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 1.3.10

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

पा॒व॒का न॒: सर॑स्वती॒ वाजे॑भिर्वा॒जिनी॑वती । य॒ज्ञं व॑ष्टु धि॒याव॑सुः ॥
पावका नः सरस्वती वाजेभिर्वाजिनीवती । यज्ञं वष्टु धियावसुः ॥
pāvakā naḥ sarasvatī vājebhir vājinīvatī | yajñaṃ vaṣṭu dhiyāvasuḥ ||

English translation:

“May Sarasvatī, the purifier, the bestower of food, the recompenser of worship with wealth, be attracted by our offered viands to our rite.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

Sarasvatī = vāg-devatā, divinity of speech]. 

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): madhucchandāḥ vaiśvāmitraḥ [madhucchandas vaiśvāmitra];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): sarasvatī;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

पा॒व॒का । नः॒ । सर॑स्वती । वाजे॑भिः । वा॒जिनी॑ऽवती । य॒ज्ञम् । व॒ष्टु॒ । धि॒याऽव॑सुः ॥
पावका । नः । सरस्वती । वाजेभिः । वाजिनीवती । यज्ञम् । वष्टु । धियावसुः ॥
pāvakā | naḥ | sarasvatī | vājebhiḥ | vājinī-vatī | yajñam | vaṣṭu | dhiyāvasuḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 1.3.10 English analysis of grammar]

pāvakā < pāvaka

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“pure; purifying; pure; āgneya; clear; bright; bright.”

naḥ < mad

[noun], genitive, plural

“I; mine.”

sarasvatī

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“Sarasvati; Sarasvatī; language; voice; speech; eloquence; balloon vine; river.”

vājebhir < vājebhiḥ < vāja

[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine

“prize; Vāja; reward; reward; Ribhus; vigor; strength; contest.”

vājinīvatī < vājinīvat

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“rich; rich in horses.”

yajñaṃ < yajñam < yajña

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“yajña; religious ceremony; Vishnu; yajña [word]; Yajña; Shiva.”

vaṣṭu < vaś

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“desire; agree; call; care; like; love.”

dhiyāvasuḥ < dhiyāvasu

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“wise.”

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