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 10.115.3
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
तं वो॒ विं न द्रु॒षदं॑ दे॒वमन्ध॑स॒ इन्दुं॒ प्रोथ॑न्तं प्र॒वप॑न्तमर्ण॒वम् । आ॒सा वह्निं॒ न शो॒चिषा॑ विर॒प्शिनं॒ महि॑व्रतं॒ न स॒रज॑न्त॒मध्व॑नः ॥
तं वो विं न द्रुषदं देवमन्धस इन्दुं प्रोथन्तं प्रवपन्तमर्णवम् । आसा वह्निं न शोचिषा विरप्शिनं महिव्रतं न सरजन्तमध्वनः ॥
taṃ vo viṃ na druṣadaṃ devam andhasa indum prothantam pravapantam arṇavam | āsā vahniṃ na śociṣā virapśinam mahivrataṃ na sarajantam adhvanaḥ ||
English translation:
“(Glorify) him, (worshippers), the divine, like a bird seated upon a tree, demanding sacrificial food,clamorous, wood-consuming, water-shedding, like one bearing (the oblation) in his mouth, mighty with radiance,simultaneously illuminating the paths, like the great functionary (the sun).”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): upastuto vārṣṭihavyaḥ [upastuta vārṣṭihavya];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): jagatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
तम् । वः॒ । विम् । न । द्रु॒ऽसद॑म् । दे॒वम् । अन्ध॑सः । इन्दु॑म् । प्रोथ॑न्तम् । प्र॒ऽवप॑न्तम् । अ॒र्ण॒वम् । आ॒सा । वह्नि॑म् । न । शो॒चिषा॑ । वि॒ऽर॒प्शिन॑म् । महि॑ऽव्रतम् । न । स॒रज॑न्तम् । अध्व॑नः ॥
तम् । वः । विम् । न । द्रुसदम् । देवम् । अन्धसः । इन्दुम् । प्रोथन्तम् । प्रवपन्तम् । अर्णवम् । आसा । वह्निम् । न । शोचिषा । विरप्शिनम् । महिव्रतम् । न । सरजन्तम् । अध्वनः ॥
tam | vaḥ | vim | na | dru-sadam | devam | andhasaḥ | indum | prothantam | pra-vapantam | arṇavam | āsā | vahnim | na | śociṣā | vi-rapśinam | mahi-vratam | na | sarajantam | adhvanaḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 10.115.3 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[noun], genitive, plural
“you.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“vi; bird; vi.”
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[noun], genitive, singular, neuter
“Soma; drink; amṛta.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“moon; Soma; drop; anusvāra; one; Candra; silver; camphor; point; juice.”
[verb noun], accusative, singular
[verb noun], accusative, singular
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“wavy; flowing.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter
“mouth.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“fire; digestion; Plumbago zeylanica; Agni; vahni; draft horse; three; sacrificial fire; Vahni; gold; southeast; citron; charioteer; leader.”
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter
“fire; flare; burn; radiance.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“exuberant; copious; ample.”
[noun]
“great; firm.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“vrata (vote); commandment; law; oath; command; rule; custom; vrata [word]; rule; behavior.”
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“way; journey; adhvan [word]; time; path; method; road; time; distance.”