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 9.82.3
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
प॒र्जन्य॑: पि॒ता म॑हि॒षस्य॑ प॒र्णिनो॒ नाभा॑ पृथि॒व्या गि॒रिषु॒ क्षयं॑ दधे । स्वसा॑र॒ आपो॑ अ॒भि गा उ॒तास॑र॒न्त्सं ग्राव॑भिर्नसते वी॒ते अ॑ध्व॒रे ॥
पर्जन्यः पिता महिषस्य पर्णिनो नाभा पृथिव्या गिरिषु क्षयं दधे । स्वसार आपो अभि गा उतासरन्त्सं ग्रावभिर्नसते वीते अध्वरे ॥
parjanyaḥ pitā mahiṣasya parṇino nābhā pṛthivyā giriṣu kṣayaṃ dadhe | svasāra āpo abhi gā utāsaran saṃ grāvabhir nasate vīte adhvare ||
English translation:
“The mighty winged (Soma) whose father is Parjanya has plural ced his dwelling on the navel of the earth among the mountains; the sisters, the waters flow to (the produce of) the kine; he meets with the stones at the beloved sacrifice.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Parjanya: i.e., the rain; somaḥ is implied in mahiṣasya parṇinaḥ and is the subject of dadhe. The mountains are the grinding-stones; the navel of the earth is the oblation. svasaraḥ = fingers
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vasurbhāradvājaḥ [vasurbhāradvāja];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): pavamānaḥ somaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): jagatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
प॒र्जन्यः॑ । पि॒ता । म॒हि॒षस्य॑ । प॒र्णिनः॑ । नाभा॑ । पृ॒थि॒व्याः । गि॒रिषु॑ । क्षय॑म् । द॒धे॒ । स्वसा॑रः । आपः॑ । अ॒भि । गाः । उ॒त । अ॒स॒र॒न् । सम् । ग्राव॑ऽभिः । न॒स॒ते॒ । वी॒ते । अ॒ध्व॒रे ॥
पर्जन्यः । पिता । महिषस्य । पर्णिनः । नाभा । पृथिव्याः । गिरिषु । क्षयम् । दधे । स्वसारः । आपः । अभि । गाः । उत । असरन् । सम् । ग्रावभिः । नसते । वीते । अध्वरे ॥
parjanyaḥ | pitā | mahiṣasya | parṇinaḥ | nābhā | pṛthivyāḥ | giriṣu | kṣayam | dadhe | svasāraḥ | āpaḥ | abhi | gāḥ | uta | asaran | sam | grāva-bhiḥ | nasate | vīte | adhvare
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 9.82.3 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“cloud; Parjanya; Indra; nimbus.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“father; Pitṛ; ancestor; parent; paternal ancestor; pitṛ [word]; forefather.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“Old World buffalo; Mahiṣa; Mahiṣa.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“winged; plumed.”
[noun], locative, singular, feminine
“navel; hub; kinship; beginning; origin; umbilical cord; nābhi [word]; friendship; center.”
[noun], genitive, singular, feminine
“Earth; pṛthivī; floor; Earth; earth; pṛthivī [word]; land.”
[noun], locative, plural, masculine
“mountain; adri; rock; giri [word]; hill; śilājatu.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“dwelling; house; kṣaya [word]; home; family.”
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
“put; give; cause; get; hold; make; provide; lend; wear; install; have; enter (a state); supply; hold; take; show.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“sister; svasṛ [word].”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“water; body of water; water; ap [word]; juice; jala.”
[adverb]
“towards; on.”
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
“cow; cattle; go [word]; Earth; bull; floor; milk; beam; sunbeam; leather; hide; horn; language; bowstring; earth; ox; Svarga.”
[adverb]
“and; besides; uta [indecl.]; similarly; alike; even.”
[verb], plural, Thematic aorist (Ind.)
“sṛ; liquefy; run; spread; stretch out.”
[adverb]
“sam; together; together; saṃ.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine
“stone; millstone; grindstone; mountain.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
[verb noun], locative, singular
“approach; ask; desire; go; drive.”
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
“yajña; ceremony; adhvara [word].”