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 1.64.12

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

घृषुं॑ पाव॒कं व॒निनं॒ विच॑र्षणिं रु॒द्रस्य॑ सू॒नुं ह॒वसा॑ गृणीमसि । र॒ज॒स्तुरं॑ त॒वसं॒ मारु॑तं ग॒णमृ॑जी॒षिणं॒ वृष॑णं सश्चत श्रि॒ये ॥
घृषुं पावकं वनिनं विचर्षणिं रुद्रस्य सूनुं हवसा गृणीमसि । रजस्तुरं तवसं मारुतं गणमृजीषिणं वृषणं सश्चत श्रिये ॥
ghṛṣum pāvakaṃ vaninaṃ vicarṣaṇiṃ rudrasya sūnuṃ havasā gṛṇīmasi | rajasturaṃ tavasam mārutaṃ gaṇam ṛjīṣiṇaṃ vṛṣaṇaṃ saścata śriye ||

English translation:

“We invoke with praise the foe-destroying, all-purifying, water-shedding, all-surveying band of Maruts, the offspring of Rudra; (priests) to obtain prosperity, have recourse to the dust-raising and powerful band of Maruts, receiving libations from sacred vessels, and showering down (benefits).”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

Receiving libations from sacred vessels: ṛjiṣiṇam abhiṣunv.vanti, they (the priests) pour the soma into the vessel. ṛjiṣam = a frying-pan; in context, is means any sacrificial vessel

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): nodhā gautamaḥ [nodhas gautama];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): jagatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

घृषु॑म् । पा॒व॒कम् । व॒निन॑म् । विऽच॑र्षणिम् । रु॒द्रस्य॑ । सू॒नुम् । ह॒वसा॑ । गृ॒णी॒म॒सि॒ । र॒जः॒ऽतुर॑म् । त॒वस॑म् । मारु॑तम् । ग॒णम् । ऋ॒जी॒षिण॑म् । वृष॑णम् । स॒श्च॒त॒ । श्रि॒ये ॥
घृषुम् । पावकम् । वनिनम् । विचर्षणिम् । रुद्रस्य । सूनुम् । हवसा । गृणीमसि । रजःतुरम् । तवसम् । मारुतम् । गणम् । ऋजीषिणम् । वृषणम् । सश्चत । श्रिये ॥
ghṛṣum | pāvakam | vaninam | vi-carṣaṇim | rudrasya | sūnum | havasā | gṛṇīmas i | rajaḥ-turam | tavasam | mārutam | gaṇam | ṛjīṣiṇam | vṛṣaṇam | saścata | śriye

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 1.64.12 English analysis of grammar]

ghṛṣum < ghṛṣu

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

pāvakaṃ < pāvakam < pāvaka

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“pure; purifying; pure; āgneya; clear; bright; bright.”

vaninaṃ < vaninam < vanin

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“triumphant; victorious.”

vicarṣaṇiṃ < vicarṣaṇim < vicarṣaṇi

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“excellent.”

rudrasya < rudra

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“Shiva; Rudra; eleven; rudra [word]; eleventh.”

sūnuṃ < sūnum < sūnu

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“son; offspring.”

havasā < havas

[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter

“invocation.”

gṛṇīmasi < gṛ

[verb], plural, Present optative

“praise.”

rajasturaṃ < rajasturam < rajastur

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

tavasam < tavas

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“strong; energetic.”

mārutaṃ < mārutam < māruta

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“Marut(a).”

gaṇam < gaṇa

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“group; varga; troop; troop; battalion; flock; herd; gaṇa [word]; corporation; gaṇa; herd; sect; swarm; set; party; gaṇa; series; Ganesa; flight.”

ṛjīṣiṇaṃ < ṛjīṣiṇam < ṛjīṣin

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

vṛṣaṇaṃ < vṛṣaṇam < vṛṣan

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“bullocky; potent; powerful; strong; manly; aroused; potent; much(a); male; large.”

saścata < sac

[verb], plural, Present imperative

“accompany; follow; company; obey; participate; enter.”

śriye < śrī

[noun], dative, singular, feminine

“mister; Ms.; Lakshmi; good fortune; well-being; magnificence; glory; beauty; Aegle marmelos (Linn.) Correa; dignity; power; śrī [word]; śrī; prosperity; auspiciousness.”

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