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 1.13.8
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
ता सु॑जि॒ह्वा उप॑ ह्वये॒ होता॑रा॒ दैव्या॑ क॒वी । य॒ज्ञं नो॑ यक्षतामि॒मम् ॥
ता सुजिह्वा उप ह्वये होतारा दैव्या कवी । यज्ञं नो यक्षतामिमम् ॥
tā sujihvā upa hvaye hotārā daivyā kavī | yajñaṃ no yakṣatām imam ||
English translation:
“I call the two eloquent divine and sage invokers (of the gods), that they may celebrate this our sacrifice.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Two agnis: daivyau hotārau pracetasau, two divine invokers (pracetasas), who are sages (kavi)
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): medhātithiḥ kāṇvaḥ [medhātithi kāṇva];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): daivyau hotārau, pracetasau ;
Chandas (meter): pipīlikāmadhyānicṛdgāyatrī;;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
ता । सु॒ऽजि॒ह्वौ । उप॑ । ह्व॒ये॒ । होता॑रा । दैव्या॑ । क॒वी इति॑ । य॒ज्ञम् नः॒ । य॒क्ष॒ता॒म् । इ॒मम् ॥
ता । सुजिह्वौ । उप । ह्वये । होतारा । दैव्या । कवी इति । यज्ञम् नः । यक्षताम् । इमम् ॥
tā | su-jihvau | upa | hvaye | hotārā | daivyā | kavī iti | yajñam naḥ | yakṣatām | imam
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.13.8 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], accusative, dual, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[adverb]
“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”
[noun], accusative, dual, masculine
“tongue; tongue; jihvā [word]; fire.”
[adverb]
“towards; on; next.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“raise; call on; call; summon.”
[noun], accusative, dual, masculine
“Hotṛ.”
[noun], accusative, dual, masculine
“divine; divine; celestial.”
[noun], accusative, dual, masculine
“poet; wise man; bard; Venus; Uśanas; kavi [word]; Kavi; prophet; guru; Brahma.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“yajña; religious ceremony; Vishnu; yajña [word]; Yajña; Shiva.”
[noun], dative, plural
“I; mine.”
[verb], dual, Aorist conj./subj.
“sacrifice; worship; worship.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”