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 10.17.3
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
पू॒षा त्वे॒तश्च्या॑वयतु॒ प्र वि॒द्वानन॑ष्टपशु॒र्भुव॑नस्य गो॒पाः । स त्वै॒तेभ्य॒: परि॑ ददत्पि॒तृभ्यो॒ऽग्निर्दे॒वेभ्य॑: सुविद॒त्रिये॑भ्यः ॥
पूषा त्वेतश्च्यावयतु प्र विद्वाननष्टपशुर्भुवनस्य गोपाः । स त्वैतेभ्यः परि ददत्पितृभ्योऽग्निर्देवेभ्यः सुविदत्रियेभ्यः ॥
pūṣā tvetaś cyāvayatu pra vidvān anaṣṭapaśur bhuvanasya gopāḥ | sa tvaitebhyaḥ pari dadat pitṛbhyo 'gnir devebhyaḥ suvidatriyebhyaḥ ||
English translation:
“May the discriminating Pūṣan, whose cattle are never lost, the protector of all beings, transfer youhence (to a better world); may he give you to these Pitṛs; may Agni (give) you to the beneficent gods.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
This andthe following three ṛcas are to be recited at the funeral rites of a man who has been duly initiated, dīkṣita
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): devaśravā yāmāyanaḥ [devaśravā yāmāyana];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): pūṣā ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
पू॒षा । त्वा॒ । इ॒तः । च्य॒व॒य॒तु॒ । प्र । वि॒द्वान् । अन॑ष्टऽपशुः । भुव॑नस्य । गो॒पाः । सः । त्वा॒ । ए॒तेभ्यः॑ । परि॑ । द॒द॒त् । पि॒तृऽभ्यः॑ । अ॒ग्निः । दे॒वेभ्यः॑ । सु॒ऽवि॒द॒त्रिये॑भ्यः ॥
पूषा । त्वा । इतः । च्यवयतु । प्र । विद्वान् । अनष्टपशुः । भुवनस्य । गोपाः । सः । त्वा । एतेभ्यः । परि । ददत् । पितृभ्यः । अग्निः । देवेभ्यः । सुविदत्रियेभ्यः ॥
pūṣā | tvā | itaḥ | cyavayatu | pra | vidvān | anaṣṭa-paśuḥ | bhuvanasya | gopāḥ | saḥ | tvā | etebhyaḥ | pari | dadat | pitṛ-bhyaḥ | agniḥ | devebhyaḥ | su-vidatr iyebhyaḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 10.17.3 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Pushan; pūṣan [word]; sun.”
[noun], accusative, singular
“you.”
[adverb]
“from here; therefore.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“chase away; remove; move.”
[adverb]
“towards; ahead.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“know; diagnose; perceive; know; accord; notice; deem; mind; learn; specify; watch; recognize; detect; call.”
[adverb]
“not; akāra; a [taddhita]; a [word]; a; a.”
[verb noun]
“disappear; vanish; gasify; fail; perish; lose; bhasmībhū.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“domestic animal; sacrificial animal; animal; cattle; Paśu; stupid; Paśu; herd; goat.”
[noun], genitive, singular, neuter
“Earth; being; world; bhuvana [word].”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“herder; defender.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[noun], accusative, singular
“you.”
[noun], dative, plural, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); etad [word].”
[adverb]
“from; about; around.”
[verb], singular, Present conjunctive (subjunctive)
“give; add; perform; put; administer; fill into; give; ignite; put on; offer; use; fuel; pour; grant; feed; teach; construct; insert; drip; wrap; pay; hand over; lend; inflict; concentrate; sacrifice; splint; poultice; create.”
[noun], dative, plural, masculine
“father; Pitṛ; ancestor; parent; paternal ancestor; pitṛ [word]; forefather.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[noun], dative, plural, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[noun], dative, plural, masculine
“gracious.”