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 1.31.9
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
त्वं नो॑ अग्ने पि॒त्रोरु॒पस्थ॒ आ दे॒वो दे॒वेष्व॑नवद्य॒ जागृ॑विः । त॒नू॒कृद्बो॑धि॒ प्रम॑तिश्च का॒रवे॒ त्वं क॑ल्याण॒ वसु॒ विश्व॒मोपि॑षे ॥
त्वं नो अग्ने पित्रोरुपस्थ आ देवो देवेष्वनवद्य जागृविः । तनूकृद्बोधि प्रमतिश्च कारवे त्वं कल्याण वसु विश्वमोपिषे ॥
tvaṃ no agne pitror upastha ā devo deveṣv anavadya jāgṛviḥ | tanūkṛd bodhi pramatiś ca kārave tvaṃ kalyāṇa vasu viśvam opiṣe ||
English translation:
“Irreproachable Agni, a vigilant god amongst the gods, (abiding) in the proximity of (your) parents, and bestowing upon us embodied (progeny), aweke us. Be well disposed to the offerer of the oblation; for you, auspicious Agni, grant all riches.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): hiraṇyastūpa āṅgirasaḥ [hiraṇyastūpa āṅgirasa];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): triṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
त्वम् । नः॒ । अ॒ग्ने॒ । पि॒त्रोः । उ॒पऽस्थे॑ । आ । दे॒वः । दे॒वेषु॑ । अ॒न॒व॒द्य॒ । जागृ॑विः । त॒नू॒ऽकृत् । बो॒धि॒ । प्रऽम॑तिः । च॒ । का॒रवे॑ । त्वम् । क॒ल्या॒ण॒ । वसु॑ । विश्व॑म् । आ । ऊ॒पि॒षे॒ ॥
त्वम् । नः । अग्ने । पित्रोः । उपस्थे । आ । देवः । देवेषु । अनवद्य । जागृविः । तनूकृत् । बोधि । प्रमतिः । च । कारवे । त्वम् । कल्याण । वसु । विश्वम् । आ । ऊपिषे ॥
tvam | naḥ | agne | pitroḥ | upa-sthe | ā | devaḥ | deveṣu | anavadya | jāgṛviḥ | tanū-kṛt | bodhi | pra-matiḥ | ca | kārave | tvam | kalyāṇa | vasu | viśvam | ā | ūpiṣe
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.31.9 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular
“you.”
[noun], dative, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[noun], genitive, dual, masculine
“father; Pitṛ; ancestor; parent; paternal ancestor; pitṛ [word]; forefather.”
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“genitalia; lap; sexual desire; anus.”
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[noun], locative, plural, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“blameless; faultless.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“attentive; argus-eyed; light.”
[noun], feminine
“body; self; own(a); person; form.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“causing; making; performing; promotive; producing; doing; acting; writing; transforming; effecting.”
[verb], singular, Aorist imperative
“become; be; originate; transform; happen; result; exist; be born; be; be; come to life; grow; elapse; come to mind; thrive; become; impend; show; conceive; understand; stand; constitute; serve; apply; behave.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“care; solicitude; caution; providence.”
[adverb]
“and; besides; then; now; even.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“poet; singer.”
[noun], nominative, singular
“you.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“beautiful; good; auspicious; pleasant; dear; beautiful.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“wealth; property; gold; vasu [word]; ruby; treasure; jewel.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
“mix; submerge; mix; sow.”