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 1.24.3
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अ॒भि त्वा॑ देव सवित॒रीशा॑नं॒ वार्या॑णाम् । सदा॑वन्भा॒गमी॑महे ॥
अभि त्वा देव सवितरीशानं वार्याणाम् । सदावन्भागमीमहे ॥
abhi tvā deva savitar īśānaṃ vāryāṇām | sadāvan bhāgam īmahe ||
English translation:
“Ever-protecting Savitā, we solicit (our) portion of you, who are the lord of affluence.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
In this and the following two hymns, an appeal is made to Savitā (by the advice of Agni), not for liberation, but for riches
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): śunaḥśepa ājīgartiḥ sa kṛtrimo vaiśvāmitro devarātaḥ [śunaśepa ājīgarti sa kṛtrima vaiśvāmitra devarāta];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): savitā bhago vā ;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अ॒भि । त्वा॒ । दे॒व॒ । स॒वि॒तः॒ । ईशा॑नम् । वार्या॑णाम् । सदा॑ । अ॒व॒न् । भा॒गम् । ई॒म॒हे॒ ॥
अभि । त्वा । देव । सवितः । ईशानम् । वार्याणाम् । सदा । अवन् । भागम् । ईमहे ॥
abhi | tvā | deva | savitaḥ | īśānam | vāryāṇām | sadā | avan | bhāgam | īmahe
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.24.3 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“towards; on.”
[noun], accusative, singular
“you.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Savitar; sun; Surya; Savitṛ.”
[verb noun], accusative, singular
“govern; command; master; dominate; can; reign; control; own.”
[noun], genitive, plural, neuter
“wealth.”
[adverb]
“always; continually; always; perpetually.”
[verb noun], vocative, singular
“support; help; prefer; prefer; like.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“part; part; part; parcel; quarter; body part; location; region; allotment; part; numerator; division; application; function; outside; bhāga [word]; volume; helping.”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“go; travel; enter (a state); return; walk; continue; reach; ask.”