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 6.44.23
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अ॒यम॑कृणोदु॒षस॑: सु॒पत्नी॑र॒यं सूर्ये॑ अदधा॒ज्ज्योति॑र॒न्तः । अ॒यं त्रि॒धातु॑ दि॒वि रो॑च॒नेष॒॑ त्रि॒तेषु॑ विन्दद॒मृतं॒ निगू॑ळ्हम् ॥
अयमकृणोदुषसः सुपत्नीरयं सूर्ये अदधाज्ज्योतिरन्तः । अयं त्रिधातु दिवि रोचनेषु त्रितेषु विन्ददमृतं निगूळ्हम् ॥
ayam akṛṇod uṣasaḥ supatnīr ayaṃ sūrye adadhāj jyotir antaḥ | ayaṃ tridhātu divi rocaneṣu triteṣu vindad amṛtaṃ nigūḻham ||
English translation:
“This Soma made the dawns happily wedded to the sun; this Soma plural ced the light within the solar orb; this (Soma) has found the threefold ambrosia hidden in heaven in the three bright regions.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Ayam tridhātu divi rocaneṣu, triteṣu, triteṣu vindat amṛtam nigūḷham = Soma becomes as it were ambrosia when received or concealed in the vessels at the three diurnal ceremonies, which ambrosia is properly deposited with the gods abiding in the third bright sphere, or in heaven
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): śaṃyurbārhaspatyaḥ [śaṃyurbārhaspatya];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): triṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अ॒यम् । अ॒कृ॒णो॒त् । उ॒षसः॑ । सु॒ऽपत्नीः॑ । अ॒यम् । सूर्ये॑ । अ॒द॒धा॒त् । ज्योतिः॑ । अ॒न्तरिति॑ । अ॒यम् । त्रि॒ऽधातु॑ । दि॒वि । रो॒च॒नेषु॑ । त्रि॒तेषु॑ । वि॒न्द॒त् । अ॒मृत॑म् । निऽगू॑ळ्हम् ॥
अयम् । अकृणोत् । उषसः । सुपत्नीः । अयम् । सूर्ये । अदधात् । ज्योतिः । अन्तरिति । अयम् । त्रिधातु । दिवि । रोचनेषु । त्रितेषु । विन्दत् । अमृतम् । निगूळ्हम् ॥
ayam | akṛṇot | uṣasaḥ | su-patnīḥ | ayam | sūrye | adadhāt | jyotiḥ | antariti | ayam | tri-dhātu | divi | rocaneṣu | triteṣu | vindat | amṛtam | ni-gūḷham
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 6.44.23 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[verb], singular, Imperfect
“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], accusative, plural, feminine
“Ushas; dawn; uṣas [word]; morning.”
[adverb]
“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
“wife; mistress; queen.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
“sun; Surya; sūrya [word]; right nostril; twelve; Calotropis gigantea Beng.; sūryakānta; sunlight; best.”
[verb], singular, Imperfect
“put; give; cause; get; hold; make; provide; lend; wear; install; have; enter (a state); supply; hold; take; show.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“light; star; luminosity; fire; jyotis [word]; digestion; planet; light; sunlight.”
[adverb]
“inside; in; antar [word]; midmost; between; among.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[noun]
“three; tri/tisṛ [word].”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“mineral; dhātu; saptadhātu; Sanskrit verbal root; etymon; aṣṭaloha; mahābhūta; gairika; component; navadhātu; svarṇamākṣika; doṣa; inorganic compound.”
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”
[noun], locative, plural, neuter
“light; celestial sphere.”
[noun], locative, plural, masculine
“Trita.”
[verb], singular, Present injunctive
“find; detect; marry; get; think.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“amṛta; immortality; vatsanābha; ambrosia; mercury; medicine; vighasa; calcium hydroxide.”
[verb noun], accusative, singular
“hide; cover.”