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 10.3.3

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

भ॒द्रो भ॒द्रया॒ सच॑मान॒ आगा॒त्स्वसा॑रं जा॒रो अ॒भ्ये॑ति प॒श्चात् । सु॒प्र॒के॒तैर्द्युभि॑र॒ग्निर्वि॒तिष्ठ॒न्रुश॑द्भि॒र्वर्णै॑र॒भि रा॒मम॑स्थात् ॥
भद्रो भद्रया सचमान आगात्स्वसारं जारो अभ्येति पश्चात् । सुप्रकेतैर्द्युभिरग्निर्वितिष्ठन्रुशद्भिर्वर्णैरभि राममस्थात् ॥
bhadro bhadrayā sacamāna āgāt svasāraṃ jāro abhy eti paścāt | supraketair dyubhir agnir vitiṣṭhan ruśadbhir varṇair abhi rāmam asthāt ||

English translation:

“He has come auspicious, waited on by the auspicious (light); he afterwards approaches his sister(dawn) like a gallant; Agni, spreading everywhere, with omniscient rays overpowers the dark (night) the brilliantbeams.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

A gallant: jāraḥ = śatruṇām jarayitā

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): tritaḥ [trita];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

भ॒द्रः । भ॒द्रया॑ । सच॑मानः । आ । अ॒गा॒त् । स्वसा॑रम् । जा॒रः । अ॒भि । ए॒ति॒ । प॒श्चात् । सु॒ऽप्र॒के॒तैः । द्युऽभिः॑ । अ॒ग्निः । वि॒ऽतिष्ठ॑न् । रुश॑त्ऽभिः । वर्णैः॑ । अ॒भि । रा॒मम् । अ॒स्था॒त् ॥
भद्रः । भद्रया । सचमानः । आ । अगात् । स्वसारम् । जारः । अभि । एति । पश्चात् । सुप्रकेतैः । द्युभिः । अग्निः । वितिष्ठन् । रुशत्भिः । वर्णैः । अभि । रामम् । अस्थात् ॥
bhadraḥ | bhadrayā | sacamānaḥ | ā | agāt | svasāram | jāraḥ | abhi | eti | paścāt | su-praketaiḥ | dyu-bhiḥ | agniḥ | vi-tiṣṭhan | ruśat-bhiḥ | varṇaiḥ | abhi | rāmam | asthāt

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 10.3.3 English analysis of grammar]

bhadro < bhadraḥ < bhadra

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“auspicious; lovely; good; happy; bhadra [word]; lucky; fine-looking; beautiful.”

bhadrayā < bhadra

[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine

“auspicious; lovely; good; happy; bhadra [word]; lucky; fine-looking; beautiful.”

sacamāna < sacamānaḥ < sac

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“accompany; follow; company; obey; participate; enter.”

āgāt < āgā < √gā

[verb], singular, Aorist inj. (proh.)

“come; arrive.”

svasāraṃ < svasāram < svasṛ

[noun], accusative, singular

“sister; svasṛ [word].”

jāro < jāraḥ < jāra

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“fancy man.”

abhy < abhi

[adverb]

“towards; on.”

eti < i

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“go; travel; enter (a state); return; walk; continue; reach; ask.”

paścāt

[adverb]

“subsequently; westward; paścāt [word]; after; back.”

supraketair < su

[adverb]

“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”

supraketair < praketaiḥ < praketa

[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine

“sight; knowledge; appearance.”

dyubhir < dyubhiḥ < div

[noun], instrumental, plural

“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”

agnir < agniḥ < agni

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”

vitiṣṭhan < viṣṭhā < √sthā

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“stand; stay; resist.”

ruśadbhir < ruśadbhiḥ < ruśat

[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine

“white; bright; bright.”

varṇair < varṇaiḥ < varṇa

[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine

“color; caste; complexion; vowel; varṇa [word]; vowel; syllable; appearance; Karat; people; beauty; varṇa; gold; color; complexion.”

abhi

[adverb]

“towards; on.”

rāmam < rāma

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“night.”

asthāt < sthā

[verb], singular, Root aorist (Ind.)

“stay; stand; situate; exist; [in]; resist; endure; put; soak; be; stop; adhere; get stale; concentrate; grow; trust; wake; consociate; last; dwell; lie; stand; stop.”

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