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 3.53.4
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
जा॒येदस्तं॑ मघव॒न्त्सेदु॒ योनि॒स्तदित्त्वा॑ यु॒क्ता हर॑यो वहन्तु । य॒दा क॒दा च॑ सु॒नवा॑म॒ सोम॑म॒ग्निष्ट्वा॑ दू॒तो ध॑न्वा॒त्यच्छ॑ ॥
जायेदस्तं मघवन्त्सेदु योनिस्तदित्त्वा युक्ता हरयो वहन्तु । यदा कदा च सुनवाम सोममग्निष्ट्वा दूतो धन्वात्यच्छ ॥
jāyed astam maghavan sed u yonis tad it tvā yuktā harayo vahantu | yadā kadā ca sunavāma somam agniṣ ṭvā dūto dhanvāty accha ||
English translation:
“A man's wife, Maghavan, is hiw dwelling; verily she is his plural ce of birth; thither let your horses, harnessed (to your car), convey you; we prepare the Soma at the fit season; may Agni come as our messenger befor eyou.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
His plural ce of birth: jāyā id astam sedu yoniḥ: astam = gṛham (gṛhiṇī gṛham ucyate iti smṛteḥ; na gṛham gṛhamisyāhurgṛhi.ṇo gṛhamucyate)
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): gopavana ātreyaḥ saptavadhrirvā [gopavana ātreya saptavadhrirvā];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): svarāṭtriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
जा॒या । इत् । अस्त॑म् । म॒घ॒ऽव॒न् । सा । इत् । ऊँ॒ इति॑ । योनिः॑ । तत् । इत् । त्वा॒ । यु॒क्ताः । हर॑यः । व॒ह॒न्तु॒ । य॒दा । क॒दा । च॒ । सु॒नवा॑म । सोम॑म् । अ॒ग्न् । त्वा॒ । दू॒तः । ध॒न्वा॒ति॒ । अच्छ॑ ॥
जाया । इत् । अस्तम् । मघवन् । सा । इत् । ऊँ इति । योनिः । तत् । इत् । त्वा । युक्ताः । हरयः । वहन्तु । यदा । कदा । च । सुनवाम । सोमम् । अग्न् । त्वा । दूतः । धन्वाति । अच्छ ॥
jāyā | it | astam | magha-van | sā | it | oṃ iti | yoniḥ | tat | it | tvā | yuktāḥ | harayaḥ | vahantu | yadā | kadā | ca | sunavāma | somam | agn | tvā | dūtaḥ | dhanvāti | accha
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 3.53.4 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“wife; jāyā [word].”
[adverb]
“indeed; assuredly; entirely.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“home.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Indra; maghavan [word].”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[adverb]
“indeed; assuredly; entirely.”
[adverb]
“ukāra; besides; now; indeed; u.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“vagina; vulva; uterus; beginning; origin; reincarnation; birthplace; family; production; cause; race; grain; raw material; birth; kind; caste; kinship; bed.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[adverb]
“indeed; assuredly; entirely.”
[noun], accusative, singular
“you.”
[verb noun], nominative, plural
“mix; use; endow; yoke; accompany; to practice Yoga; connect; hire; administer; compound; affect; add; concentrate; unite; join; prosecute; combine; supply; compound; attach to; appoint; fill; process; mobilize; mount; complement; eat; join; treat; coincide; affect; challenge.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“Vishnu; monkey; Krishna; horse; lion; Indra; Hari; Surya; Hari; haritāla; Hari; snake; frog.”
[verb], plural, Present imperative
“transport; bring; marry; run; drive; vāhay; drive; run; pull; nirvāpay; blow; transport; discharge; assume; remove.”
[adverb]
“once [when]; if.”
[adverb]
“when; kadā [word].”
[adverb]
“and; besides; then; now; even.”
[verb], plural, Present imperative
“press out; su.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[noun], accusative, singular
“you.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“messenger; emissary; dūta [word].”
[verb], singular, Present conjunctive (subjunctive)
“run.”
[adverb]
“towards; accha [prefix].”