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 10.35.3

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

द्यावा॑ नो अ॒द्य पृ॑थि॒वी अना॑गसो म॒ही त्रा॑येतां सुवि॒ताय॑ मा॒तरा॑ । उ॒षा उ॒च्छन्त्यप॑ बाधताम॒घं स्व॒स्त्य१॒॑ग्निं स॑मिधा॒नमी॑महे ॥
द्यावा नो अद्य पृथिवी अनागसो मही त्रायेतां सुविताय मातरा । उषा उच्छन्त्यप बाधतामघं स्वस्त्यग्निं समिधानमीमहे ॥
dyāvā no adya pṛthivī anāgaso mahī trāyetāṃ suvitāya mātarā | uṣā ucchanty apa bādhatām aghaṃ svasty agniṃ samidhānam īmahe ||

English translation:

“May the vast maternal heaven and earth this day preserve us for our happiness, free from sin; may theopening dawn drive away our sin; we solicit the kindled fire for our welfare.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

May the opening dawn drive awayour sin: ucchanti = driving away the darkness-- ucchantī tamāṃsi bivāsayantī

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): luśo dhānākaḥ [luśa dhānāka];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): viśvedevā:;
Chandas (meter): pādanicṛjjgatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

द्यावा॑ । नः॒ । अ॒द्य । पृ॒थि॒वी इति॑ । अना॑गसः । म॒ही इति॑ । त्रा॒ये॒ता॒म् । सु॒वि॒ताय॑ । मा॒तरा॑ । उ॒षाः । उ॒च्छन्ती॑ । अप॑ । बा॒ध॒ता॒म् । अ॒घम् । स्व॒स्ति । अ॒ग्निम् । स॒म्ऽइ॒धा॒नम् । ई॒म॒हे॒ ॥
द्यावा । नः । अद्य । पृथिवी इति । अनागसः । मही इति । त्रायेताम् । सुविताय । मातरा । उषाः । उच्छन्ती । अप । बाधताम् । अघम् । स्वस्ति । अग्निम् । सम्इधानम् । ईमहे ॥
dyāvā | naḥ | adya | pṛthivī iti | anāgasaḥ | mahī iti | trāyetām | suvitāya | mātarā | uṣāḥ | ucchantī | apa | bādhatām | agham | svasti | agnim | sam-idhānam | īmahe

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 10.35.3 English analysis of grammar]

dyāvā < div

[noun], nominative, dual, masculine

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

no < naḥ < mad

[noun], accusative, plural

“I; mine.”

adya

[adverb]

“now; today; then; nowadays; adya [word].”

pṛthivī

[noun], nominative, dual, feminine

“Earth; pṛthivī; floor; Earth; earth; pṛthivī [word]; land.”

anāgaso < anāgasaḥ < anāgas

[noun], accusative, plural, masculine

“blameless; impeccant.”

mahī < mahi

[noun], nominative, dual, feminine

“great; firm.”

trāyetāṃ < trāyetām < trā

[verb], dual, Present imperative

“protect; help.”

suvitāya < suvita

[noun], dative, singular, neuter

“prosperity; well-being.”

mātarā < mātṛ

[noun], nominative, dual, feminine

“mother; mātṛkā; mātṛ [word]; parent; Salvinia cucullata Roxb.; Citrullus colocynthis Schrad.; cow.”

uṣā < uṣāḥ < uṣas

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“Ushas; dawn; uṣas [word]; morning.”

ucchanty < ucchantī < vas

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“dawn; shine.”

apa

[adverb]

“away.”

bādhatām < bādh

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“afflict; annoy; chase away; tease; grieve; irritate.”

aghaṃ < agham < agha

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“sin; evil; impurity; agha [word].”

svasty < svasti

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“prosperity; well-being; fortune; benediction; svasti [word]; well; luck.”

agniṃ < agnim < agni

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

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

sam

[adverb]

“sam; together; together; saṃ.”

idhānam < indh

[verb noun], accusative, singular

“kindle; ignite; set ablaze.”

īmahe < ī < √i

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“beg; solicit.”

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