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 1.105.13

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अग्ने॒ तव॒ त्यदु॒क्थ्यं॑ दे॒वेष्व॒स्त्याप्य॑म् । स न॑: स॒त्तो म॑नु॒ष्वदा दे॒वान्य॑क्षि वि॒दुष्ट॑रो वि॒त्तं मे॑ अ॒स्य रो॑दसी ॥
अग्ने तव त्यदुक्थ्यं देवेष्वस्त्याप्यम् । स नः सत्तो मनुष्वदा देवान्यक्षि विदुष्टरो वित्तं मे अस्य रोदसी ॥
agne tava tyad ukthyaṃ deveṣv asty āpyam | sa naḥ satto manuṣvad ā devān yakṣi viduṣṭaro vittam me asya rodasī ||

English translation:

“Worthy of praise, Agni, is that your relationship 9with the gods), do you, who are most wise, seated at our (solemnity) worship (the gods), as (at the sacrifice of) Manu.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): āptyastrita āṅgirasaḥ kutso vā [āptyastrita āṅgirasa kutsa vā];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): viśvedevā:;
Chandas (meter): mahābṛhatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अग्ने॑ । तव॑ । त्यत् । उ॒क्थ्य॑म् । दे॒वेषु॑ । अ॒स्ति॒ । आप्य॑म् । सः । नः॒ । स॒त्तः । म॒नु॒ष्वत् । आ । दे॒वान् । य॒क्षि॒ । वि॒दुःऽत॑रः । वि॒त्तम् । मे॒ । अ॒स्य । रो॒द॒सी॒ इति॑ ॥
अग्ने । तव । त्यत् । उक्थ्यम् । देवेषु । अस्ति । आप्यम् । सः । नः । सत्तः । मनुष्वत् । आ । देवान् । यक्षि । विदुःतरः । वित्तम् । मे । अस्य । रोदसी इति ॥
agne | tava | tyat | ukthyam | deveṣu | asti | āpyam | saḥ | naḥ | sattaḥ | manuṣvat | ā | devān | yakṣi | viduḥ-taraḥ | vittam | me | asya | rodasī iti

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 1.105.13 English analysis of grammar]

agne < agni

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”

tava < tvad

[noun], genitive, singular

“you.”

tyad < tya

[noun], nominative, singular, neuter

“that.”

ukthyaṃ < ukthyam < ukthya

[noun], nominative, singular, neuter

“applaudable.”

deveṣv < deveṣu < deva

[noun], locative, plural, masculine

“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”

asty < asti < as

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”

āpyam < āpya

[noun], nominative, singular, neuter

“friendship.”

sa < tad

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”

naḥ < mad

[noun], genitive, plural

“I; mine.”

satto < sattaḥ < sad

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“sit down; break down; slow; sink; crumble; fracture; perish; ride; stop; besiege; tire.”

manuṣvad < manuṣvat

[adverb]

ā

[adverb]

“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”

devān < deva

[noun], accusative, plural, masculine

“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”

yakṣi < yaj

[verb], singular, Present conjunctive (subjunctive)

“sacrifice; worship; worship.”

viduṣṭaro < viduṣṭaraḥ < viduṣṭara

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

vittam < vid

[verb], dual, Present imperative

“know; diagnose; perceive; know; accord; notice; deem; mind; learn; specify; watch; recognize; detect; call.”

me < mad

[noun], genitive, singular

“I; mine.”

asya < idam

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

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

rodasī < rodas

[noun], vocative, dual, neuter

“heaven and earth; Earth.”

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