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 5.37.3

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

व॒धूरि॒यं पति॑मि॒च्छन्त्ये॑ति॒ य ईं॒ वहा॑ते॒ महि॑षीमिषि॒राम् । आस्य॑ श्रवस्या॒द्रथ॒ आ च॑ घोषात्पु॒रू स॒हस्रा॒ परि॑ वर्तयाते ॥
वधूरियं पतिमिच्छन्त्येति य ईं वहाते महिषीमिषिराम् । आस्य श्रवस्याद्रथ आ च घोषात्पुरू सहस्रा परि वर्तयाते ॥
vadhūr iyam patim icchanty eti ya īṃ vahāte mahiṣīm iṣirām | āsya śravasyād ratha ā ca ghoṣāt purū sahasrā pari vartayāte ||

English translation:

“The bride (of Indra), devoted to her lord, attends him (to the rite), who thus brings (with him) his accompanying queen; may his car convey to us ample food; may it sound loudly; may it scatter around many thousands (of riches).”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): atriḥ [atri];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

व॒धूः । इ॒यम् । पति॑म् । इ॒च्छन्ती॑ । ए॒ति॒ । यः । ई॒म् । वहा॑ते । महि॑षीम् । इ॒षि॒राम् । आ । अ॒स्य॒ । श्र॒व॒स्या॒त् । रथः॑ । आ । च॒ । घो॒षा॒त् । पु॒रु । स॒हस्रा॑ । परि॑ । व॒र्त॒या॒ते॒ ॥
वधूः । इयम् । पतिम् । इच्छन्ती । एति । यः । ईम् । वहाते । महिषीम् । इषिराम् । आ । अस्य । श्रवस्यात् । रथः । आ । च । घोषात् । पुरु । सहस्रा । परि । वर्तयाते ॥
vadhūḥ | iyam | patim | icchantī | eti | yaḥ | īm | vahāte | mahiṣīm | iṣirām | ā | asya | śravasyāt | rathaḥ | ā | ca | ghoṣāt | puru | sahasrā | pari | vartayāte

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 5.37.3 English analysis of grammar]

vadhūr < vadhūḥ < vadhū

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“wife; woman; bride; female; Trigonella corniculata; female; cow.”

iyam < idam

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”

patim < pati

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“husband; overlord; king; deity; īśvara; ruler; pati [word]; commanding officer; leader; owner; mayor; lord.”

icchanty < icchantī < iṣ

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“desire; recommend; approve; seek; call; search; try; prefer; love; commend; assent; permit; choose.”

eti < i

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“go; travel; enter (a state); return; walk; continue; reach; ask.”

ya < yaḥ < yad

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

īṃ < īm < īṃ

[adverb]

vahāte < vah

[verb], singular, Present conjunctive (subjunctive)

“transport; bring; marry; run; drive; vāhay; drive; run; pull; nirvāpay; blow; transport; discharge; assume; remove.”

mahiṣīm < mahiṣī

[noun], accusative, singular, feminine

“female buffalo; Mahiṣī; queen; mahiṣī [word]; mahiṣī; Old World buffalo.”

iṣirām < iṣira

[noun], accusative, singular, feminine

“vigorous; bracing; quick.”

āsya < ā

[adverb]

“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”

āsya < asya < idam

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”

śravasyād < śravasyāt < śravasy

[verb], singular, Present conjunctive (subjunctive)

ratha < rathaḥ < ratha

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“chariot; warrior; ratha [word]; Dalbergia oojeinensis; rattan.”

ā

[adverb]

“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”

ca

[adverb]

“and; besides; then; now; even.”

ghoṣāt < ghuṣ

[verb], singular, Present conjunctive (subjunctive)

purū < puru

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“many; much(a); very.”

sahasrā < sahasra

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“thousand; one-thousandth; sahasra [word].”

pari

[adverb]

“from; about; around.”

vartayāte < vartay < √vṛt

[verb], singular, Present conjunctive (subjunctive)

“pound; tell; exist; bring; spill; mix; survive; melt; roll; explain; perform; turn; chop; sustain; spend; roll up; produce.”

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