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 1.141.10

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

त्वम॑ग्ने शशमा॒नाय॑ सुन्व॒ते रत्नं॑ यविष्ठ दे॒वता॑तिमिन्वसि । तं त्वा॒ नु नव्यं॑ सहसो युवन्व॒यं भगं॒ न का॒रे म॑हिरत्न धीमहि ॥
त्वमग्ने शशमानाय सुन्वते रत्नं यविष्ठ देवतातिमिन्वसि । तं त्वा नु नव्यं सहसो युवन्वयं भगं न कारे महिरत्न धीमहि ॥
tvam agne śaśamānāya sunvate ratnaṃ yaviṣṭha devatātim invasi | taṃ tvā nu navyaṃ sahaso yuvan vayam bhagaṃ na kāre mahiratna dhīmahi ||

English translation:

“Most youthful Agni, for the good of him who praises you and offers you libations, you make the precious (offering) acceptable to the gods; new-born of strength we glorify you who are to be lauded; to whom rich offerings (are to be presented); (we glorify you) in (our) hymn as (men eulogize) a powerful prince.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

As men eulogize a powerful prince: bhagamiva

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): dīrghatamā aucathyaḥ [dīrghatamas aucathya];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛjjagatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

त्वम् । अ॒ग्ने॒ । श॒श॒मा॒नाय॑ । सु॒न्व॒ते । रत्न॑म् । य॒वि॒ष्ठ॒ । दे॒वता॑तिम् । इ॒न्व॒सि॒ । त्वम् । त्वा॒ । नु । नव्य॑म् । स॒ह॒सः॒ । यु॒व॒न् । व॒यम् । भग॑म् । न । का॒रे । म॒हि॒ऽर॒त्न॒ । धी॒म॒हि॒ ॥
त्वम् । अग्ने । शशमानाय । सुन्वते । रत्नम् । यविष्ठ । देवतातिम् । इन्वसि । त्वम् । त्वा । नु । नव्यम् । सहसः । युवन् । वयम् । भगम् । न । कारे । महिरत्न । धीमहि ॥
tvam | agne | śaśamānāya | sunvate | ratnam | yaviṣṭha | devatātim | invasi | tvam | tvā | nu | navyam | sahasaḥ | yuvan | vayam | bhagam | na | kāre | mahi-ratna | dhīmahi

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 1.141.10 English analysis of grammar]

tvam < tvad

[noun], nominative, singular

“you.”

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.”

śaśamānāya < śam

[verb noun], dative, singular

“calm; go out; end; die; pacify; heal; labor; make peace; rest.”

sunvate < su

[verb noun], dative, singular

“press out; su.”

ratnaṃ < ratnam < ratna

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

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

yaviṣṭha

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“youngest.”

devatātim < devatāti

[noun], accusative, singular, feminine

“deity; Deva.”

invasi < inv

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“bring; drive.”

taṃ < 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.”

tvā < tvad

[noun], accusative, singular

“you.”

nu

[adverb]

“now; already.”

navyaṃ < navyam < navya

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“new; fresh.”

sahaso < sahasaḥ < sahas

[noun], genitive, singular, neuter

“force; strength; might; sahas [word]; conquest.”

yuvan

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“young person; yuvan [word]; taruṇabandha; yuvan; yuvan; young buck; young.”

vayam < mad

[noun], nominative, plural

“I; mine.”

bhagaṃ < bhagam < bhaga

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“Bhaga; vulva; good fortune; vagina; bhaga [word]; sun; well-being; happiness; overlord.”

na

[adverb]

“not; like; no; na [word].”

kāre < kāra

[noun], locative, singular, masculine

“kāra [word]; writer; builder.”

mahiratna < mahi

[noun]

“great; firm.”

mahiratna < ratna

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

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

dhīmahi < dhā

[verb], plural, Aorist inj. (proh.)

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

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