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 1.94.14

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

तत्ते॑ भ॒द्रं यत्समि॑द्ध॒: स्वे दमे॒ सोमा॑हुतो॒ जर॑से मृळ॒यत्त॑मः । दधा॑सि॒ रत्नं॒ द्रवि॑णं च दा॒शुषेऽग्ने॑ स॒ख्ये मा रि॑षामा व॒यं तव॑ ॥
तत्ते भद्रं यत्समिद्धः स्वे दमे सोमाहुतो जरसे मृळयत्तमः । दधासि रत्नं द्रविणं च दाशुषेऽग्ने सख्ये मा रिषामा वयं तव ॥
tat te bhadraṃ yat samiddhaḥ sve dame somāhuto jarase mṛḻayattamaḥ | dadhāsi ratnaṃ draviṇaṃ ca dāśuṣe 'gne sakhye mā riṣāmā vayaṃ tava ||

English translation:

“plural asant is it to you when you are lighted in your own abode, and propitiated by libations, are praised (by the priests); then, much delighted, you give rewards and riches to the worshipper; let us not, Agni, suffer injury through your friendship.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): kutsaḥ āṅgirasaḥ [kutsa āṅgirasa];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): virāḍjagatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

तत् । ते॒ । भ॒द्रम् । यत् । सम्ऽइ॑द्धः । स्वे । दमे॑ । सोम॑ऽआहुतः । जर॑से । मृ॒ळ॒यत्ऽत॑मः । दधा॑सि । रत्न॑म् । द्रवि॑णम् । च॒ । दा॒शुषे॑ । अग्ने॑ । स॒ख्ये । मा । रि॒षा॒म॒ । व॒यम् । तव॑ ॥
तत् । ते । भद्रम् । यत् । सम्इद्धः । स्वे । दमे । सोमआहुतः । जरसे । मृळयत्तमः । दधासि । रत्नम् । द्रविणम् । च । दाशुषे । अग्ने । सख्ये । मा । रिषाम । वयम् । तव ॥
tat | te | bhadram | yat | sam-iddhaḥ | sve | dame | soma-āhutaḥ | jarase | mṛḷayat-tamaḥ | dadhāsi | ratnam | draviṇam | ca | dāśuṣe | agne | sakhye | mā | riṣāma | vayam | tava

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 1.94.14 English analysis of grammar]

tat < tad

[noun], nominative, singular, neuter

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

te < tvad

[noun], genitive, singular

“you.”

bhadraṃ < bhadram < bhadra

[noun], nominative, singular, neuter

“auspicious; lovely; good; happy; bhadra [word]; lucky; fine-looking; beautiful.”

yat

[adverb]

“once [when]; because; that; if; how.”

samiddhaḥ < samindh < √indh

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“kindle; blaze.”

sve < sva

[noun], locative, singular, masculine

“own(a); respective(a); akin(p); sva [word]; individual; present(a); independent.”

dame < dama

[noun], locative, singular, masculine

“dwelling; home.”

somāhuto < soma

[noun], masculine

“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”

somāhuto < āhutaḥ < āhu < √hu

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“sacrifice; sprinkle.”

jarase < jṛ

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“jṛ; digest; age; cook; boil down; decay; decay; ripen.”

mṛḍayattamaḥ < mṛḍayattama

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

dadhāsi < dhā

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“put; give; cause; get; hold; make; provide; lend; wear; install; have; enter (a state); supply; hold; take; show.”

ratnaṃ < ratnam < ratna

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“jewel; wealth; best; treasure; vajra; property; jewel; ruby; jewelry.”

draviṇaṃ < draviṇam < draviṇa

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“wealth; property; money; jewel.”

ca

[adverb]

“and; besides; then; now; even.”

dāśuṣe < dāś

[verb noun], dative, singular

“sacrifice; give.”

'gne < agne < agni

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”

sakhye < sakhya

[noun], locative, singular, neuter

“friendship; aid; company.”

[adverb]

“not.”

riṣāmā < riṣ

[verb], plural, Aorist conj./subj.

“suffer; harm.”

vayaṃ < vayam < mad

[noun], nominative, plural

“I; mine.”

tava < tvad

[noun], genitive, singular

“you.”

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