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 9.15.3

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

ए॒ष हि॒तो वि नी॑यते॒ऽन्तः शु॒भ्राव॑ता प॒था । यदी॑ तु॒ञ्जन्ति॒ भूर्ण॑यः ॥
एष हितो वि नीयतेऽन्तः शुभ्रावता पथा । यदी तुञ्जन्ति भूर्णयः ॥
eṣa hito vi nīyate 'ntaḥ śubhrāvatā pathā | yadī tuñjanti bhūrṇayaḥ ||

English translation:

“plural ced (in the cart) he is brought by a brilliant path when the offerers of the libation present him.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

Plural ced in the cart: i.ṣ, plural ced in the havirdhāna he is brought to the āhavanīha

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): asitaḥ kāśyapo devalo vā [asita kāśyapa devala vā];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): pavamānaḥ somaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

ए॒षः । हि॒तः । वि । नी॒य॒ते॒ । अ॒न्तरिति॑ । शु॒भ्रऽव॑ता । प॒था । यदि॑ । तु॒ञ्जन्ति॑ । भूर्ण॑यः ॥
एषः । हितः । वि । नीयते । अन्तरिति । शुभ्रवता । पथा । यदि । तुञ्जन्ति । भूर्णयः ॥
eṣaḥ | hitaḥ | vi | nīyate | antariti | śubhra-vatā | pathā | yadi | tuñjanti | bhūrṇayaḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 9.15.3 English analysis of grammar]

eṣa < etad

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); etad [word].”

hito < hitaḥ < dhā

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“put; give; cause; get; hold; make; provide; lend; wear; install; have; enter (a state); supply; hold; take; show.”

vi

[adverb]

“apart; away; away.”

nīyate <

[verb], singular, Indikativ Pr¦s. Passiv

“bring; lead; spend; decant; enter (a state); remove; take out; take away; enforce; marry; carry; fill into; bring; learn; go out; add.”

'ntaḥ < antar

[adverb]

“inside; in; antar [word]; midmost; between; among.”

śubhrāvatā < śubhrāvat

[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine

pathā < pathin

[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine

“way; road; path [word]; journey; method.”

yadī < yadi

[adverb]

“if; in case.”

tuñjanti < tuj

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“draw.”

bhūrṇayaḥ < bhūrṇi

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“impatient; restless.”

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