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 7.44.3
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
द॒धि॒क्रावा॑णं बुबुधा॒नो अ॒ग्निमुप॑ ब्रुव उ॒षसं॒ सूर्यं॒ गाम् । ब्र॒ध्नं माँ॑श्च॒तोर्वरु॑णस्य ब॒भ्रुं ते विश्वा॒स्मद्दु॑रि॒ता या॑वयन्तु ॥
दधिक्रावाणं बुबुधानो अग्निमुप ब्रुव उषसं सूर्यं गाम् । ब्रध्नं माँश्चतोर्वरुणस्य बभ्रुं ते विश्वास्मद्दुरिता यावयन्तु ॥
dadhikrāvāṇam bubudhāno agnim upa bruva uṣasaṃ sūryaṃ gām | bradhnam mām̐ścator varuṇasya babhruṃ te viśvāsmad duritā yāvayantu ||
English translation:
“Propitiating Dadhikrāvan, I glorify Agni, Uṣas, the sun, the earth, the great brown horse of Varuṇa,who is mindful of his adorers; may they put far away from us iniquities.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vasiṣṭhaḥ [vasiṣṭha];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): liṅgoktāḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
द॒धि॒ऽक्रावा॑णम् । बु॒बु॒धा॒नः । अ॒ग्निम् । उप॑ । ब्रु॒वे॒ । उ॒षस॑म् । सूर्य॑म् । गाम् । ब्र॒ध्नम् । मँ॒ंश्च॒तोः । वरु॑णस्य । ब॒भ्रुम् । ते । विश्वा॑ । अ॒स्मत् । दुः॒ऽइ॒ता । य॒व॒य॒न्तु॒ ॥
दधिक्रावाणम् । बुबुधानः । अग्निम् । उप । ब्रुवे । उषसम् । सूर्यम् । गाम् । ब्रध्नम् । मँंश्चतोः । वरुणस्य । बभ्रुम् । ते । विश्वा । अस्मत् । दुःइता । यवयन्तु ॥
dadhi-krāvāṇam | bubudhānaḥ | agnim | upa | bruve | uṣasam | sūryam | gām | bradhnam | māṃścatoḥ | varuṇasya | babhrum | te | viśvā | asmat | duḥ-itā | yavayantu
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 7.44.3 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“Dadhikrā.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“understand; notice; wake up; observe; detect; attend to; awaken; attend.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[adverb]
“towards; on; next.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“say; tell; describe; speak; state; answer; call; explain; address; proclaim; talk; talk; choose.”
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
“Ushas; dawn; uṣas [word]; morning.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“sun; Surya; sūrya [word]; right nostril; twelve; Calotropis gigantea Beng.; sūryakānta; sunlight; best.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“cow; cattle; go [word]; Earth; bull; floor; milk; beam; sunbeam; leather; hide; horn; language; bowstring; earth; ox; Svarga.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“sun; horse.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“Varuna; varuṇa [word]; Crataeva religiosa Forst.; Varuṇa; varuṇādi.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“Vishnu; babhru [word]; Babhru; Babhru; water clover; Shiva; ichneumon.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”
[noun], ablative, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“danger; sin; difficulty; difficulty; evil.”
[verb], plural, Present imperative
“keep away.”