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 7.36.3
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
आ वात॑स्य॒ ध्रज॑तो रन्त इ॒त्या अपी॑पयन्त धे॒नवो॒ न सूदा॑: । म॒हो दि॒वः सद॑ने॒ जाय॑मा॒नोऽचि॑क्रदद्वृष॒भः सस्मि॒न्नूध॑न् ॥
आ वातस्य ध्रजतो रन्त इत्या अपीपयन्त धेनवो न सूदाः । महो दिवः सदने जायमानोऽचिक्रदद्वृषभः सस्मिन्नूधन् ॥
ā vātasya dhrajato ranta ityā apīpayanta dhenavo na sūdāḥ | maho divaḥ sadane jāyamāno 'cikradad vṛṣabhaḥ sasminn ūdhan ||
English translation:
“The movements of the restless wind sport around; the milk-yielding kine are in good condition; theshowerer genitive rated in the dwelling of the mighty sun has cried aloud in that his plural ce of abiding, (the firmament).”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
The showerer: acikradad vṛṣabhaḥ sasmin ūdham: parjanya has cried n that firmament, tasmin antarikṣeacikradat
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vasiṣṭhaḥ [vasiṣṭha];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): viśvedevā:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
आ वात॑स्य । ध्रज॑तः । र॒न्ते॒ । इ॒त्याः । अपी॑पयन्त । धे॒नवः॑ । न । सूदाः॑ । म॒हः । दि॒वः । सद॑ने । जाय॑मानः । अचि॑क्रदत् । वृ॒ष॒भः । सस्मि॑न् । ऊध॑न् ॥
आ वातस्य । ध्रजतः । रन्ते । इत्याः । अपीपयन्त । धेनवः । न । सूदाः । महः । दिवः । सदने । जायमानः । अचिक्रदत् । वृषभः । सस्मिन् । ऊधन् ॥
ā vātasya | dhrajataḥ | rante | ityāḥ | apīpayanta | dhenavaḥ | na | sūdāḥ | mahaḥ | divaḥ | sadane | jāyamānaḥ | acikradat | vṛṣabhaḥ | sasmin | ūdhan
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 7.36.3 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“vāta; wind; fart; Vayu; air; draft; vāta [word]; Vāta; rheumatism; Marut.”
[verb noun], genitive, singular
“rush.”
[verb], singular, Root aorist (Ind.)
“delight; rejoice; love; frolic; desire; give; calm; break.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
[verb], plural, Plusquamperfect
“swell; abound; swell.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“cow; dhenu [word]; milk.”
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“cook; sūda [word]; sūd.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“great; great; distinguished; much(a); adult; long; high.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“seat; weakness; inertness; dwelling; exhaustion; numbness; home; residence; seat; inanition; location.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“become; originate; be born; transform; happen; result; grow; beget; produce; create; conceive; separate; cause; give birth; grow; produce; generate; be; become; arise; come on.”
[verb], singular, Redupl. Aorist (Ind.)
“roar; neigh; cry; howl; shout.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“bull; Vṛṣabha; Vṛṣabha; best.”
[noun], locative, 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], locative, singular, neuter
“udder; ūdhas [word]; night.”