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 1.88.3
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
श्रि॒ये कं वो॒ अधि॑ त॒नूषु॒ वाशी॑र्मे॒धा वना॒ न कृ॑णवन्त ऊ॒र्ध्वा । यु॒ष्मभ्यं॒ कं म॑रुतः सुजातास्तुविद्यु॒म्नासो॑ धनयन्ते॒ अद्रि॑म् ॥
श्रिये कं वो अधि तनूषु वाशीर्मेधा वना न कृणवन्त ऊर्ध्वा । युष्मभ्यं कं मरुतः सुजातास्तुविद्युम्नासो धनयन्ते अद्रिम् ॥
śriye kaṃ vo adhi tanūṣu vāśīr medhā vanā na kṛṇavanta ūrdhvā | yuṣmabhyaṃ kam marutaḥ sujātās tuvidyumnāso dhanayante adrim ||
English translation:
“Maruts, the threatening (weapons) are upon your person ns, (able to win) dominion; (to you) they praise lofty sacrifices, like (tall) trees; well-born Maruts, for you do wealthy worshippers enrich the stone (that grinds the Soma)].”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): gotamo rāhūgaṇaḥ [gotama rāhūgaṇa];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): marūtaḥ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
श्रि॒ये । कम् । वः॒ । अधि॑ । त॒नूषु॑ । वाशीः॑ । मे॒धा । वना॑ । न । कृ॒ण॒व॒न्ते॒ । ऊ॒र्ध्वा । यु॒ष्मभ्य॑म् । कम् । म॒रु॒तः॒ । सु॒ऽजा॒ताः॒ । तु॒वि॒ऽद्यु॒म्नासः॑ । ध॒न॒य॒न्ते॒ । अद्रि॑म् ॥
श्रिये । कम् । वः । अधि । तनूषु । वाशीः । मेधा । वना । न । कृणवन्ते । ऊर्ध्वा । युष्मभ्यम् । कम् । मरुतः । सुजाताः । तुविद्युम्नासः । धनयन्ते । अद्रिम् ॥
śriye | kam | vaḥ | adhi | tanūṣu | vāśīḥ | medhā | vanā | na | kṛṇavante | ūrdhvā | yuṣmabhyam | kam | marutaḥ | su-jātāḥ | tuvi-dyumnāsaḥ | dhanayante | adrim
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.88.3 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], dative, singular, feminine
“mister; Ms.; Lakshmi; good fortune; well-being; magnificence; glory; beauty; Aegle marmelos (Linn.) Correa; dignity; power; śrī [word]; śrī; prosperity; auspiciousness.”
[adverb]
“kaṃ [word].”
[noun], genitive, plural
“you.”
[adverb]
“on; from; accordingly.”
[noun], locative, plural, feminine
“body; self; own(a); person; form.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“ax; chisel.”
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
“intelligence; medhā [word]; Medhā.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“forest; wood; tree; grove; vana [word]; forest; brush.”
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[verb], plural, Present conjunctive (subjunctive)
“make; perform; cause; produce; shape; construct; do; put; fill into; use; fuel; transform; bore; act; write; create; prepare; administer; dig; prepare; treat; take effect; add; trace; put on; process; treat; heed; hire; act; produce; assume; eat; ignite; chop; treat; obey; manufacture; appoint; evacuate; choose; understand; insert; happen; envelop; weigh; observe; practice; lend; bring; duplicate; plant; kṛ; concentrate; mix; knot; join; take; provide; utter; compose.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“upper; up(a); upper; upward; erect; more(a); raised; ūrdhva [word]; acclivitous; overturned; loud; eminent; high.”
[noun], dative, plural
“you.”
[adverb]
“kaṃ [word].”
[noun], vocative, plural, masculine
“Marut; vāta; wind; Vayu.”
[adverb]
“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”
[verb noun], vocative, plural
“become; originate; be born; transform; happen; result; grow; beget; produce; create; conceive; separate; cause; give birth; grow; produce; generate; be; become; arise; come on.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
[verb], plural, Present indikative
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“mountain; rock; seven; stone; adri; grindstone; adri; rock.”