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 5.63.3
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
स॒म्राजा॑ उ॒ग्रा वृ॑ष॒भा दि॒वस्पती॑ पृथि॒व्या मि॒त्रावरु॑णा॒ विच॑र्षणी । चि॒त्रेभि॑र॒भ्रैरुप॑ तिष्ठथो॒ रवं॒ द्यां व॑र्षयथो॒ असु॑रस्य मा॒यया॑ ॥
सम्राजा उग्रा वृषभा दिवस्पती पृथिव्या मित्रावरुणा विचर्षणी । चित्रेभिरभ्रैरुप तिष्ठथो रवं द्यां वर्षयथो असुरस्य मायया ॥
samrājā ugrā vṛṣabhā divas patī pṛthivyā mitrāvaruṇā vicarṣaṇī | citrebhir abhrair upa tiṣṭhatho ravaṃ dyāṃ varṣayatho asurasya māyayā ||
English translation:
“Imperial and mighty showerers, lords of heaven and earth, beholders of the universe, you approach, Mitra and Varuṇa, with variegated clouds to hear the sound (of your praises), and cause the sky to (send down) rain by the power of the emitter of showers.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
By the power of the emiter of showers: asurasya māyayā = udaka nirasituḥ parjanyasya sāmarthyena, by the power of Parjanya, the caster-forth of water, influenced by Mitra and Varuṇa as the deities presiding over day and night
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): arcanānā ātreyaḥ [arcanānā ātreya];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): mitrāvaruṇau ;
Chandas (meter): jagatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
स॒म्ऽराजौ॑ । उ॒ग्रा । वृ॒ष॒भा । दि॒वः । पती॑ इति॑ । पृ॒थि॒व्याः । मि॒त्रावरु॑णा । विच॑र्षणी॒ इति॒ विऽच॑र्षणी । चि॒त्रेभिः॑ । अ॒भ्रैः । उप॑ । ति॒ष्ठ॒थः॒ । रव॑म् । द्याम् । व॒र्ष॒य॒थः॒ । असु॑रस्य । मा॒यया॑ ॥
सम्राजौ । उग्रा । वृषभा । दिवः । पती इति । पृथिव्याः । मित्रावरुणा । विचर्षणी इति विचर्षणी । चित्रेभिः । अभ्रैः । उप । तिष्ठथः । रवम् । द्याम् । वर्षयथः । असुरस्य । मायया ॥
sam-rājau | ugrā | vṛṣabhā | divaḥ | patīiti | pṛthivyāḥ | mitrāvaruṇā | vicarṣaṇī itivi-carṣaṇī | citrebhiḥ | abhraiḥ | upa | tiṣṭhathaḥ | ravam | dyām | varṣayathaḥ | asurasya | māyayā
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 5.63.3 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, dual, masculine
“sovereign; ruler.”
[noun], nominative, dual, masculine
“powerful; awful; dangerous; intense; mighty; potent; colicky; atrocious.”
[noun], nominative, dual, masculine
“bull; Vṛṣabha; Vṛṣabha; best.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”
[noun], nominative, dual, masculine
“husband; overlord; king; deity; īśvara; ruler; pati [word]; commanding officer; leader; owner; mayor; lord.”
[noun], genitive, singular, feminine
“Earth; pṛthivī; floor; Earth; earth; pṛthivī [word]; land.”
[noun], nominative, dual, masculine
“Varuna; Mitra.”
[noun], nominative, dual, masculine
“excellent.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine
“manifold; extraordinary; beautiful; divers(a); varicolored; bright; bright; bright; outstanding; agitated; aglitter(p); brilliant; painted; obvious; patched; bizarre.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine
“abhra; cloud; sky; abhra [word]; cumulonimbus; mica; air; cloudiness.”
[adverb]
“towards; on; next.”
[verb], dual, Present indikative
“stay; stand; situate; exist; [in]; resist; endure; put; soak; be; stop; adhere; get stale; concentrate; grow; trust; wake; consociate; last; dwell; lie; stand; stop.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“sound; howl; thunder; cry; talk; cry.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”
[verb], dual, Present indikative
“rain.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“Asura; lord; asura [word]; sulfur.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine
“magic trick; Māyā; deception; illusion; māyā [word]; disguise; trick.”