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 10.144.3

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

घृषु॑: श्ये॒नाय॒ कृत्व॑न आ॒सु स्वासु॒ वंस॑गः । अव॑ दीधेदही॒शुव॑: ॥
घृषुः श्येनाय कृत्वन आसु स्वासु वंसगः । अव दीधेदहीशुवः ॥
ghṛṣuḥ śyenāya kṛtvana āsu svāsu vaṃsagaḥ | ava dīdhed ahīśuvaḥ ||

English translation:

“May the brilliant, (Indra), who is a benefactor among thwese his own (people), for the sake ofthe hymn; Suparṇa, the son of the Tārk.sya. ahiśuvaḥ = name of an asura; the subject of the verb may beSoma and not Indra].”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): suparṇastārkṣyaputra ūrdhvakṛśano vā yāmāyanaḥ [suparṇastārkṣyaputra ūrdhvakṛśana vā yāmāyana];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

घृषुः॑ । श्ये॒नाय॑ । कृत्व॑ने । आ॒सु । स्वासु॑ । वंस॑गः । अव॑ । दी॒धे॒त् । अ॒ही॒शुवः॑ ॥
घृषुः । श्येनाय । कृत्वने । आसु । स्वासु । वंसगः । अव । दीधेत् । अहीशुवः ॥
ghṛṣuḥ | śyenāya | kṛtvane | āsu | svāsu | vaṃsagaḥ | ava | dīdhet | ahīśuvaḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 10.144.3 English analysis of grammar]

ghṛṣuḥ < ghṛṣu

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

śyenāya < śyena

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

“hawk; bird of prey; falcon; Śyena; eagle; śyena [word]; Śyena.”

kṛtvana < kṛtvane < kṛtvan

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

“busy.”

āsu < idam

[noun], locative, plural, feminine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”

svāsu < sva

[noun], locative, plural, feminine

“own(a); respective(a); akin(p); sva [word]; individual; present(a); independent.”

vaṃsagaḥ < vaṃsaga

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“bull.”

ava

[adverb]

“down.”

dīdhed < dīdhet < dhī

[verb], singular, Imperfect

“think; desire; chew over.”

ahīśuvaḥ < ahīśuva

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“Ahīśuva.”

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