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 10.7.6
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
स्व॒यं य॑जस्व दि॒वि दे॑व दे॒वान्किं ते॒ पाक॑: कृणव॒दप्र॑चेताः । यथाय॑ज ऋ॒तुभि॑र्देव दे॒वाने॒वा य॑जस्व त॒न्वं॑ सुजात ॥
स्वयं यजस्व दिवि देव देवान्किं ते पाकः कृणवदप्रचेताः । यथायज ऋतुभिर्देव देवानेवा यजस्व तन्वं सुजात ॥
svayaṃ yajasva divi deva devān kiṃ te pākaḥ kṛṇavad apracetāḥ | yathāyaja ṛtubhir deva devān evā yajasva tanvaṃ sujāta ||
English translation:
“Offer sacrifice thyself, divine (Agni), to the gods in heaven; what can one who is ignorant and ofimmature understanding effect for you? As in due seasons, divine (Agni), you have sacrificed to the gods, so doyou, well- engendered (Agni), sacrifice to your won person n.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
What caṇ..for you: kim te kṛṇavat =tvayānadhiṣṭhitaḥ kiñcidapi na janāti, undirected (or unpresided over) by you he knows nothing
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): tritaḥ [trita];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
स्व॒यम् । य॒ज॒स्व॒ । दि॒वि । दे॒व॒ । दे॒वान् । किम् । ते॒ । पाकः॑ । कृ॒ण॒व॒त् । अप्र॑ऽचेताः । यथा॑ । अय॑जः । ऋ॒तुऽभिः॑ । दे॒व॒ । दे॒वान् । ए॒व । य॒ज॒स्व॒ । त॒न्व॑म् । सु॒ऽजा॒त॒ ॥
स्वयम् । यजस्व । दिवि । देव । देवान् । किम् । ते । पाकः । कृणवत् । अप्रचेताः । यथा । अयजः । ऋतुभिः । देव । देवान् । एव । यजस्व । तन्वम् । सुजात ॥
svayam | yajasva | divi | deva | devān | kim | te | pākaḥ | kṛṇavat | apra-cetāḥ | yathā | ayajaḥ | ṛtu-bhiḥ | deva | devān | eva | yajasva | tanvam | su-jāta
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 10.7.6 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“personally; spontaneously; svayam [word]; voluntarily.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“sacrifice; worship; worship.”
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“what; who; ka [pronoun].”
[noun], dative, singular
“you.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Pāka; young.”
[verb], singular, Present conjunctive (subjunctive)
“make; perform; cause; produce; shape; construct; do; put; fill into; use; fuel; transform; bore; act; write; create; prepare; administer; dig; prepare; treat; take effect; add; trace; put on; process; treat; heed; hire; act; produce; assume; eat; ignite; chop; treat; obey; manufacture; appoint; evacuate; choose; understand; insert; happen; envelop; weigh; observe; practice; lend; bring; duplicate; plant; kṛ; concentrate; mix; knot; join; take; provide; utter; compose.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“anserine.”
[adverb]
“equally; as; so that; like; how; yathā [word]; that; wherein.”
[verb], singular, Imperfect
“sacrifice; worship; worship.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine
“season; turn; menstruation; ṛtu [word]; time period; order; six.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[adverb]
“indeed; merely; thus; even; surely; same; eva [word]; successively; immediately; in truth.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“sacrifice; worship; worship.”
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
“body; self; own(a); person; form.”
[adverb]
“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”
[verb noun], vocative, singular
“become; originate; be born; transform; happen; result; grow; beget; produce; create; conceive; separate; cause; give birth; grow; produce; generate; be; become; arise; come on.”