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 1.15.12

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

गार्ह॑पत्येन सन्त्य ऋ॒तुना॑ यज्ञ॒नीर॑सि । दे॒वान्दे॑वय॒ते य॑ज ॥
गार्हपत्येन सन्त्य ऋतुना यज्ञनीरसि । देवान्देवयते यज ॥
gārhapatyena santya ṛtunā yajñanīr asi | devān devayate yaja ||

English translation:

“Giver of rewards (Agni = santya, from san, to give), being identified with the household fire, and partaker with Ṛtu of the sacrifice, worship the gods on behalf of their adorer.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

गार्ह॑पत्येन । स॒न्त्य॒ । ऋ॒तुना॑ । य॒ज्ञ॒ऽनीः । अ॒सि॒ । दे॒वान् । दे॒व॒य॒ते । य॒ज॒ ॥
गार्हपत्येन । सन्त्य । ऋतुना । यज्ञनीः । असि । देवान् । देवयते । यज ॥
gārhapatyena | santya | ṛtunā | yajña-nīḥ | asi | devān | devayate | yaja

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 1.15.12 English analysis of grammar]

gārhapatyena < gārhapatya

[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter

santya < santyaḥ < santya

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“honest.”

ṛtunā < ṛtu

[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine

“season; turn; menstruation; ṛtu [word]; time period; order; six.”

yajñanīr < yajñanīḥ < yajñanī

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

asi < as

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”

devān < deva

[noun], accusative, plural, masculine

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

devayate < devay

[verb noun], dative, singular

“solicit.”

yaja < yaj

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“sacrifice; worship; worship.”

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