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 10.97.3
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
ओष॑धी॒: प्रति॑ मोदध्वं॒ पुष्प॑वतीः प्र॒सूव॑रीः । अश्वा॑ इव स॒जित्व॑रीर्वी॒रुध॑: पारयि॒ष्ण्व॑: ॥
ओषधीः प्रति मोदध्वं पुष्पवतीः प्रसूवरीः । अश्वा इव सजित्वरीर्वीरुधः पारयिष्ण्वः ॥
oṣadhīḥ prati modadhvam puṣpavatīḥ prasūvarīḥ | aśvā iva sajitvarīr vīrudhaḥ pārayiṣṇvaḥ ||
English translation:
“Rejoice, plural nts, bearing abundant flowers and fruit, triumphing together (over disease) like (victorious)horses, sprouting forth, bearing (men safe) beyond (disease).”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): bhiṣagātharvaṇaḥ [bhiṣagātharvaṇa];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): auṣadhīstutiḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdanuṣṭup;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
ओष॑धीः । प्रति॑ । मो॒द॒ध्व॒म् । पुष्प॑ऽवतीः । प्र॒ऽसूव॑रीः । अश्वाः॑ऽइव । स॒ऽजित्व॑रीः । वी॒रुधः॑ । पा॒र॒यि॒ष्ण्वः॑ ॥
ओषधीः । प्रति । मोदध्वम् । पुष्पवतीः । प्रसूवरीः । अश्वाःइव । सजित्वरीः । वीरुधः । पारयिष्ण्वः ॥
oṣadhīḥ | prati | modadhvam | puṣpa-vatīḥ | pra-sūvarīḥ | aśvāḥ-iva | sa-jitvarīḥ | vīrudhaḥ | pārayiṣṇvaḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 10.97.3 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], vocative, plural, feminine
“herb; plant; drug; herb.”
[adverb]
“towards; per; regarding; respectively; according to; until.”
[verb], plural, Present imperative
“rejoice; delight; revel.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“menstruating; blooming; flowering.”
[?]
“_”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“horse; aśva [word]; Aśva; stallion.”
[adverb]
“like; as it were; somehow; just so.”
[adverb]
“with; little; together.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“victorious.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“plant; shrub.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine