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 10.121.8
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
यश्चि॒दापो॑ महि॒ना प॒र्यप॑श्य॒द्दक्षं॒ दधा॑ना ज॒नय॑न्तीर्य॒ज्ञम् । यो दे॒वेष्वधि॑ दे॒व एक॒ आसी॒त्कस्मै॑ दे॒वाय॑ ह॒विषा॑ विधेम ॥
यश्चिदापो महिना पर्यपश्यद्दक्षं दधाना जनयन्तीर्यज्ञम् । यो देवेष्वधि देव एक आसीत्कस्मै देवाय हविषा विधेम ॥
yaś cid āpo mahinā paryapaśyad dakṣaṃ dadhānā janayantīr yajñam | yo deveṣv adhi deva eka āsīt kasmai devāya haviṣā vidhema ||
English translation:
“He who by his might beheld the waters all around containing the creative power and giving birth tosacrifice, he who among the gods was the one supreme god -- let us offer worship with an oblation to the divineKa.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): hiraṇyagarbhaḥ prājāpatyaḥ [hiraṇyagarbha prājāpatya];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): kaḥ;
Chandas (meter): triṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
यः । चि॒त् । आपः॑ । म॒हि॒ना । प॒रि॒ऽअप॑श्यत् । दक्ष॑म् । दधा॑नाः । ज॒नय॑न्तीः । य॒ज्ञम् । यः । दे॒वेषु॑ । अधि॑ । दे॒वः । एकः॑ । आसी॑त् । कस्मै॑ । दे॒वाय॑ । ह॒विषा॑ । वि॒धे॒म॒ ॥
यः । चित् । आपः । महिना । परिअपश्यत् । दक्षम् । दधानाः । जनयन्तीः । यज्ञम् । यः । देवेषु । अधि । देवः । एकः । आसीत् । कस्मै । देवाय । हविषा । विधेम ॥
yaḥ | cit | āpaḥ | mahinā | pari-apaśyat | dakṣam | dadhānāḥ | janayantīḥ | yajñam | yaḥ | deveṣu | adhi | devaḥ | ekaḥ | āsīt | kasmai | devāya | haviṣā | vidhema
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 10.121.8 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[adverb]
“even; indeed.”
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
“water; body of water; water; ap [word]; juice; jala.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter
“greatness.”
[verb], singular, Imperfect
“read.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“Dakṣa; ability; cock; fitness; will; purpose; disposition; cock.”
[verb noun], accusative, plural
“put; give; cause; get; hold; make; provide; lend; wear; install; have; enter (a state); supply; hold; take; show.”
[verb noun], accusative, plural
“cause; give birth; produce; beget; generate; originate; create; create; make.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“yajña; religious ceremony; Vishnu; yajña [word]; Yajña; Shiva.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], locative, plural, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[adverb]
“on; from; accordingly.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“one; single(a); alone(p); some(a); single(a); eka [word]; alone(p); excellent; each(a); some(a); one; same; alone(p); some(a); consistent; any(a); undifferentiated; disjunct.”
[verb], singular, Imperfect
“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“what; who; ka [pronoun].”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter
“Havya; offering; ghee; havis [word].”
[verb], plural, Present optative
“worship; offer.”