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 1.31.8
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
त्वं नो॑ अग्ने स॒नये॒ धना॑नां य॒शसं॑ का॒रुं कृ॑णुहि॒ स्तवा॑नः । ऋ॒ध्याम॒ कर्मा॒पसा॒ नवे॑न दे॒वैर्द्या॑वापृथिवी॒ प्राव॑तं नः ॥
त्वं नो अग्ने सनये धनानां यशसं कारुं कृणुहि स्तवानः । ऋध्याम कर्मापसा नवेन देवैर्द्यावापृथिवी प्रावतं नः ॥
tvaṃ no agne sanaye dhanānāṃ yaśasaṃ kāruṃ kṛṇuhi stavānaḥ | ṛdhyāma karmāpasā navena devair dyāvāpṛthivī prāvataṃ naḥ ||
English translation:
“Agni, who are praised by us for the sake of wealth, render illustrious the performer of the rite; may we improve the act by a new offspring (given by you). Preserve us, heaven and earth, along with the gods.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): hiraṇyastūpa āṅgirasaḥ [hiraṇyastūpa āṅgirasa];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): virāṭtrisṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
त्वम् । नः॒ । अ॒ग्ने॒ । स॒नये॑ । धना॑नाम् । य॒शस॑म् । का॒रुम् । कृ॒णु॒हि॒ । स्तवा॑नः । ऋ॒ध्याम॑ । कर्म॑ । अ॒पसा॑ । नवे॑न । दे॒वैः । द्या॒वा॒पृ॒थि॒वी॒ इति॑ । प्र । अ॒व॒त॒म् । नः॒ ॥
त्वम् । नः । अग्ने । सनये । धनानाम् । यशसम् । कारुम् । कृणुहि । स्तवानः । ऋध्याम । कर्म । अपसा । नवेन । देवैः । द्यावापृथिवी इति । प्र । अवतम् । नः ॥
tvam | naḥ | agne | sanaye | dhanānām | yaśasam | kārum | kṛṇuhi | stavānaḥ | ṛdhyāma | karma | apasā | navena | devaiḥ | dyāvāpṛthivī iti | pra | avatam | naḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.31.8 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular
“you.”
[noun], genitive, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[noun], dative, singular, feminine
“gain.”
[noun], genitive, plural, neuter
“wealth; property; money; treasure; prize; dhana [word]; valuable; dhan; capital; fight.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“esteemed; celebrated; glorious; honorable.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“poet; singer.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“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.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“laud; praise; declare; stu.”
[verb], plural, Aorist optative
“boom; stick to.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“action; saṃskāra; ritual; procedure; karman; treatment; object; function; production; job; operation; karman [word]; act; job; passive voice; activity; consequence; function; yajña; pañcakarman; cooking; occupation; profession; construction; duty; method; natural process; duty; therapy.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter
“work; deed.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter
“new; fresh; young; matutinal; recent; nava [word]; modern; fresh.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[noun], vocative, dual, feminine
“heaven and earth; dyāvāpṛthivī [word].”
[verb], dual, Present imperative
“help; promote.”
[noun], accusative, plural
“I; mine.”