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 1.36.13
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
ऊ॒र्ध्व ऊ॒ षु ण॑ ऊ॒तये॒ तिष्ठा॑ दे॒वो न स॑वि॒ता । ऊ॒र्ध्वो वाज॑स्य॒ सनि॑ता॒ यद॒ञ्जिभि॑र्वा॒घद्भि॑र्वि॒ह्वया॑महे ॥
ऊर्ध्व ऊ षु ण ऊतये तिष्ठा देवो न सविता । ऊर्ध्वो वाजस्य सनिता यदञ्जिभिर्वाघद्भिर्विह्वयामहे ॥
ūrdhva ū ṣu ṇa ūtaye tiṣṭhā devo na savitā | ūrdhvo vājasya sanitā yad añjibhir vāghadbhir vihvayāmahe ||
English translation:
“Stand up erect for our protection, like the divine Savitā; erect, you are the giver of food, for which we invoke you with unguents, and priests (offering oblations).”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Erect Agni is the yūpa or post
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): kaṇvo ghauraḥ [kaṇva ghaura];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): upariṣṭād bṛhatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
ऊ॒र्ध्वः । ऊँ॒ इति॑ । सु । नः॒ । ऊ॒तये॑ । तिष्ठ॑ । दे॒वः । न । स॒वि॒ता । ऊ॒र्ध्वः । वाज॑स्य । सनि॑ता । यत् । अ॒ञ्जिऽभिः॑ । वा॒घत्ऽभिः॑ । वि॒ऽह्वया॑महे ॥
ऊर्ध्वः । ऊँ इति । सु । नः । ऊतये । तिष्ठ । देवः । न । सविता । ऊर्ध्वः । वाजस्य । सनिता । यत् । अञ्जिभिः । वाघत्भिः । विह्वयामहे ॥
ūrdhvaḥ | oṃ iti | su | naḥ | ūtaye | tiṣṭha | devaḥ | na | savitā | ūrdhvaḥ | vājasya | sanitā | yat | añji-bhiḥ | vāghat-bhiḥ | vi-hvayāmahe
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.36.13 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“upper; up(a); upper; upward; erect; more(a); raised; ūrdhva [word]; acclivitous; overturned; loud; eminent; high.”
[adverb]
“ukāra; besides; now; indeed; u.”
[adverb]
“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”
[noun], genitive, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], dative, singular, feminine
“aid; favor; ūti [word].”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“stay; stand; situate; exist; [in]; resist; endure; put; soak; be; stop; adhere; get stale; concentrate; grow; trust; wake; consociate; last; dwell; lie; stand; stop.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Savitar; sun; Surya; Savitṛ.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“upper; up(a); upper; upward; erect; more(a); raised; ūrdhva [word]; acclivitous; overturned; loud; eminent; high.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“prize; Vāja; reward; reward; Ribhus; vigor; strength; contest.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“bestowing; victorious.”
[adverb]
“once [when]; because; that; if; how.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine
[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“raise; compete.”