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 1.15.7

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

द्र॒वि॒णो॒दा द्रवि॑णसो॒ ग्राव॑हस्तासो अध्व॒रे । य॒ज्ञेषु॑ दे॒वमी॑ळते ॥
द्रविणोदा द्रविणसो ग्रावहस्तासो अध्वरे । यज्ञेषु देवमीळते ॥
draviṇodā draviṇaso grāvahastāso adhvare | yajñeṣu devam īḻate ||

English translation:

“(The priests) desirous of wealth, holding stones in their hands, praise the divine (Agni) Draviṇodas (= Agni, donor of wealth), both in the primary (e.g. Agniṣṭoma) and subsidiary (e.g. Ukthya) sacrifices.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

Grāva-hastāsaḥ, having stones in their hands, with which to bruise Soma. Grāva-vān is one of the 16 priests. Draviṇodas is an appellative of Agni; donor (das) of wealth, or of strength, draviṇa; adhvara is said to be the primary or essential ceremony, prakṛti-rūpa, e.g. agniṣṭoma; yajña related to mofied ceremonies, vikṛti-rupeṣu, e.g. ukthya, elsewhere refered to as offering with Soma: somasaṃsthayāgam

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): medhātithiḥ kāṇvaḥ [medhātithi kāṇva];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): draviṇodāḥ ;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

द्र॒वि॒णः॒ऽदाः । द्रवि॑णसः । ग्राव॑ऽहस्तासः । अ॒ध्व॒रे । य॒ज्ञेषु॑ । दे॒वम् । ई॒ळ॒ते॒ ॥
द्रविणःदाः । द्रविणसः । ग्रावहस्तासः । अध्वरे । यज्ञेषु । देवम् । ईळते ॥
draviṇaḥ-dāḥ | draviṇasaḥ | grāva-hastāsaḥ | adhvare | yajñeṣu | devam | īḷate

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 1.15.7 English analysis of grammar]

draviṇodā < draviṇaḥ < draviṇas

[noun], neuter

“property.”

draviṇodā < dāḥ <

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“giving.”

draviṇaso < draviṇasaḥ < draviṇas

[noun], genitive, singular, neuter

“property.”

grāvahastāso < grāva < grāvan

[noun], masculine

“stone; millstone; grindstone; mountain.”

grāvahastāso < hastāsaḥ < hasta

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“hand; hand; proboscis; hasta [word]; autograph.”

adhvare < adhvara

[noun], locative, singular, masculine

“yajña; ceremony; adhvara [word].”

yajñeṣu < yajña

[noun], locative, plural, masculine

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

devam < deva

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”

īḍate < īḍ

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“praise; invite; raise.”

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