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 1.112.1
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
ईळे॒ द्यावा॑पृथि॒वी पू॒र्वचि॑त्तये॒ऽग्निं घ॒र्मं सु॒रुचं॒ याम॑न्नि॒ष्टये॑ । याभि॒र्भरे॑ का॒रमंशा॑य॒ जिन्व॑थ॒स्ताभि॑रू॒ षु ऊ॒तिभि॑रश्वि॒ना ग॑तम् ॥
ईळे द्यावापृथिवी पूर्वचित्तयेऽग्निं घर्मं सुरुचं यामन्निष्टये । याभिर्भरे कारमंशाय जिन्वथस्ताभिरू षु ऊतिभिरश्विना गतम् ॥
īḻe dyāvāpṛthivī pūrvacittaye 'gniṃ gharmaṃ surucaṃ yāmann iṣṭaye | yābhir bhare kāram aṃśāya jinvathas tābhir ū ṣu ūtibhir aśvinā gatam ||
English translation:
“I praise Heaven and Earth for preliminary meditation, (prior to the coming of the Aśvins); I praise the hot and bright-shining Agni upon their approach, (as preparatory) to their worship; with those appliances with which you sound the conch-shell in battle for your share (in the booty), with those aids, Aśvins, come willingly hither.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Utibhiḥ, instrumental plural of uti, help, aid, assistance, protection; hence, without those aids
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): kutsaḥ āṅgirasaḥ [kutsa āṅgirasa];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): ādime mantre prathamapādasya dyāvāpṛthivyau, dvitīyasya agniḥ, śiṣṭasya sūktasyāśvinau;
Chandas (meter): nicṛjjagatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
ईळे॑ । द्यावा॑पृथि॒वी इति॑ । पू॒र्वऽचि॑त्तये । अ॒ग्निम् । घ॒र्मम् । सु॒ऽरुच॑म् । याम॑न् । इ॒ष्टये॑ । याभिः॑ । भरे॑ । का॒रम् । अंशा॑य । जिन्व॑थः । ताभिः॑ । ऊँ॒ इति॑ । सु । ऊ॒तिऽभिः॑ । अ॒श्वि॒ना॒ । आ । ग॒त॒म् ॥
ईळे । द्यावापृथिवी इति । पूर्वचित्तये । अग्निम् । घर्मम् । सुरुचम् । यामन् । इष्टये । याभिः । भरे । कारम् । अंशाय । जिन्वथः । ताभिः । ऊँ इति । सु । ऊतिभिः । अश्विना । आ । गतम् ॥
īḷe | dyāvāpṛthivī iti | pūrva-cittaye | agnim | gharmam | su-rucam | yāman | iṣṭaye | yābhiḥ | bhare | kāram | aṃśāya | jinvathaḥ | tābhiḥ | oṃ iti | su | ūti-bhiḥ | aśvinā | ā | gatam
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.112.1 English analysis of grammar]
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“praise; invite; raise.”
[noun], accusative, dual, feminine
“heaven and earth; dyāvāpṛthivī [word].”
[noun]
“aforesaid(a); antecedent; previous(a); first; eastern; former(a); pūrva [word]; age-old; anterior; bygone; fore(a); predictive; firstborn; easterly; instrumental.”
[noun], dative, singular, feminine
“purpose.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“sunlight; heat; summer; Gharma; Gharma; boiler; perspiration; caldron.”
[adverb]
“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“beam; radiance; color.”
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“expedition; path; expedition; arrival.”
[noun], dative, singular, feminine
“seeking.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, feminine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
“battle; weight; foray; bhṛ; load.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“kāra [word]; writer; builder.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“part; part; share; part; volume; parcel; part; Aṃśa; aṃśa [word]; fraction.”
[verb], dual, Present indikative
“enliven; animate.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, feminine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[adverb]
“ukāra; besides; now; indeed; u.”
[adverb]
“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, feminine
“aid; favor; ūti [word].”
[noun], vocative, dual, masculine
“Asvins; two.”
[verb], dual, Aorist imperative
“go; situate; enter (a state); travel; disappear; [in]; elapse; leave; reach; vanish; love; walk; approach; issue; hop on; gasify; get; come; die; drain; spread; transform; happen; discharge; ride; to be located; run; detect; refer; go; shall; drive.”