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 10.91.3
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
सु॒दक्षो॒ दक्षै॒: क्रतु॑नासि सु॒क्रतु॒रग्ने॑ क॒विः काव्ये॑नासि विश्व॒वित् । वसु॒र्वसू॑नां क्षयसि॒ त्वमेक॒ इद्द्यावा॑ च॒ यानि॑ पृथि॒वी च॒ पुष्य॑तः ॥
सुदक्षो दक्षैः क्रतुनासि सुक्रतुरग्ने कविः काव्येनासि विश्ववित् । वसुर्वसूनां क्षयसि त्वमेक इद्द्यावा च यानि पृथिवी च पुष्यतः ॥
sudakṣo dakṣaiḥ kratunāsi sukratur agne kaviḥ kāvyenāsi viśvavit | vasur vasūnāṃ kṣayasi tvam eka id dyāvā ca yāni pṛthivī ca puṣyataḥ ||
English translation:
“You, Agni, are vigorous with vigour, you are active with acts (of piety), you are wise with wisdom,knowing all things. You are the dispenser of wealth, you abide alone, you are lord of the treasures of heaven andearth.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): aruṇo vaitahavyaḥ [aruṇa vaitahavya];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛjjagatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
सु॒ऽदक्षः॑ । दक्षः॑ । क्रतु॑ना । अ॒सि॒ । सु॒ऽक्रतुः॑ । अग्ने॑ । क॒विः । काव्ये॑न । अ॒सि॒ । वि॒श्व॒ऽवित् । वसुः॑ । वसू॑नाम् । क्ष॒य॒सि॒ । त्वम् । एकः॑ । इत् । द्यावा॑ । च॒ । यानि॑ । पृ॒थि॒वी इति॑ । च॒ । पुष्य॑तः ॥
सुदक्षः । दक्षः । क्रतुना । असि । सुक्रतुः । अग्ने । कविः । काव्येन । असि । विश्ववित् । वसुः । वसूनाम् । क्षयसि । त्वम् । एकः । इत् । द्यावा । च । यानि । पृथिवी इति । च । पुष्यतः ॥
su-dakṣaḥ | dakṣaḥ | kratunā | asi | su-kratuḥ | agne | kaviḥ | kāvyena | asi | viśva-vit | vasuḥ | vasūnām | kṣayasi | tvam | ekaḥ | it | dyāvā | ca | yāni | pṛthivī iti | ca | puṣyataḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 10.91.3 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“deft; right; intelligent; expert.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine
“Dakṣa; ability; cock; fitness; will; purpose; disposition; cock.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine
“yajña; decision; plan; deliberation; intelligence; Kratu; will; kratu [word]; desire; resoluteness; ritual.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”
[adverb]
“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“yajña; decision; plan; deliberation; intelligence; Kratu; will; kratu [word]; desire; resoluteness; ritual.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“poet; wise man; bard; Venus; Uśanas; kavi [word]; Kavi; prophet; guru; Brahma.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter
“Uśanas; poem; Kāvya; wisdom.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”
[noun]
“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“conversant(p); aware(p); enlightened; understanding.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Vasu; Vasu; eight; vas; audbhida; Deva; sun; pāṃśuja; Agni.”
[noun], genitive, plural, masculine
“Vasu; Vasu; eight; vas; audbhida; Deva; sun; pāṃśuja; Agni.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“decrease; emaciate; vanish; kill; wane; destroy; run down; elapse; lose; lose; gasify; decline; decay; corrupt.”
[noun], nominative, singular
“you.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“one; single(a); alone(p); some(a); single(a); eka [word]; alone(p); excellent; each(a); some(a); one; same; alone(p); some(a); consistent; any(a); undifferentiated; disjunct.”
[adverb]
“indeed; assuredly; entirely.”
[noun], nominative, dual
“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”
[adverb]
“and; besides; then; now; even.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“Earth; pṛthivī; floor; Earth; earth; pṛthivī [word]; land.”
[adverb]
“and; besides; then; now; even.”
[verb], dual, Present indikative
“boom; grow; promote; foster.”