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 10.64.3
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
नरा॑ वा॒ शंसं॑ पू॒षण॒मगो॑ह्यम॒ग्निं दे॒वेद्ध॑म॒भ्य॑र्चसे गि॒रा । सूर्या॒मासा॑ च॒न्द्रम॑सा य॒मं दि॒वि त्रि॒तं वात॑मु॒षस॑म॒क्तुम॒श्विना॑ ॥
नरा वा शंसं पूषणमगोह्यमग्निं देवेद्धमभ्यर्चसे गिरा । सूर्यामासा चन्द्रमसा यमं दिवि त्रितं वातमुषसमक्तुमश्विना ॥
narā vā śaṃsam pūṣaṇam agohyam agniṃ deveddham abhy arcase girā | sūryāmāsā candramasā yamaṃ divi tritaṃ vātam uṣasam aktum aśvinā ||
English translation:
“Adore with praises Nārāśaṃsa and Pūṣan, and the unapproachable Agni kindled by the devoutAśvins.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Trita: tritam = stretched, i.e., diffused through his own might over the three worlds, i.e., Indra;
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): gayaḥ plātaḥ [gaya plāta];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): viśvedevā:;
Chandas (meter): virāḍjagatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
नरा॒शंस॑म् । वा॒ । पू॒षण॑म् । अगो॑ह्यम् । अ॒ग्निम् । दे॒वऽइ॑द्धम् । अ॒भि । अ॒र्च॒से॒ । गि॒रा । सूर्या॒मासा॑ । च॒न्द्रम॑सा । य॒मम् । दि॒वि । त्रि॒तम् । वात॑म् । उ॒षस॑म् । अ॒क्तुम् । अ॒श्विना॑ ॥
नराशंसम् । वा । पूषणम् । अगोह्यम् । अग्निम् । देवइद्धम् । अभि । अर्चसे । गिरा । सूर्यामासा । चन्द्रमसा । यमम् । दिवि । त्रितम् । वातम् । उषसम् । अक्तुम् । अश्विना ॥
narāśaṃsam | vā | pūṣaṇam | agohyam | agnim | deva-iddham | abhi | arcase | girā | sūryāmāsā | candramasā | yamam | divi | tritam | vātam | uṣasam | aktum | aśvinā
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 10.64.3 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], accusative, dual, masculine
“man; man; Nara; person; people; Nara; Puruṣa; nara [word]; servant; hero.”
[adverb]
“or; optionally; either.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“speaking.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“Pushan; pūṣan [word]; sun.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[noun], masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[verb noun], accusative, singular
“kindle; ignite; set ablaze.”
[adverb]
“towards; on.”
[verb], singular, Aorist inj. (proh.)
“sing; worship; honor; praise; welcome.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine
“hymn; praise; voice; words; invocation; command; statement; cry; language.”
[noun], accusative, dual, masculine
“moon.”
[noun], accusative, dual, masculine
“moon; Candra; candramas.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“Yama; yama; twin; yam; Yama; two; bridle; yama [word]; Asvins.”
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“Trita.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“vāta; wind; fart; Vayu; air; draft; vāta [word]; Vāta; rheumatism; Marut.”
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
“Ushas; dawn; uṣas [word]; morning.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“night; dark; beam.”
[noun], accusative, dual, masculine
“Asvins; two.”