitrāvaruṇā ghṛtair gavyūtim ukṣatam | madhvā rajāṃsi sukratū ||
English translation:
“Mitra and Varuṇa, sprinkle our cow-stalls with butter; performers of good works, (sprinkle) the worlds with honey.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Sprinkle the worlds with honey: ghṛtair gavyūtim ukṣatam madhvā rajāṃsi: gavyūti = gavām mārgam, or gonivāsasthānam, and the prayer implies, give us cows abounding in milk;
Gavyūti = the path or sacrifice, or a field;
Thṛtaiḥ = pure water, sprinkle our pastures with rain
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): viśvāmitro jamādagnirvā [viśvāmitra jamādagnirvā];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): mitrāvaruṇau ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
आ । नः॒ । मि॒त्रा॒व॒रु॒णा॒ । घृ॒तैः । गव्यू॑तिम् । उ॒क्ष॒त॒म् । मध्वा॑ । रजां॑सि । सु॒क्र॒तू॒ इति॑ सुऽक्रतू ॥
आ । नः । मित्रावरुणा । घृतैः । गव्यूतिम् । उक्षतम् । मध्वा । रजांसि । सुक्रतू इति सुक्रतू ॥
ā | naḥ | mitrāvaruṇā | ghṛtaiḥ | gavyūtim | ukṣatam | madhvā | rajāṃsi | sukratūitisu-kratū
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 3.62.16 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[noun], genitive, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], vocative, plural, masculine
“Varuna; Mitra.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, neuter
“ghee; fat.”
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
“pasture.”
[verb], dual, Present imperative
“sprinkle; wet.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter
“honey; alcohol; sweet; nectar; madhu [word].”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“powder; menorrhea; dust; Rajas; atmosphere; rajas; pollen; passion; rajas [word]; sindūra; rust; tin; impurity; dark; sky.”
[adverb]
“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”
[noun], vocative, dual, masculine
“yajña; decision; plan; deliberation; intelligence; Kratu; will; kratu [word]; desire; resoluteness; ritual.”