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 1.142.13

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

स्वाहा॑कृता॒न्या ग॒ह्युप॑ ह॒व्यानि॑ वी॒तये॑ । इन्द्रा ग॑हि श्रु॒धी हवं॒ त्वां ह॑वन्ते अध्व॒रे ॥
स्वाहाकृतान्या गह्युप हव्यानि वीतये । इन्द्रा गहि श्रुधी हवं त्वां हवन्ते अध्वरे ॥
svāhākṛtāny ā gahy upa havyāni vītaye | indrā gahi śrudhī havaṃ tvāṃ havante adhvare ||

English translation:

“Approach, Indra, to partake of the oblations consecrated with svāhā; approach and hear the invocation, as they invoke you to the sacrifice.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): dīrghatamā aucathyaḥ [dīrghatamas aucathya];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): bhuriguṣṇik ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

स्वाहा॑ऽकृतानि । आ । ग॒हि॒ । उप॑ । ह॒व्यानि॑ । वी॒तये॑ । इन्द्र॑ । आ । ग॒हि॒ । श्रु॒धि । हव॑म् । त्वाम् । ह॒व॒न्ते॒ । अ॒ध्व॒रे ॥
स्वाहाकृतानि । आ । गहि । उप । हव्यानि । वीतये । इन्द्र । आ । गहि । श्रुधि । हवम् । त्वाम् । हवन्ते । अध्वरे ॥
svāhākṛtāni | ā | gahi | upa | havyāni | vītaye | indra | ā | gahi | śrudhi | havam | tvām | havante | adhvare

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 1.142.13 English analysis of grammar]

svāhākṛtāny < svāhākṛtāni < svāhākṛta

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

ā

[adverb]

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

gahy < gahi < gam

[verb], singular, Aorist imperative

“go; situate; enter (a state); travel; disappear; [in]; elapse; leave; reach; vanish; love; walk; approach; issue; hop on; gasify; get; come; die; drain; spread; transform; happen; discharge; ride; to be located; run; detect; refer; go; shall; drive.”

upa

[adverb]

“towards; on; next.”

havyāni < havya

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“Havya; offering; havya [word].”

vītaye < vīti

[noun], dative, singular, feminine

indrā < indra

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”

indrā < ā

[adverb]

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

gahi < gam

[verb], singular, Aorist imperative

“go; situate; enter (a state); travel; disappear; [in]; elapse; leave; reach; vanish; love; walk; approach; issue; hop on; gasify; get; come; die; drain; spread; transform; happen; discharge; ride; to be located; run; detect; refer; go; shall; drive.”

śrudhī < śru

[verb], singular, Aorist imperative

“listen; come to know; hear; hear; listen; study; heed; learn.”

havaṃ < havam < hava

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“invocation.”

tvāṃ < tvām < tvad

[noun], accusative, singular

“you.”

havante < hvā

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“raise; call on; call; summon.”

adhvare < adhvara

[noun], locative, singular, masculine

“yajña; ceremony; adhvara [word].”

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