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 10.136.3

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

उन्म॑दिता॒ मौने॑येन॒ वाताँ॒ आ त॑स्थिमा व॒यम् । शरी॒रेद॒स्माकं॑ यू॒यं मर्ता॑सो अ॒भि प॑श्यथ ॥
उन्मदिता मौनेयेन वाताँ आ तस्थिमा वयम् । शरीरेदस्माकं यूयं मर्तासो अभि पश्यथ ॥
unmaditā mauneyena vātām̐ ā tasthimā vayam | śarīred asmākaṃ yūyam martāso abhi paśyatha ||

English translation:

“Exhilarated by the sanctity of the Muni we have mounted upon the winds; behold, mortals, (in them)our forms!”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): munayo vātaraśanāḥ [munaya vātaraśanāḥ];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): keśinaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): anuṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

उत्ऽम॑दिता । मौने॑येन । वाता॑न् । आ । त॒स्थि॒म॒ । व॒यम् । शरी॑रा । इत् । अ॒स्माक॑म् । यू॒यम् । मर्ता॑सः । अ॒भि । प॒श्य॒थ॒ ॥
उत्मदिता । मौनेयेन । वातान् । आ । तस्थिम । वयम् । शरीरा । इत् । अस्माकम् । यूयम् । मर्तासः । अभि । पश्यथ ॥
ut-maditā | mauneyena | vātān | ā | tasthima | vayam | śarīrā | it | asmākam | yūyam | martāsaḥ | abhi | paśyatha

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 10.136.3 English analysis of grammar]

unmaditā < unmaditāḥ < unmaday < √mad

[verb noun], nominative, plural

“madden.”

mauneyena < mauneya

[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter

“austerity.”

vātāṃ < vāta

[noun], accusative, plural, masculine

“vāta; wind; fart; Vayu; air; draft; vāta [word]; Vāta; rheumatism; Marut.”

ā

[adverb]

“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”

tasthimā < tasthima < sthā

[verb], plural, Perfect indicative

“stay; stand; situate; exist; [in]; resist; endure; put; soak; be; stop; adhere; get stale; concentrate; grow; trust; wake; consociate; last; dwell; lie; stand; stop.”

vayam < mad

[noun], nominative, plural

“I; mine.”

śarīred < śarīrā < śarīra

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“body; human body; body part; body; body; strength.”

śarīred < id

[adverb]

“indeed; assuredly; entirely.”

asmākaṃ < asmākam < mad

[noun], genitive, plural

“I; mine.”

yūyam < tvad

[noun], nominative, plural

“you.”

martāso < martāsaḥ < marta

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“man.”

abhi

[adverb]

“towards; on.”

paśyatha < paś

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“see; view; watch; meet; observe; think of; look; examine; behold; visit; understand.”

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