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 7.49.3
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
यासां॒ राजा॒ वरु॑णो॒ याति॒ मध्ये॑ सत्यानृ॒ते अ॑व॒पश्य॒ञ्जना॑नाम् । म॒धु॒श्चुत॒: शुच॑यो॒ याः पा॑व॒कास्ता आपो॑ दे॒वीरि॒ह माम॑वन्तु ॥
यासां राजा वरुणो याति मध्ये सत्यानृते अवपश्यञ्जनानाम् । मधुश्चुतः शुचयो याः पावकास्ता आपो देवीरिह मामवन्तु ॥
yāsāṃ rājā varuṇo yāti madhye satyānṛte avapaśyañ janānām | madhuścutaḥ śucayo yāḥ pāvakās tā āpo devīr iha mām avantu ||
English translation:
“Those whose sovereign, Varuṇa, passes in the middle sphere, discriminating the truth and falsehod ofmankind; those shedding sweet showers, pure and purifying; may those divine waters protect me here (on earth).”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vasiṣṭhaḥ [vasiṣṭha];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): āpaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): triṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
यासा॑म् । राजा॑ । वरु॑णः । याति॑ । मध्ये॑ । स॒त्या॒नृ॒ते इति॑ । अ॒व॒ऽपश्य॑न् । जना॑नाम् । म॒धु॒ऽश्चुतः॑ । शुच॑यः । याः । पा॒व॒काः । ताः । आपः॑ । दे॒वीः । इ॒ह । माम् । अ॒व॒न्तु॒ ॥
यासाम् । राजा । वरुणः । याति । मध्ये । सत्यानृते इति । अवपश्यन् । जनानाम् । मधुश्चुतः । शुचयः । याः । पावकाः । ताः । आपः । देवीः । इह । माम् । अवन्तु ॥
yāsām | rājā | varuṇaḥ | yāti | madhye | satyānṛte iti | ava-paśyan | janānām | madhu-ścutaḥ | śucayaḥ | yāḥ | pāvakāḥ | tāḥ | āpaḥ | devīḥ | iha | mām | avantu
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 7.49.3 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], genitive, plural, feminine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“king; Kshatriya; rājan [word]; best; rājāvarta; Yakṣa.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Varuna; varuṇa [word]; Crataeva religiosa Forst.; Varuṇa; varuṇādi.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“go; enter (a state); travel; disappear; reach; come; campaign; elapse; arrive; drive; reach; leave; run; depart; ride.”
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“midst; center; cavity; inside; middle; center; waist; group; pulp; torso; time interval; area; series; madhya [word]; Madhya; noon; middle; middle age; span; belly.”
[noun], neuter
“truth; oath; satya [word]; promise.”
[noun], accusative, dual, neuter
“falsehood; lying; lie; cheat.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“watch.”
[noun], genitive, plural, masculine
“people; national; man; relative; jan; Janaloka; person; jana [word]; man; attendant; Jana; foreigner; inhabitant; group.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“clean; clean; pure; bright; clear; honest; śuci [word]; clear; impeccant.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“pure; purifying; pure; āgneya; clear; bright; bright.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“water; body of water; water; ap [word]; juice; jala.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“divine.”
[adverb]
“here; now; in this world; now; below; there; here; just.”
[noun], accusative, singular
“I; mine.”
[verb], plural, Present imperative
“support; help; prefer; prefer; like.”