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 1.107.1
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
य॒ज्ञो दे॒वानां॒ प्रत्ये॑ति सु॒म्नमादि॑त्यासो॒ भव॑ता मृळ॒यन्त॑: । आ वो॒ऽर्वाची॑ सुम॒तिर्व॑वृत्यादं॒होश्चि॒द्या व॑रिवो॒वित्त॒रास॑त् ॥
यज्ञो देवानां प्रत्येति सुम्नमादित्यासो भवता मृळयन्तः । आ वोऽर्वाची सुमतिर्ववृत्यादंहोश्चिद्या वरिवोवित्तरासत् ॥
yajño devānām praty eti sumnam ādityāso bhavatā mṛḻayantaḥ | ā vo 'rvācī sumatir vavṛtyād aṃhoś cid yā varivovittarāsat ||
English translation:
“May our sacrifice give satisfaction to the gods; Ādityas, be gracious, and may your good intentions be directed towards us, so as to be abundant source of affliction to the poor.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): kutsaḥ āṅgirasaḥ [kutsa āṅgirasa];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): viśvedevā:;
Chandas (meter): virāṭtrisṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
य॒ज्ञः । दे॒वाना॑म् । प्रति॑ । ए॒ति॒ । सु॒म्नम् । आदि॑त्यासः॑ । भव॑त । मृ॒ळ॒यन्तः॑ । आ । वः॒ । अ॒र्वाची॑ । सु॒ऽम॒तिः । व॒वृ॒त्या॒त् । अं॒होः । चि॒त् । या । व॒रि॒वो॒वित्ऽत॑रा । अस॑त् ॥
यज्ञः । देवानाम् । प्रति । एति । सुम्नम् । आदित्यासः । भवत । मृळयन्तः । आ । वः । अर्वाची । सुमतिः । ववृत्यात् । अंहोः । चित् । या । वरिवोवित्तरा । असत् ॥
yajñaḥ | devānām | prati | eti | sumnam | ādityāsaḥ | bhavata | mṛḷayantaḥ | ā | vaḥ | avārcī | su-matiḥ | vavṛtyāt | aṃhoḥ | cit | yā | varivovit-tarā | asat
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.107.1 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“yajña; religious ceremony; Vishnu; yajña [word]; Yajña; Shiva.”
[noun], genitive, plural, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[adverb]
“towards; per; regarding; respectively; according to; until.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“go; travel; enter (a state); return; walk; continue; reach; ask.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“favor; benevolence; sumna [word]; entreaty; favor.”
[noun], vocative, plural, masculine
“sun; Aditya; Surya; āditya [word].”
[verb], plural, Present 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.”
[verb noun], nominative, plural
“pardon.”
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[noun], genitive, plural
“you.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“approaching; facing; less.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“benevolence; favor; Sumati.”
[verb], singular, Perfect optative
“behave; happen; exist; return; dwell; die; roll; continue; act; exist; feed on; issue; move; travel; proceed; turn; situate; drive; account for; begin; do; inhere; revolve.”
[noun], ablative, singular, masculine
[adverb]
“even; indeed.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], neuter
“room; varivas [word]; space; escape.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
[verb], singular, Present conjunctive (subjunctive)
“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”