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 3.28.1

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अग्ने॑ जु॒षस्व॑ नो ह॒विः पु॑रो॒ळाशं॑ जातवेदः । प्रा॒त॒:सा॒वे धि॑यावसो ॥
अग्ने जुषस्व नो हविः पुरोळाशं जातवेदः । प्रातःसावे धियावसो ॥
agne juṣasva no haviḥ puroḻāśaṃ jātavedaḥ | prātaḥsāve dhiyāvaso ||

English translation:

Agni, by whom all is known, who rewards pious acts with wealth, accept our cakes offered with butter at the morning worships.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): gopavana ātreyaḥ saptavadhrirvā [gopavana ātreya saptavadhrirvā];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अग्ने॑ । जु॒षस्व॑ । नः॒ । ह॒विः । पु॒रो॒ळाश॑म् । जा॒त॒ऽवे॒दः॒ । प्रा॒तः॒ऽसा॒वे । धि॒या॒व॒सो॒ इति॑ धियाऽवसो ॥
अग्ने । जुषस्व । नः । हविः । पुरोळाशम् । जातवेदः । प्रातःसावे । धियावसो इति धियावसो ॥
agne | juṣasva | naḥ | haviḥ | puroḷāśam | jāta-vedaḥ | prātaḥ-sāve | dhiyāvaso itidhiyāvaso

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 3.28.1 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.”

juṣasva < juṣ

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“enjoy; endow; possess; frequent; accompany; induce; consume; approve; affect; attend; befit; blend; contract.”

no < naḥ < mad

[noun], genitive, plural

“I; mine.”

haviḥ < havis

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“Havya; offering; ghee; havis [word].”

puroḍāśaṃ < puroḍāśam < puroḍāś

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“puroḍāśa.”

jātavedaḥ < jātavedas

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“Agni; fire.”

prātaḥsāve < prātaḥsāva

[noun], locative, singular, masculine

dhiyāvaso < dhiyāvasu

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“wise.”

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