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 8.57.3
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
प॒नाय्यं॒ तद॑श्विना कृ॒तं वां॑ वृष॒भो दि॒वो रज॑सः पृथि॒व्याः । स॒हस्रं॒ शंसा॑ उ॒त ये गवि॑ष्टौ॒ सर्वाँ॒ इत्ताँ उप॑ याता॒ पिब॑ध्यै ॥
पनाय्यं तदश्विना कृतं वां वृषभो दिवो रजसः पृथिव्याः । सहस्रं शंसा उत ये गविष्टौ सर्वाँ इत्ताँ उप याता पिबध्यै ॥
panāyyaṃ tad aśvinā kṛtaṃ vāṃ vṛṣabho divo rajasaḥ pṛthivyāḥ | sahasraṃ śaṃsā uta ye gaviṣṭau sarvām̐ it tām̐ upa yātā pibadhyai ||
English translation:
“That work of yours, O Aśvins, is worthy of wonder, the bull of the heavens, the firmament and the earth;and your thousand blessings in battle, for all these come here to drink.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
I.e. the Sun, which they may be said toreveal, as they come with the earliest dawn
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): medhyaḥ kāṇvaḥ [medhya kāṇva];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): aśvinau ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
प॒नाय्य॑म् । तत् । अ॒श्वि॒ना॒ । कृ॒तम् । वा॒म् । वृ॒ष॒भः । दि॒वः । रज॑सः । पृ॒थि॒व्याः । स॒हस्र॑म् । शंसाः॑ । उ॒त । ये । गवि॑ष्टौ । सर्वा॑न् । इत् । तान् । उप॑ । या॒त॒ । पिब॑ध्यै ॥
पनाय्यम् । तत् । अश्विना । कृतम् । वाम् । वृषभः । दिवः । रजसः । पृथिव्याः । सहस्रम् । शंसाः । उत । ये । गविष्टौ । सर्वान् । इत् । तान् । उप । यात । पिबध्यै ॥
panāyyam | tat | aśvinā | kṛtam | vām | vṛṣabhaḥ | divaḥ | rajasaḥ | pṛthivyāḥ | sahasram | śaṃsāḥ | uta | ye | gaviṣṭau | sarvān | it | tān | upa | yāta | pibadhyai
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.57.3 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
[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, dual, masculine
“Asvins; two.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“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], genitive, dual
“you.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“bull; Vṛṣabha; Vṛṣabha; best.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”
[noun], genitive, singular, neuter
“powder; menorrhea; dust; Rajas; atmosphere; rajas; pollen; passion; rajas [word]; sindūra; rust; tin; impurity; dark; sky.”
[noun], genitive, singular, feminine
“Earth; pṛthivī; floor; Earth; earth; pṛthivī [word]; land.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“thousand; one-thousandth; sahasra [word].”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“praise; śaṃs; recitation.”
[adverb]
“and; besides; uta [indecl.]; similarly; alike; even.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], locative, singular, feminine
“foray.”
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
“all(a); whole; complete; sarva [word]; every(a); each(a); all; entire; sāṃnipātika; manifold; complete; all the(a); different; overall.”
[adverb]
“indeed; assuredly; entirely.”
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[adverb]
“towards; on; next.”
[verb], plural, Present imperative
“go; enter (a state); travel; disappear; reach; come; campaign; elapse; arrive; drive; reach; leave; run; depart; ride.”
[verb noun]
“drink; gulp; soak; drink; suck; inhale.”