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 6.35.3
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
कर्हि॑ स्वि॒त्तदि॑न्द्र॒ यज्ज॑रि॒त्रे वि॒श्वप्सु॒ ब्रह्म॑ कृ॒णव॑: शविष्ठ । क॒दा धियो॒ न नि॒युतो॑ युवासे क॒दा गोम॑घा॒ हव॑नानि गच्छाः ॥
कर्हि स्वित्तदिन्द्र यज्जरित्रे विश्वप्सु ब्रह्म कृणवः शविष्ठ । कदा धियो न नियुतो युवासे कदा गोमघा हवनानि गच्छाः ॥
karhi svit tad indra yaj jaritre viśvapsu brahma kṛṇavaḥ śaviṣṭha | kadā dhiyo na niyuto yuvāse kadā gomaghā havanāni gacchāḥ ||
English translation:
“When, most vigorous Indra, will you grant your worshipper that food which is all-sufficing? When will you combine (in yourself) worship and praises? When will you render oblations productive of cattle?”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): naraḥ [nara];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
कर्हि॑ । स्वि॒त् । तत् । इ॒न्द्र॒ । यत् । ज॒रि॒त्रे । वि॒श्वऽप्सु॑ । ब्रह्म॑ । कृ॒णवः॑ । श॒वि॒ष्ठ॒ । क॒दा । धियः॑ । न । नि॒ऽयुतः॑ । यु॒वा॒से॒ । क॒दा । गोऽम॑घा । हव॑नानि । ग॒च्छाः॒ ॥
कर्हि । स्वित् । तत् । इन्द्र । यत् । जरित्रे । विश्वप्सु । ब्रह्म । कृणवः । शविष्ठ । कदा । धियः । न । नियुतः । युवासे । कदा । गोमघा । हवनानि । गच्छाः ॥
karhi | svit | tat | indra | yat | jaritre | viśva-psu | brahma | kṛṇavaḥ | śaviṣṭha | kadā | dhiyaḥ | na | ni-yutaḥ | yuvāse | kadā | go--maghā | havanāni | gacchāḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 6.35.3 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
[adverb]
“svid [word].”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[adverb]
“once [when]; because; that; if; how.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“singer.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“brahman; mantra; prayer; spell; Veda; Brahmin; sacred text; final emancipation; hymn; brahman [word]; Brāhmaṇa; study.”
[verb], singular, Present conjunctive (subjunctive)
“make; perform; cause; produce; shape; construct; do; put; fill into; use; fuel; transform; bore; act; write; create; prepare; administer; dig; prepare; treat; take effect; add; trace; put on; process; treat; heed; hire; act; produce; assume; eat; ignite; chop; treat; obey; manufacture; appoint; evacuate; choose; understand; insert; happen; envelop; weigh; observe; practice; lend; bring; duplicate; plant; kṛ; concentrate; mix; knot; join; take; provide; utter; compose.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“mighty.”
[adverb]
“when; kadā [word].”
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
“intelligence; prayer; mind; insight; idea; hymn; purpose; art; knowledge.”
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
“gift; team.”
[verb], singular, Present conjunctive (subjunctive)
“unite.”
[adverb]
“when; kadā [word].”
[noun], masculine
“cow; cattle; go [word]; Earth; bull; floor; milk; beam; sunbeam; leather; hide; horn; language; bowstring; earth; ox; Svarga.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“gift; wealth; reward; wages; reward.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“invocation.”
[verb], singular, Present conjunctive (subjunctive)
“go; situate; enter (a state); travel; disappear; [in]; elapse; leave; reach; vanish; love; walk; approach; issue; hop on; gasify; get; come; die; drain; spread; transform; happen; discharge; ride; to be located; run; detect; refer; go; shall; drive.”