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 7.1.12
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
यम॒श्वी नित्य॑मुप॒याति॑ य॒ज्ञं प्र॒जाव॑न्तं स्वप॒त्यं क्षयं॑ नः । स्वज॑न्मना॒ शेष॑सा वावृधा॒नम् ॥
यमश्वी नित्यमुपयाति यज्ञं प्रजावन्तं स्वपत्यं क्षयं नः । स्वजन्मना शेषसा वावृधानम् ॥
yam aśvī nityam upayāti yajñam prajāvantaṃ svapatyaṃ kṣayaṃ naḥ | svajanmanā śeṣasā vāvṛdhānam ||
English translation:
“To whatsoever sacrifice the lord of horses regularly repairs, render, (Agni), our dwelling blessed withprogeny, with excellent posterity, prospering with lineal successors.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vasiṣṭhaḥ [vasiṣṭha];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): ekādaśākṣarapādaistripadāvirāḍgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
यम् । अ॒श्वी । नित्य॑म् । उ॒प॒ऽयाति॑ । य॒ज्ञम् । प्र॒जाऽव॑न्तम् । सु॒ऽअ॒प॒त्यम् । क्षय॑म् । नः॒ । स्वऽज॑न्मना । शेष॑सा । व॒वृ॒धा॒नम् ॥
यम् । अश्वी । नित्यम् । उपयाति । यज्ञम् । प्रजावन्तम् । सुअपत्यम् । क्षयम् । नः । स्वजन्मना । शेषसा । ववृधानम् ॥
yam | aśvī | nityam | upa-yāti | yajñam | prajāvantam | su-apatyam | kṣayam | naḥ | sva-janmanā | śeṣasā | vavṛdhānam
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 7.1.12 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Asvins; two.”
[adverb]
“always; continually; repeatedly.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“enter (a state); arrive; come; go.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“yajña; religious ceremony; Vishnu; yajña [word]; Yajña; Shiva.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“prolific.”
[adverb]
“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“child; offspring; patronymic; descendant.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“dwelling; house; kṣaya [word]; home; family.”
[noun], dative, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun]
“own(a); respective(a); akin(p); sva [word]; individual; present(a); independent.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter
“birth; reincarnation; lineage; origin; race; metempsychosis; parentage; descent; appearance; age; birthplace; beginning; being.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter
“offspring.”
[verb noun], accusative, singular
“increase; grow; vṛdh; increase; succeed; strengthen; grow up; spread.”