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 10.79.3
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
प्र मा॒तुः प्र॑त॒रं गुह्य॑मि॒च्छन्कु॑मा॒रो न वी॒रुध॑: सर्पदु॒र्वीः । स॒सं न प॒क्वम॑विदच्छु॒चन्तं॑ रिरि॒ह्वांसं॑ रि॒प उ॒पस्थे॑ अ॒न्तः ॥
प्र मातुः प्रतरं गुह्यमिच्छन्कुमारो न वीरुधः सर्पदुर्वीः । ससं न पक्वमविदच्छुचन्तं रिरिह्वांसं रिप उपस्थे अन्तः ॥
pra mātuḥ prataraṃ guhyam icchan kumāro na vīrudhaḥ sarpad urvīḥ | sasaṃ na pakvam avidac chucantaṃ ririhvāṃsaṃ ripa upasthe antaḥ ||
English translation:
“Longing for the abundant creepers of the maternal (earth, longing for) their more excellent concealed(root), he creeps like a child; he has found the tree shining like ripe grain, upon the lap of tthe earth, tasting (theether).”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): agniḥ saucīko, vaiśvānaro vā, saptirvā vājambharaḥ [agni saucīko, vaiśvānara vā, saptirvā vājambhara];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
प्र । मा॒तुः । प्र॒ऽत॒रम् । गुह्य॑म् । इ॒च्छन् । कु॒मा॒रः । न । वी॒रुधः॑ । स॒र्प॒त् । उ॒र्वीः । स॒मम् । न । प॒क्वम् । अ॒वि॒द॒त् । शु॒चन्त॑म् । रि॒रि॒ह्वांस॑म् । रि॒पः । उ॒पऽस्थे॑ । अ॒न्तरिति॑ ॥
प्र । मातुः । प्रतरम् । गुह्यम् । इच्छन् । कुमारः । न । वीरुधः । सर्पत् । उर्वीः । समम् । न । पक्वम् । अविदत् । शुचन्तम् । रिरिह्वांसम् । रिपः । उपस्थे । अन्तरिति ॥
pra | mātuḥ | pra-taram | guhyam | icchan | kumāraḥ | na | vīrudhaḥ | sarpat | urvīḥ | samam | na | pakvam | avidat | śucantam | ririhvāṃsam | ripaḥ | upa-sthe | antariti
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 10.79.3 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“towards; ahead.”
[noun], genitive, singular, feminine
“mother; mātṛkā; mātṛ [word]; parent; Salvinia cucullata Roxb.; Citrullus colocynthis Schrad.; cow.”
[adverb]
“farther.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“secret; concealed.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“desire; recommend; approve; seek; call; search; try; prefer; love; commend; assent; permit; choose.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“prince; male child; child; Skanda; son; kumārabandha; kumāra [word]; young person.”
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
“plant; shrub.”
[verb], singular, Present injunctive
“crawl; spread; wander.”
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
“wide; broad; great; uru [word]; much(a); excellent.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“heated; pakva; ripe; cooked; festering; baked; developed; doomed; digested; pakva [word]; suppurative; gray; fruiting; done.”
[verb], singular, Thematic aorist (Ind.)
“find; detect; marry; get; think.”
[verb noun], accusative, singular
“mourn; grieve; flame; glow; burn; repent.”
[verb noun], accusative, singular
“lick.”
[noun], genitive, singular, feminine
“deceiver.”
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“genitalia; lap; sexual desire; anus.”
[adverb]
“inside; in; antar [word]; midmost; between; among.”