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 10.11.3
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
सो चि॒न्नु भ॒द्रा क्षु॒मती॒ यश॑स्वत्यु॒षा उ॑वास॒ मन॑वे॒ स्व॑र्वती । यदी॑मु॒शन्त॑मुश॒तामनु॒ क्रतु॑म॒ग्निं होता॑रं वि॒दथा॑य॒ जीज॑नन् ॥
सो चिन्नु भद्रा क्षुमती यशस्वत्युषा उवास मनवे स्वर्वती । यदीमुशन्तमुशतामनु क्रतुमग्निं होतारं विदथाय जीजनन् ॥
so cin nu bhadrā kṣumatī yaśasvaty uṣā uvāsa manave svarvatī | yad īm uśantam uśatām anu kratum agniṃ hotāraṃ vidathāya jījanan ||
English translation:
“The very auspicious, resounding, famous Dawn, ascends bringing the sun to man; when for thesacrifice after the worship they give birth to that Agni, the desirer, the invoker of the desiring (gods).”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): havirdhāna āṅgiḥ [havirdhāna āṅgi];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): virāṭjagatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
सो इति॑ । चि॒त् । नु । भ॒द्रा । क्षु॒ऽमती॑ । यश॑स्वती । उ॒षाः । उ॒वा॒स॒ । मन॑वे । स्वः॑ऽवती । यत् । ई॒म् । उ॒शन्त॑म् । उ॒श॒ताम् । अनु॑ । ऋतु॑म् । अ॒ग्निम् । होता॑रम् । वि॒दथा॑य । जीज॑नन् ॥
सो इति । चित् । नु । भद्रा । क्षुमती । यशस्वती । उषाः । उवास । मनवे । स्वःवती । यत् । ईम् । उशन्तम् । उशताम् । अनु । ऋतुम् । अग्निम् । होतारम् । विदथाय । जीजनन् ॥
so iti | cit | nu | bhadrā | kṣu-matī | yaśasvatī | uṣāḥ | uvāsa | manave | svaḥ-vatī | yat | īm | uśantam | uśatām | anu | ṛtum | agnim | hotāram | vidathāya | jījanan
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 10.11.3 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[adverb]
“ukāra; besides; now; indeed; u.”
[adverb]
“even; indeed.”
[adverb]
“now; already.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“auspicious; lovely; good; happy; bhadra [word]; lucky; fine-looking; beautiful.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“Ushas; dawn; uṣas [word]; morning.”
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
“dawn; shine.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“Manu; mantra; Manusmṛti; fourteen; man; manu [word]; Vaivasvata; incantation; sacred text.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“bright; bright.”
[adverb]
“once [when]; because; that; if; how.”
[adverb]
[verb noun], accusative, singular
“desire; agree; call; care; like; love.”
[verb noun], genitive, plural
“desire; agree; call; care; like; love.”
[adverb]
“subsequently; behind; along; towards; because.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“yajña; decision; plan; deliberation; intelligence; Kratu; will; kratu [word]; desire; resoluteness; ritual.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“Hotṛ.”
[noun], dative, singular, neuter
“meeting; wisdom; council.”
[verb], plural, Aorist inj. (proh.)
“become; originate; be born; transform; happen; result; grow; beget; produce; create; conceive; separate; cause; give birth; grow; produce; generate; be; become; arise; come on.”