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 5.59.3
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
गवा॑मिव श्रि॒यसे॒ शृङ्ग॑मुत्त॒मं सूर्यो॒ न चक्षू॒ रज॑सो वि॒सर्ज॑ने । अत्या॑ इव सु॒भ्व१॒॑श्चार॑वः स्थन॒ मर्या॑ इव श्रि॒यसे॑ चेतथा नरः ॥
गवामिव श्रियसे शृङ्गमुत्तमं सूर्यो न चक्षू रजसो विसर्जने । अत्या इव सुभ्वश्चारवः स्थन मर्या इव श्रियसे चेतथा नरः ॥
gavām iva śriyase śṛṅgam uttamaṃ sūryo na cakṣū rajaso visarjane | atyā iva subhvaś cāravaḥ sthana maryā iva śriyase cetathā naraḥ ||
English translation:
“You bear, for your decoration, an excellent (diadem) like the horn of cattle; as the sun, the eye (of day, dispenses light), so (are you diligent) in the distribution of the rains; graceful are you, and rapid as horses, and like (pious) mortals, you, leaders (of rites), consider (holy ceremonies) for their glory.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): śyāvāśva ātreyaḥ [śyāvāśva ātreya];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): marūtaḥ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛjjagatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
गवा॑म्ऽइव । श्रि॒यसे॑ । शृङ्ग॑म् । उ॒त्त॒मम् । सूर्यः॑ । न । चक्षुः॑ । रज॑सः । वि॒ऽसर्ज॑ने । अत्याः॑ऽइव । सु॒ऽभ्वः॑ । चार॑वः । स्थ॒न॒ । मर्याः॑ऽइव । श्रि॒यसे॑ । चे॒त॒थ॒ । न॒रः॒ ॥
गवाम्इव । श्रियसे । शृङ्गम् । उत्तमम् । सूर्यः । न । चक्षुः । रजसः । विसर्जने । अत्याःइव । सुभ्वः । चारवः । स्थन । मर्याःइव । श्रियसे । चेतथ । नरः ॥
gavām-iva | śriyase | śṛṅgam | uttamam | sūryaḥ | na | cakṣuḥ | rajasaḥ | vi-sarjane | atyāḥ-iva | su-bhvaḥ | cāravaḥ | sthana | maryāḥ-iva | śriyase | cetatha | naraḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 5.59.3 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], genitive, plural, masculine
“cow; cattle; go [word]; Earth; bull; floor; milk; beam; sunbeam; leather; hide; horn; language; bowstring; earth; ox; Svarga.”
[adverb]
“like; as it were; somehow; just so.”
[verb noun]
“cook; boil; heat; cook; mix.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“peak; horn; tusk; śṛṅga [word].”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“best; excellent; highest; better; extreme; last; first; topmost; chief(a); higher; highest; maximal; uttama [word]; prevailing; finest.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“sun; Surya; sūrya [word]; right nostril; twelve; Calotropis gigantea Beng.; sūryakānta; sunlight; best.”
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“eye; look; visual perception; cakṣus [word]; sight.”
[noun], genitive, singular, neuter
“powder; menorrhea; dust; Rajas; atmosphere; rajas; pollen; passion; rajas [word]; sindūra; rust; tin; impurity; dark; sky.”
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“gift.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“horse; steed.”
[adverb]
“like; as it were; somehow; just so.”
[adverb]
“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“Earth; floor; earth; bhū; Earth; one; saurāṣṭrā; three; land; land; place; world; bhū [word]; soil; pṛthivī; being; bhūja; floor; bhūnāga; sphaṭikā; beginning; birth; estate.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“pleasant; beautiful; beloved; agreeable; cāru [word].”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”
[noun], vocative, plural, masculine
“young buck; boyfriend.”
[adverb]
“like; as it were; somehow; just so.”
[verb noun]
“cook; boil; heat; cook; mix.”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“notice; observe; attend to; intend.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“man; man; nṛ [word]; crew; masculine.”