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 1.78.3

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

तमु॑ त्वा वाज॒सात॑ममङ्गिर॒स्वद्ध॑वामहे । द्यु॒म्नैर॒भि प्र णो॑नुमः ॥
तमु त्वा वाजसातममङ्गिरस्वद्धवामहे । द्युम्नैरभि प्र णोनुमः ॥
tam u tvā vājasātamam aṅgirasvad dhavāmahe | dyumnair abhi pra ṇonumaḥ ||

English translation:

“We invoke you, such as you are, the giver of abundant food, in like manner as did Aṅgiras; we praise you repeatedly with commendatory (hymns).”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): gotamo rāhūgaṇaḥ [gotama rāhūgaṇa];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

तम् । ऊँ॒ इति॑ । त्वा॒ । वा॒ज॒ऽसात॑मम् । अ॒ङ्गि॒र॒स्वत् । ह॒वा॒म॒हे॒ । द्यु॒म्नैः । अ॒भि । प्र । नो॒नु॒मः॒ ॥
तम् । ऊँ इति । त्वा । वाजसातमम् । अङ्गिरस्वत् । हवामहे । द्युम्नैः । अभि । प्र । नोनुमः ॥
tam | oṃ iti | tvā | vāja-sātamam | aṅgirasvat | havāmahe | dyumnaiḥ | abhi | pra | nonumaḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 1.78.3 English analysis of grammar]

tam < tad

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”

u

[adverb]

“ukāra; besides; now; indeed; u.”

tvā < tvad

[noun], accusative, singular

“you.”

vājasātamam < vāja

[noun], masculine

“prize; Vāja; reward; reward; Ribhus; vigor; strength; contest.”

vājasātamam < sātamam < sātama

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

aṅgirasvaddhavāmahe < aṅgirasvat

[adverb]

aṅgirasvaddhavāmahe < havāmahe < hvā

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“raise; call on; call; summon.”

dyumnair < dyumnaiḥ < dyumna

[noun], instrumental, plural, neuter

“magnificence.”

abhi

[adverb]

“towards; on.”

pra

[adverb]

“towards; ahead.”

ṇonumaḥ < nonāv < √nū

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“bellow.”

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