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 10.172.3

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

पि॒तु॒भृतो॒ न तन्तु॒मित्सु॒दान॑व॒: प्रति॑ दध्मो॒ यजा॑मसि ॥
पितुभृतो न तन्तुमित्सुदानवः प्रति दध्मो यजामसि ॥
pitubhṛto na tantum it sudānavaḥ prati dadhmo yajāmasi ||

English translation:

“Like bearers of food, liberal in our gifts, we spread the thread (of sacrifice before the dawn), andworship (her).”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): saṃvartaḥ [saṃvarta];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): uṣāḥ ;
Chandas (meter): pipīlikāmadhyāgāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

पि॒तु॒ऽभृतः॑ । न । तन्तु॑म् । इत् । सु॒ऽदान॑वः । प्रति॑ । द॒ध्मः॒ । यजा॑मसि ॥
पितुभृतः । न । तन्तुम् । इत् । सुदानवः । प्रति । दध्मः । यजामसि ॥
pitu-bhṛtaḥ | na | tantum | it | su-dānavaḥ | prati | dadhmaḥ | yajāmasi

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 10.172.3 English analysis of grammar]

pitubhṛto < pitu

[noun], masculine

“food.”

pitubhṛto < bhṛtaḥ < bhṛt

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“endowed; bringing; carrying.”

na

[adverb]

“not; like; no; na [word].”

tantum < tantu

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“thread; fiber; lineage; cobweb; fibril; stalk.”

it < id

[adverb]

“indeed; assuredly; entirely.”

sudānavaḥ < sudānu

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“big; lavish.”

prati

[adverb]

“towards; per; regarding; respectively; according to; until.”

dadhmo < dadhmaḥ < dhā

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“put; give; cause; get; hold; make; provide; lend; wear; install; have; enter (a state); supply; hold; take; show.”

yajāmasi < yaj

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“sacrifice; worship; worship.”

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