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 1.116.19

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

र॒यिं सु॑क्ष॒त्रं स्व॑प॒त्यमायु॑: सु॒वीर्यं॑ नासत्या॒ वह॑न्ता । आ ज॒ह्नावीं॒ सम॑न॒सोप॒ वाजै॒स्त्रिरह्नो॑ भा॒गं दध॑तीमयातम् ॥
रयिं सुक्षत्रं स्वपत्यमायुः सुवीर्यं नासत्या वहन्ता । आ जह्नावीं समनसोप वाजैस्त्रिरह्नो भागं दधतीमयातम् ॥
rayiṃ sukṣatraṃ svapatyam āyuḥ suvīryaṃ nāsatyā vahantā | ā jahnāvīṃ samanasopa vājais trir ahno bhāgaṃ dadhatīm ayātam ||

English translation:

Nāsatyas, bearing strength and wealth with posterity and vigour-sustaining food, you came, with one intention, to the family of Jahnu, (provide) with (sacrificial) viands, and possessing a third portion of the daily (offerings).”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

Family of Jahnu: jāhnavī, an adjective of prajā, progeny (jahnoḥ prajām). Jahnu is a Mahaṛṣi; he is a prince of the lunar dynasty

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): kakṣīvān;
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): aśvinau ;
Chandas (meter): bhurikpaṅkti ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

र॒यिम् । सु॒ऽक्ष॒त्रम् । सु॒ऽअ॒प॒त्यम् । आयुः॑ । सु॒ऽवीर्य॑म् । ना॒स॒त्या॒ । वह॑न्ता । आ । ज॒ह्नावी॑म् । सऽम॑नसा । उप॑ । वाजैः॑ । त्रिः । अह्नः॑ । भा॒गम् । दध॑तीम् । अ॒या॒त॒म् ॥
रयिम् । सुक्षत्रम् । सुअपत्यम् । आयुः । सुवीर्यम् । नासत्या । वहन्ता । आ । जह्नावीम् । समनसा । उप । वाजैः । त्रिः । अह्नः । भागम् । दधतीम् । अयातम् ॥
rayim | su-kṣatram | su-apatyam | āyuḥ | su-vīryam | nāsatyā | vahantā | ā | jahnāvīm | sa-manasā | upa | vājaiḥ | triḥ | ahnaḥ | bhāgam | dadhatīm | ayātam

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 1.116.19 English analysis of grammar]

rayiṃ < rayim < rayi

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“wealth; property.”

sukṣatraṃ < su

[adverb]

“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”

sukṣatraṃ < kṣatram < kṣatra

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“Kshatriya; dominion; Kshatriya; kṣatra [word]; power.”

svapatyam < su

[adverb]

“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”

svapatyam < apatyam < apatya

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“child; offspring; patronymic; descendant.”

āyuḥ < āyus

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“life; longevity; āyus; life; āyus [word]; Āyus.”

suvīryaṃ < su

[adverb]

“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”

suvīryaṃ < vīryam < vīrya

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“potency; vīrya; heroism; potency; strength; semen; power; deed; active agent; efficacy; vīryapāramitā; gold; vigor; vīrya [word]; virility; manfulness; jewel; force.”

nāsatyā < nāsatya

[noun], nominative, dual, masculine

“Asvins; nāsatya [word].”

vahantā < vah

[verb noun], nominative, dual

“transport; bring; marry; run; drive; vāhay; drive; run; pull; nirvāpay; blow; transport; discharge; assume; remove.”

ā

[adverb]

“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”

jahnāvīṃ < jahnāvīm < jahnāvī

[noun], accusative, singular, feminine

samanasopa < samanasā < samanas

[noun], nominative, dual, masculine

“consentaneous.”

samanasopa < upa

[adverb]

“towards; on; next.”

vājais < vājaiḥ < vāja

[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine

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

trir < tris

[adverb]

“thrice; tris [word].”

ahno < ahnaḥ < ahar

[noun], genitive, singular, neuter

“day; day; ahar [word]; day; day.”

bhāgaṃ < bhāgam < bhāga

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“part; part; part; parcel; quarter; body part; location; region; allotment; part; numerator; division; application; function; outside; bhāga [word]; volume; helping.”

dadhatīm < dhā

[verb noun], accusative, singular

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

ayātam <

[verb], dual, Root aorist (Ind.)

“go; enter (a state); travel; disappear; reach; come; campaign; elapse; arrive; drive; reach; leave; run; depart; ride.”

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