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 8.73.3
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
उप॑ स्तृणीत॒मत्र॑ये हि॒मेन॑ घ॒र्मम॑श्विना । अन्ति॒ षद्भू॑तु वा॒मव॑: ॥
उप स्तृणीतमत्रये हिमेन घर्ममश्विना । अन्ति षद्भूतु वामवः ॥
upa stṛṇītam atraye himena gharmam aśvinā | anti ṣad bhūtu vām avaḥ ||
English translation:
“Aśvins, you covered the hot (fire) with cold (water) for Atri; let your protection abide near me.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Water forAtri; cf. RV 1.116.8
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): gopavana ātreyaḥ [gopavana ātreya];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): aśvinau ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
उप॑ । स्तृ॒णी॒त॒म् । अत्र॑ये । हि॒मेन॑ । घ॒र्मम् । अ॒श्वि॒ना॒ । अन्ति॑ । सत् । भू॒तु॒ । वा॒म् । अवः॑ ॥
उप । स्तृणीतम् । अत्रये । हिमेन । घर्मम् । अश्विना । अन्ति । सत् । भूतु । वाम् । अवः ॥
upa | stṛṇītam | atraye | himena | gharmam | aśvinā | anti | sat | bhūtu | vām | avaḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.73.3 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“towards; on; next.”
[verb], dual, Present imperative
“spread; kill; lay; cover.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“Atri; Atri; atri [word].”
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter
“snow; frost; hima [word]; winter; tin; silver; pearl; sauvīrāñjana; year; ague; Himalayas; coldness.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“sunlight; heat; summer; Gharma; Gharma; boiler; perspiration; caldron.”
[noun], vocative, dual, masculine
“Asvins; two.”
[adverb]
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”
[verb], singular, Aorist imperative
“become; be; originate; transform; happen; result; exist; be born; be; be; come to life; grow; elapse; come to mind; thrive; become; impend; show; conceive; understand; stand; constitute; serve; apply; behave.”
[noun], genitive, dual
“you.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“aid; favor; protection.”