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 1.141.11
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अ॒स्मे र॒यिं न स्वर्थं॒ दमू॑नसं॒ भगं॒ दक्षं॒ न प॑पृचासि धर्ण॒सिम् । र॒श्मीँरि॑व॒ यो यम॑ति॒ जन्म॑नी उ॒भे दे॒वानां॒ शंस॑मृ॒त आ च॑ सु॒क्रतु॑: ॥
अस्मे रयिं न स्वर्थं दमूनसं भगं दक्षं न पपृचासि धर्णसिम् । रश्मीँरिव यो यमति जन्मनी उभे देवानां शंसमृत आ च सुक्रतुः ॥
asme rayiṃ na svarthaṃ damūnasam bhagaṃ dakṣaṃ na papṛcāsi dharṇasim | raśmīm̐r iva yo yamati janmanī ubhe devānāṃ śaṃsam ṛta ā ca sukratuḥ ||
English translation:
“In like manner as you confer upon us riches, (so you bestow upon us) a well-disposed, docile, and energetic (son); the receptacle (of learning and other merits), one who is the performer of holy rites, Agni, who regulates as it were his own rays, (and the condition) both (his) births, (or heaven and earth), he regulates at (our) sacrifice the adoration of the gods.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Riches: rayim na svartham bhagam dakṣam na dharnasim: putram, a son is added; dakṣam na = dakṣa-like, or, utsāhavantam, having energy;
Bhaga = sarvair bhajantyam, to be enjoyed, or approved by all;
Dharṇasim = vidyāder dharaṇa kuśalam, skilful in containing knowledge
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): dīrghatamā aucathyaḥ [dīrghatamas aucathya];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): jagatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अ॒स्मे इति॑ । र॒यिम् । न । सु॒ऽअर्थ॑म् । दमू॑नसम् । भग॑न् । दक्ष॑म् । न । प॒पृ॒चा॒सि॒ । ध॒र्ण॒सिम् । र॒श्मीन्ऽइ॑व । यः । यम॑ति । जन्म॑नी॒ इति॑ । उ॒भे इति॑ । दे॒वाना॑म् । शंस॑म् । ऋ॒ते । आ । च॒ । सु॒ऽक्रतुः॑ ॥
अस्मे इति । रयिम् । न । सुअर्थम् । दमूनसम् । भगन् । दक्षम् । न । पपृचासि । धर्णसिम् । रश्मीन्इव । यः । यमति । जन्मनी इति । उभे इति । देवानाम् । शंसम् । ऋते । आ । च । सुक्रतुः ॥
asme iti | rayim | na | su-artham | damūnasam | bhagan | dakṣam | na | papṛcāsi | dhaṇarsim | raśmīn-iva | yaḥ | yamati | janmanī iti | ubhe iti | devānām | śaṃsam | ṛte | ā | ca | su-kratuḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.141.11 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], dative, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“wealth; property.”
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[adverb]
“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“for; meaning; purpose; sense; wealth; object of sense; matter; aim; money; message; object; artha [word]; wealth; function; content; topic; property; situation; reason; affair; concern; reason; enterprise; reason; cause; five; application; application.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“master.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“Bhaga; vulva; good fortune; vagina; bhaga [word]; sun; well-being; happiness; overlord.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“Dakṣa; ability; cock; fitness; will; purpose; disposition; cock.”
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[verb], singular, Perfect conjunctive (subj.)
“mix; unite.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“permanent; firm.”
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
“beam; rein; sunbeam; shininess; cord.”
[adverb]
“like; as it were; somehow; just so.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[verb], singular, Aorist conj./subj.
“concentrate; grant; restrain; cause; control; offer; cover; raise.”
[noun], accusative, dual, neuter
“birth; reincarnation; lineage; origin; race; metempsychosis; parentage; descent; appearance; age; birthplace; beginning; being.”
[noun], accusative, dual, neuter
“both(a).”
[noun], genitive, plural, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“praise; śaṃs; recitation.”
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“truth; order; fixed order; ṛta [word]; law; custom; custom.”
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[adverb]
“and; besides; then; now; even.”
[adverb]
“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“yajña; decision; plan; deliberation; intelligence; Kratu; will; kratu [word]; desire; resoluteness; ritual.”